Running Head: IGNORANCE WHILE DRIVING 1 Ignorance while Driving Nicole Vanross Strayer University Savannah‚GA IGNORANCE WHILE DRIVING 2 Many of today’s accidents occur because people tend to act ignorant‚ and do things they are not suppose to do while driving. Driving is a special privilege and skill‚ which includes
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When a cell phone goes off in a classroom or at a concert‚ people are irritated‚ but at least lives are not endangered. When on the road‚ however‚ irresponsible cell phone users are more than irritating: They are putting our lives at risk. Many of us have witnessed drivers so distracted by dialing and chatting that they resemble drunk drivers‚ weaving between lanes‚ for example‚ or nearly running down pedestrians in crosswalks. A number of bills to regulate use of cell phones on the road have been
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MLA Research Paper (Levi) Cell Phones in the Hands of Drivers: A Risk or a Benefit? Title is centered about one-third down the page. Paul Levi Writer’s name is centered around the middle of the page. English 101 Professor Baldwin 2 April XXXX Course name‚ professor’s name‚ and date are Lopez begins to centered near the identify and bottom of the page. question Goodall’s assumptions. Marginal annotations indicate MLA-style formatting and effective writing. Source: Diana Hacker
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in fatal distracted driving car accidents (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Washington‚ D.C.). This means that younger drivers are highly distracted by electronics. Technology is constantly evolving and it is directly affecting drivers on an everyday basis. Driving requires a large amount of a driver’s attention‚ so when a person believes that taking a second to answer a call does not affect their driving skills they are mistaken. Using electronics while driving is a dangerous action
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Texting while driving is one of the most common causes of accidents on roads. This is because texting while driving results in physical‚ visual and cognitive distraction. It greatly increases the amount of time a driver spends not looking at the road. It is a very serious distraction that can cost you your life or the lives of other people. According to recent research by Queensland’s RACQ‚ using a mobile phone in general can relay reaction time as much as having a blood alcohol content of 0.08%
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Anthony Shaw 12/8/09 English 10 Should Cell Phone Use Be Banned In Cars? Cell phone use in cars is very common in the U.S. This is mostly due to the fact that technology is readily at our fingertips. Also‚ since lots of people commute to their jobs each day‚ they use their phones on the go to check their email or perform other tasks. Many people use either a hand-held cell phone‚ Bluetooth headset‚ or some sort of in-car‚ voice activated technology‚ such as SYNC‚ which is offered in several
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9/16/173rd Cellphone In my opinion i think using a cellphone while driving should be illegal because people could get in an accident. One reason i think cell phones should stay illegal while driving is because your insurance rate goes up. When your insurance company finds out that you have been cited for texting while driving your insurance may go up or possibly your policy will be dropped. Texting while driving could be very expensive whether you get pulled over and given a ticket or
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April 2013 Texting While Driving: Worse Than Drinking and Driving I was on the freeway on my way to school when all of a sudden out of nowhere a car pulled into my lane without any signal. I slammed on my brakes because the car almost hit me. The driver never turned to look. I honked my horn‚ but the driver didn’t take into consideration my horn and kept driving. I changed lanes and caught up with the car to see who was driving‚ and it was a young female texting on her phone. She kept taking her
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their cell phones. They make lives easier in many ways because of the useful features and functions that assist with communication within a complex society. One of the features that have changed the way people communicate is the capability to send SMS (Short Message Service) messages better known as text messages. SMS allows people to type messages and exchange them between mobile phones better known as “texting”. Unfortunately texting has also become a huge safety concern when it occurs while driving
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Why Cell Phones Are Essential Cell phones have quickly become an integral part of our daily lives. In fact‚ to most people‚ they are absolutely essential. Cell phones can save us in emergencies‚ help us to stay in touch with friends and family‚ and we can use cell phones to help us be more efficient in our work lives. Today’s cell phones are more advanced than ever. We can use them to send email messages‚ pictures‚ text messages‚ shoot video‚ play games‚ and even use some phones as walkie talkies
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