road for a life to be lost. Speeding is a factor in 31 percent of all fatal crashes‚ killing an average of 1‚000 Americans every month‚ according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)‚ which estimates the cost to society of speed-related crashes to be more than $40 billion each year. Speeding is a problem not only on freeways‚ but also on local streets. Many commuters opt to take surface streets‚ thinking they can more efficiently
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clock didn’t go off so that causes me not to wake up on time. I’m rushing trying to get out of the house my class started at right o’ clock am. I am running down stair to get in my car. I’m in my car speeding trying to make it to school on time. All I could think of was I hope I don’t get caught speeding and get a ticket. I was almost at school didn’t realize I was in a school zone. Once I seen the sign I started to slow my vehicle down. I checked my surrounding didn’t see ant police around‚ out
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Two months after I get my driver’s license‚ I get my very first speeding ticket. What a great way to start out driving‚ right? Well my parents didn’t think so. So‚ I’m driving home from school on this I guess you could call it a “hilly” road where the bumps are fun to ride over when speeding. It was all fun and games until I spot the cop parked at the end of the street just watching me. There was no use in slowing down. I knew he’d already clocked me at 50 in a 25. There wasn’t anyone on the road
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My First Speeding Ticket It was a cool December evening. I was tired but excited to be going back to my hometown for the weekend. It was a long drive home and I wished time would go by faster. The clock on the dash beat methodically‚ as if it was in time with the rotation of the tires‚ round‚ and round. Suddenly my thoughts were interrupted as I met an oncoming police officer and realized that I was exceeding the speed limit a great deal. Frantic I sped up and looked for a road that
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Have you ever gone above the speed limit? You probably thought well the limit is to slow for the area and that this is a highway and i should be able to go faster on my commute. This is a problem many of us face‚ forced to go slower when we should be able to travel at a greater speed of the roads. I will discuss the reasons why you should be allowed to go faster and the reasons why we cant go faster on our commutes. Since the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act in 1974‚ which made the 55
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Speeding Speeding is a serious offence. Obey the speed limit. Did you know on average 5 people die every day in the UK because of speeding? You might just be running late for a meeting or just wanting to go fast. Wouldn’t you rather be late or just slow down? Instead‚ you’re risking your life and the lives of others. Speeding is the most common and dangerous offence on our roads. Road safety has significantly improved. However‚ there is an average of 5 deaths a week. That number is way too
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The Dangers of Speeding Speeding is driving too fast for the conditions without full regard for the vehicle condition or driver ability. There are many dangers of driving on the road and speeding is one of the biggest. I say this because speeding is something that you personally control whereas other things you can not. Speed limits are put in place and set for a reason. They are used to make sure that no harm can be done to us or to anyone else on the road. The consequences of speeding can rang
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Illegal Immigration is a Crime each year the Border Patrol apprehends hundreds of thousands of aliens who flagrantly violate our nation’s laws by unlawfully crossing U.S. borders. Such illegal entry is a misdemeanor‚ and‚ if repeated after being deported‚ becomes punishable as a felony. Today there is significant number (that is up to 11.3 million) of immigrants who are labeled as “illegal aliens’ in the united states. The terms illegal and undocumented immigrants are used independently based upon
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Persuasive Speech Against Speeding (Fast Driving) Specific purpose: To persuade the audience that fast driving should be avoided Introduction: No body can deny the fact that going fast in cars is fun‚ and who hasn’t experienced the feeling of the excitment rush in the veins when the wheels start running fast and things almost get out of control ? And on the other hand‚ who hasn’t gone through the sadness of losing a dear person due to fast driving‚ or even the sadness caused by hearing
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Case Study: Speeding tickets ‚ the development of IT in Travel industry 1.Who are the winners at different stages of the changing travel industry? According to the cased developing process of travel industry can be divided into 4 stages First stage: Pre-SABRE stage‚ Manual operation stage (before 1950s ) At this stage‚ all the ticket booking operations are handled manually ‚ no CRS is widely used‚ as a result ‚ the companies that have the largest crew and hire the most professional people
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