Victoria Busgith Dr. Polistena-D’Agosto Comp II 3307 30 November 2014 Distracted Driving: Learn From Example How does Distracted Driving effect teens in society today? There are many distractions that teens face today. Research has given the basic reasons why there is distracted driving like: peer pressure‚ technology‚ speeding‚ violating laws‚ and driving under the influence. In the year of 2011 distracted related crashes have claimed 3331 lives and injured 416‚387 people nationwide. With
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Research & Technology April 27‚ 2005 The Driving Age "Many teens are interested in being able to drive at a younger age‚ but it is still unclear if they are able to handle it. If the legal driving age is lowered‚ are we endangering the lives of teen drivers‚ as well as the passengers with them?" (Think Quest) I believe most people want to drive as soon as they can. However‚ recently the government has been trying to pass laws that may change the current driving age of 16. There are positive and negative
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significantly increased. Reckless driving is seen everyday and is ultimately the cause of road accidents. These drivers not only put their lives in danger they also put lives of every other innocent body in danger. So how can we prevent such things from reoccurring? Well to answer that question we can become more knowledgeable about reckless driving. According to the article “ The 9 Most Dangerous Things Drivers Do”‚ the number one bad habit we do while driving is driving under the influence of alcohol
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Driving intoxicated impacts thousands of peoples lifes every year. Driving drunk costs the United States 132 billion dollars a year. It costs on average per United States citizen 500 dollars a year. Drinking and driving can be preventable. Almost every 90 seconds a person is injured by a drunk driving accident. You can even prevent it today. High Schoolers today that use alcohol or other substances are 5 times more likely to drop out of highschool. Children who start drinking young
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Driving under the influence‚ driving while intoxicated‚ drunken driving‚ drunk driving‚ drink driving‚ operating under the influence‚ drinking and driving‚ or impaired driving is the act of driving a motor vehicle with blood levels of alcohol in excess of a legal limit . Similar regulations cover driving or operating certain types of machinery while affected by drinking alcohol or taking other drugs‚ including‚ but not limited to prescription drugs. This is a criminal offense in most countries.
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forever altered my perspective on certain situations. Death is a part of life; we live‚ and we die. However I strongly believe if we make better choices‚ our lives can be prolonged. As I research how every day in America‚ 27 people die in an impaired driving fatality every 53 minutes it brings me back to the time I lost my role model. My cousin Heath’s poor actions not only cost him to lose his life‚ but others lives were lost to. At the time‚ I never grasped how many people drink and drove. I had always
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phones are major distractions when people are driving. People are so used to using their cell phones‚ some people consciously use them without knowing it and soon cause accidents that injury innocent people. Teens today have been in many crashes or died because of the carelessness of themselves or others. The main reason for this is because they are not paying attention when driving and not being careful. Cell phones are major distractions when driving. A report from the University of Utah say
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Distracted Driving Hodges University ENG1101 Dr. Wesley Boozer August 12‚ 2013 Driving is supposed to be an experience that is enjoyable and safe. It’s not supposed to be one where the operator of the car is doing everything in the car but paying attention to the road. You drive your vehicle for a reason. It may be for running an errand‚ going to your job‚ or going to a friend’s house. Your vehicle should not be where you are putting on your make up‚ eating or drinking‚ changing the
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Texting and driving is just as bad as drinking and driving As if drunk driving wasn’t dangerous enough‚ put anyone with a cell phone behind the wheel and it gets much worse. "Vehicle crashes are one of the top causes of death for just 15-20 year olds" (Thomas‚ 2009). "Emma Vieira‚ 19‚ of Colchester‚ Vermont‚ left a woman in a coma and killed a dog as a result of an accident back in August of 2011. Vieira was texting at the time of the accident. About 6‚000 deaths are caused by distracted
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Deborah Salerno November 20‚ 2007 SLEEP DEPRIVATION & DRIVING Nothing could prepare me for the news I received six years ago about the unexpected death of my close friend Joey. I will never forget the night he died. How I had been with him just minutes before‚ and how his death was totally unnecessary and preventable. A few weeks before Christmas in 2001‚ Joey‚ myself and a few of my other co-workers were closing down the local restaurant we worked at while attending Umass Lowell. It had
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