Texting and Driving: Leads to Distraction Imagine driving down the road where the sun is shining and the wind is blowing in your hair‚ you’re having a grand old time driving and then all of a sudden someone rams in the back of your car. This is the behavior of texting while driving is proven to be unsafe. Maryland passed a new law about no cell phones in the hands of the driver while the vehicle is on; to use your cell phone it has to be hands free device. Having this law‚ people still text and
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Kang Hee Jun Wolf Li Eng101 March.23 2013 Stop Watching TV! TV has been loved by many people. They watch TV for entertainment and out of boredom. Some people watch TV to pass the time or they watch TV for cheer themselves. If they are depressed‚ they turn on comedy programs‚ so it makes them laugh. TV became part of their life regardless of age. However‚ TV is not good as people think. They do not realize of side effect of watching TV because it does not show up immediately. When they find out
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Persuasive Speech: Agressive Driving Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that aggressive driving should be avoided. Introduction I.Attention Getter: Speeding‚ tailgating‚ giving the finger and outright violence. Each day Americans grow more and more likely to take out their personal frustrations on other drivers. It is called aggressive driving and it is on the incline. II. Definition: Driving is a curious combination of public and private acts. A car isolates a driver from
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The Affects of Teenage Drinking Walking down the street‚ we always see trash lying around or notice people throwing trash out their windows. Littering helps people get rid of trash easier that way they wontso they will not have to stop or go a longer distance. Littering is very convenient for everyone but also shows how lazy our world is. Everyone knows that littering is bad but tsome peoplehey still do it because they don’t do not know the consequences that it can lead to. Littering
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Binge Drinking 1) Introduction What is binge drinking? Binge drinking means a large amount of alcohol consumed in a short period of time. The purpose of this research paper is to highlight the issue of binge drinking on the rise among the youths. It will also explain the causes‚ such as peer pressure and stress‚ and the effects‚ long and short term health issues and alcohol related harms(Health Promotion Board‚ 2012). This paper will also provide some suggested solutions for binge drinking. 2)
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be trained to respect traffic laws and learn to drive safely. Teens should also begin driving instruction at earlier ages in controlled areas. There is evidence that the longer a person drives the safer and less prone to accidents they are. Even though new teen drivers only make up 7% of people who drive they account for 14% of all driving fatalities. In 1998 5600 teens died in automobile accidents (“Teen Driving”). That amounts to 15 teens lost per day. In most states teens can drive unsupervised
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1. BIAS IN POLICE STOPS? In the late 1990s‚ popular‚ legal‚ and political concerns were raised across the United States about police harassment of minority groups in their everyday encounters with law enforcement. These concerns focused on the extent to which police were stopping people on the highways for “driving while black” (seeWeitzer 2000; Harris 2002; Lundman and Kaufman 2003). Additional concerns were raised about racial bias in pedestrian stops of citizens by police predicated on
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first year of driving‚ they’re inexperienced. Teenagers tend to lack their sense of judgment. They’re more likely to underestimate dangerous situations and not think of the consequences their actions might have. (Ex. Going over the speed limit‚ running red lights‚ ect.) Now mix that with drugs and/or alcohol and they are putting themselves and others in danger. Students Against Destructive Decisions works with students and schools to raise awareness and inform the risks of underage drinking and its outcomes
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The Deaths “’Drinking is Fun’ and ‘There’s Nothing You Can Do About It’: The Problem With the 21-Year-Old Minimum Drinking Age” an essay by Dr. Reginald Fennell‚ found in the Journal of American College Health‚ focuses on the effects of the minimum drinking age on college students. Fennell explains the benefits of lowering the drinking and gives alternatives to the current law. This article is of interest to readers since society seems to have a strong opinion of whether the drinking age should remain
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poisoning or drunk-driving accidents‚ but others have causes that go a lot deeper than we would think. The CDC ran a study that combined data from 2006-2010 about teenagers that had alcohol related deaths. The study found that out of the average of 4‚358 deaths‚ 492 were because of suicide. Drinking at an early age can not only lead to physical problems which most people are aware of. It can lead to mental problems and even social problems. There are many dangers of underage drinking‚ not only to the
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