Name: Aranique Brown Teen Driving Issues Project Topic: Cell Phones and Driving Part 1 - Identify the Issue Be sure to include complete sentences. Section Heading Information Why is this a problem‚ especially for teen drivers? Cell phones and driving is a problem for teen drivers because teens usually have phones with them all the time. If you have a notification‚ you are tempted to check it‚ maybe answer a phone call? If teens are doing this on the road‚ it could turn into a more serious issue
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I text while driving. I try not to‚ but I do. And I know what you’re thinking. I get it. You think I’m careless. You think I’m reckless. You think I’m dangerous. You say I’m an accident waiting to happen; that I’ll probably get killed one day; that I might even kill you. I tell you now‚ I understand. But I don’t care. I have places to be‚ text messages to send. At times I’ve been brilliant‚ multitasking to perfection; typing ’Brobdingnagian’ while making a double lane change in Austin rush-hour
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age 25. Teens have a hard time controlling their risky behavior and becoming responsible which is why minors are mostly involved in crashes. Some regulations have been made to help decrease the dangers of teen driving‚ for example‚ the Graduated Driver License and the banning of cell phones while driving to help prevent distractions. Even though there are regulations‚ minors don’t always follow them which is why the dangers of teen driving are underrated. One of the leading dangers with teen driving
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Texting and Driving OutlineBarbara PoeComm. / 21810 -06-2014John BiroTexting and Driving OutlineIntroduction Hello my name is Barbara Poe‚ my goal today is to convince teens that texting and driving can be hazardous to their lives and everyone else on the roads they travel. I will be trying to persuade them not to text while driving by giving them scary statics. I will be asking teen drivers to take the pledge not to text and drive. Texting and driving is: A. Distractive driving – Taking
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forty percent of American teens say that they have been in a car where someone has been texting and driving‚ putting them in the was of danger (“The Dangers of Texting While Driving” 1). Texting and driving has become a major deal over the last several years‚ due to the increased number of car accidents that have been caused. Texting while driving can put drivers in dangerous situations that they could avoid by just putting their phone away. Over the years texting and driving has become a major issue
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Can Texting Be Damaging for Teens? Now‚ you have to qualify this by stating that I am still learning how to give a good interview. This was a live interview‚ and so it was challenging and something at which I was not trained in graduate school. So‚ with some practice‚ I know I’ll get better at giving a polished interview. So‚ on to the question as to whether texting can be problematic for teens. Like practically any behavior that we can think of‚ texting‚ in moderation‚ is generally harmless
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You are driving around town when suddenly you get a text. You look down innocently to look at the message; not thinking about the consequences ahead. Suddenly you hear a car honking‚ and brakes screeching. You look up at the road ahead just as you collide with another car. Now you are barely conscious as you here sirens‚ an ambulance is rushing you to a hospital. Texting while driving is dangerous to everyone on the road‚ and it needs to stop. As if driving with distraction wasn’t dangerous enough
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teenagers die from car crashes every day. In the U.S.‚ most states start the driving age as young as 14 to 16 years old. Although having a learner’s permit requires a parent or adult guardian over a certain age to accompany the minor while driving‚ age 14-16 is too young to start driving and the age limit should be changed. There are three major factors that contributes to accidents among teen drivers and why the driving age should be changed. The lack of experience because they’re too young‚ distractions
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Texting While Driving In 2011‚ at least 23% of auto collisions involved cell phones which equal 1.3 million crashes. In the year 2009 alone‚ nearly 5‚870 innocent lives were taken due to careless driving while using a cell phone behind the wheel. In statistics of Oklahoma 2008 car crashes‚ 1298 accidents were cell phone related‚ nine of which resulting in death. Overall cell phones cause roughly a quarter of all accidents in the United States. “And a rough consensus between science‚ policy‚ and
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While Kelley was driving on I-4‚ a friend texted her. Kelley picked up her phone and read the text. While she began to laugh‚ she looked up and started to realize that she was too close to the truck in front of her which started to brake. Kelley was too late to react on time and got into a bad accident. Luckily she made it out alive‚ but she could have ended up losing her life. Although a lot of people text while driving‚ they never admit that they do so. As illustrated in the real life example before
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