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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Dr. Mohammad Masroor Asst. Professor – Skyline College Dissertation – Supervisor Abstract SMS promotions are the future. In a cellular world of over 275 million users‚ about 160 million are using SMS text messaging. All forms of text messaging are looking at substantial growth from 2011 forward. It may be the largest single technological revolution this generation has ever seen‚ but also it is allowing many people to be connected and marketed toward with things they might
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driving to ensure the safety of all drivers on the roads and highways. Citations should be given to drivers who text while driving because in order to view or reply to any text message‚ their eyes have to be completely off of the road for a given time period. There is absolutely no such thing as the perfect driver‚ let alone somebody being able drive perfectly while text messaging no matter how advanced the technology may be because it will still be a constant distraction taking your attention
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at the ”ten and two position” on the steering wheel and their eyes on the road. With texting being more common‚ now people try to multi-task texting while they are driving. “49% of drivers with cell phones under the age of thirty-five send or read text messages while driving” (2011‚ Harris Poll). Accidents from distraction can be caused by any person who owns a cell phone and drives.
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Everyone knows you shouldn’t drive distracted. Looking down for even a second while eating‚ adding condiments to your hotdog‚ changing the song on your playlist or occasionally checking your text messages could result in lifelong injury or even death. Although‚ how serious is this in the modern day world? With hands free calling and other technological advances‚ is distracted driving not as big of an issue as it was 10 or maybe even 20 years ago? Distracted driving happens when a person is operating
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program director at South University‚ Richmond sees frequent use of cellphones in his classes. Text Messaging Statistics Source: SMS Marketing Statistics This article is about the statistics of text messaging. Some statistics this article states are text messages per minute‚text messages per year‚ etc. For example‚ 95 - 98% of text messages are read within minutes of receipt‚ 2.12 Trillion text messages are sent every year! (Summer 2011) and there is over 320 million wireless subscribers
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ban on texting while driving as well. This includes corporations such as the Ford Motor Company. The Ford Motor Company “became the first automaker to endorse a federal ban on sending text messages while driving” (nytimes.com).
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interpersonal communication due to the ease of getting in touch via the Internet‚ but this increase comes at the cost of quality. Turnbull states that this is the result of text messaging and email. By using short‚ ambiguous messages Generation Y is missing out on quality conversation. Even the oldest generations are learning to text instead of call and use social networks such as Facebook‚ Instagram‚ and etc. Both generations (baby boomers and generation y) agreed that video chat programs such as Skype
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phones. Some people might simply lie to themselves about being cell-phone addicted while others might not even realize they are addicted. In a cell phone survey I conducted with a young girl‚ I asked what percentage of usage is made up of Instant Messaging. She answered zero percent while‚ ironically‚ she interrupted the interview in order to send an email to her professor using her cell phone. Clearly as time progresses technology improves. NASA stated in an article “one’s cell phone has more computing
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Cell phone use while driving has caused unnecessary injuries and deaths throughout history. Those injuries and deaths prove the ignorance of the victims and set an example for others. Many people have lost their loved ones in cell phone related accidents but with every experience comes a lesson‚ which in this case is that cell phone use while driving should not be allowed. The road would be a safer place to drive if the use of cell phone while driving is prohibited. The risk of accidents increases
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