background‚ "Turn left in..."‚ and the iPhone dings and shows a text message. This is a common American driver morning work commute scenario. Today there is a greater amount of obstacles and tasks drivers are involved with while driving. There are three main causes of distracted driving which are multitasking‚ technology‚ and cell phones. According to Richard Pallardy in the article "The Age of the Automobile”‚ the automobile in America was introduced in 1908 with the model T from Ford. GM and Chrysler
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walked away with only minor injuries. The vehicle you ran into‚ on the other hand‚ fared much worse. A three-year-old boy was nearly killed in the collision. No‚ this would never happen to you. You are a perfect driver and have never had a problem driving while using your cell phone. The 330‚000 injuries and 2‚600 deaths annually were just unlucky‚ perhaps (Christensen par 3). How could this accident have been prevented? Laws concerning distracted drivers need to be enforced and education reinforced
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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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especially like myself to keep very calm and cool headed when driving‚ he doesn’t waste time on stopping you and showing you through heavy texted manuals and lets you concentrate on practically driving which improves your driving ability. Mani makes quick progress with you and gets you to test standard very quickly and efficiently‚ which saves you time and money. Mani was also very professional and always punctual when collecting you for your driving lessons‚ and was very generous with timings for his lessons
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Dangerous Driving Habits I believe drivers today drive more careless then in the past. Sure people have always eaten‚ put on make-up and yelled at their children‚ but I believe cell phones play a big part in dangerous driving habits. Keeping their eyes on what’s going on around them just isn’t important as answering that text. I would say just about every time I get in the car I can guarantee that I will someone on their phone while they are driving. Concentration needs to be the main focus
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Distracted Driving If you had the chance to save a life‚ wouldn’t you take it? If stopping one action would give you a 28.3 times more likely to not crash wouldn’t you stop? This one simple action is using a cell phone while driving. Only 10 out of the 50 states ban cell phone usage while driving. Using a cell phone while driving is distracting‚ it has major consequences‚ and there aren’t really any “safe” ways to do it other than totally eliminating it. From the mere fact that driving while using
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Why is Texting Bad? Picture a bus‚ subway‚ or a party where everyone is on their phones. It looks dumb‚ right? No one is talking because everybody has their nose buried in their phones. According to techst.com‚ there are almost 16 million texts sent every minute due to the growth of texting in our society. Although texting is a valuable way to communicate‚ it takes the emotions out of a conversation. It also makes people feel insecure about having more than one thought and it alters our real life
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drive as soon as they can. The driving age should be raised to 18 because many teens are not yet responsible enough to respect traffic safety laws; they are easily distracted by cellphones while driving; and tend to drive intoxicated‚ which commonly results in deadly crashes. First‚ the driving age needs to be raised to 18 because many teens are not yet responsible enough to respect traffic safety laws. To start with‚ it has been found by
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themselves and others. Distracted driving causes more driver related accidents than any other reason. For example‚ reports show “recognition error‚ which included driver’s inattention‚ internal and external distractions‚ and inadequate surveillance‚ was the most (41%±2.2%) frequently assigned critical reasons” (Traffic). While there are many types of distractions for drivers‚ some are more dangerous than others. For instance‚ this list includes such things as texting‚ taking or making phone calls‚
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Distracted Driving in Tennessee Cellular devices have become a natural part of everyday life. People wake up check their texts‚ emails‚ Facebook‚ twitter and even the weather with the touch of a button. New generation smartphones are now constantly glued to every hand or head that passes by. The result of this obsession is the ongoing issue of distracted driving. This issue started when drivers would get constant phone calls while on the road causing them to lose focus on their surroundings. Now
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