Stephen Hayes 12-3-14 English Comp I Mrs. Daniels Texting While Driving is Dangerous A split second is all it takes to send a text. A split second is all it takes to end a life. Most of us don’t think of the dangers that can occur when sending a text while driving. Imagine a sixteen year old teenager‚ driving on the roads; all of a sudden the teen receives a text from a friend. A split second later‚ an accident occurs; the teen that couldn’t wait to send a text has just slammed into the back of
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Texting While Driving: Is it worth Dying? SP: After listening to my speech‚ I want my audience to be influenced by the dangers of Texting while driving. CP: By the end of my speech‚ I am going to tell you about the disadvantages and the risk factors Texting while Driving entails. [Let me begin by showing a few photographs and I will proceed with a few questions.] I.Attention Can anyone identify what these teenagers have in common? They may all look alike‚ healthy‚ pretty we can say
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Texting and driving laws should be enforced teenagers and young adults because texting on a phone while driving can cause many fatal accidents. Many families lose their loved ones from accidents caused by texting and driving. Parents should be against this because it is a big distraction while driving‚ which causes people to take their eyes off the road for a few seconds‚ which can be enough to drive a person off the road or into another vehicle. Parents should also be the ones to warn their teenagers
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drinking and texting behind the wheel. This example goes to show that every choice comes with a price. In this case the driver chooses to go behind the wheel while intoxicated and chose to text behind the wheel that resulted in a horrific accident that hurt the lives of many. As of 2008 data from the article driving while distracted 6‚000 people died in car accidents because of distracted driving. First‚ I will be informing you on the pros and cons of banning texting while driving‚ secondly‚ I will
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Cause and Effects of Texting While Driving Texting while driving is a major issue affecting today’s society. Texting has grown to be one of the biggest forms of communication among people‚ despite the fact that some of these messages might be sent from behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. As a result‚ distracted driving often occurs removing the main objective a driver should be focusing on; the road ahead. Texting-related vehicular accidents and fatalities have caused a majority of states to
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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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CELL PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING Cell Phone Use While Driving April 29‚2013 Cell Phone Use While Driving It cannot be denied that science and technology have been instrumental in helping us in our daily lives‚ especially with regards to the way we socialize with each other. Technology has inherently made the world a small village‚ with communication becoming a tool that is accessible almost everywhere at any given time. One of the most noticeable faces of current communications technology is the
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calculator‚ and has many other features. "Studies have shown that talking on a phone while driving can increase the risk of an accident‚ but
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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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2012 “Texting While Driving: To Ban or Not to Ban?” Adults and teenagers are making a choice everyday to take their eyes off the road‚ their minds off of driving‚ and their hands off the wheel when they text and drive. The dangers of texting while driving are known nationwide‚ but the numerous deaths and accidents don’t seem to be stopping anyone from texting while behind the wheel. Several major corporations have launched campaigns to educate the public about the dangers of texting and
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