Distracted Driving Hodges University ENG1101 Dr. Wesley Boozer August 12‚ 2013 Driving is supposed to be an experience that is enjoyable and safe. It’s not supposed to be one where the operator of the car is doing everything in the car but paying attention to the road. You drive your vehicle for a reason. It may be for running an errand‚ going to your job‚ or going to a friend’s house. Your vehicle should not be where you are putting on your make up‚ eating or drinking‚ changing the
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The Texting Tool It’s eleven o’clock on a Thursday night and right before you go to bed‚ a tone too familiar pops up. Your friend asks through a text to read his essay‚ finding poor grammar and spelling abbreviations such as “bc” and “prob” ‚ you begin to think to yourself‚ “ How can texting really find its way into my friends paper?” According to Michaela Cullington‚ in the article “Does Texting Affect Writing” Cullington had done some research of texting and how it will affect a writer’s behavior
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Impaired driving and Aggressive driving Impaired and aggressive driving are both reclus driving and puts the life of yourself and others in danger. If you are going to drive you should be driving responsibly on the road to prevent collisions. Impaired driving is driving under the influence of drugs‚ alcohol and fatigue. This can cause blurred vision‚ falling asleep at the wheel‚ little judgement‚ death‚ and injuries. Not only may somebody be injured but your license can be suspension or jail
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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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When driving‚ the risk of crashing is always a possibility; however with a cell phone in your hand the risk is four times greater. Using a cell phone while driving has become a big problem in areas around the globe and is reckless driving. Keisha Wall‚ a nineteen year old girl learned her lesson after she killed Christine Lyon‚ while reading a text message in Southeast England. Wall Claimed she had her hands on the wheel‚ but the evidence showed that she received and sent a message at the time of
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Texting Vs. Calling There are many similarities and differences in these communication methods. You could point out that both are ways to communicate but texting is way more difficult to tell how someone actually feels since you cannot hear their voice. Texting is the newest and coolest thing to do among young adults. Texting involves seeing a block of information displayed that just gets straight to the point. It allows the exact message to be sent clearly to the other person. No distractions
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The use of cellphone while driving Informative speech Specific purpose: to inform my audience about the risks that are involved while using their cellphone while driving and its penalties. Thesis: Using a cellphone while on the road could be risky. Organizational pattern: Topical order. INTRODUCTION: I. Attention Getter: ‘’Using a cellphone while driving‚ whether it is handheld or hands-free‚ delays drivers reactions as much as having blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit
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According to Clayson and Haley (2013) in the article “The Impact of Texting on Students in Marketing Classes‚” texting during classes has become a complex problem due to the fact that many professors feel that as a discourteous and unprofessional. As a result‚ teachers have been implanting diversities rules to try to control the texting because understanding a class means to be concentrated in physically and mentally in order to get quickly and clearly the information. The use of cell phones make
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disadvantages must as equally importantly be acknowledged. Although many argue the contrary‚ there are many reasons to believe that phones‚ and texting in particular‚ can and have resulted in a disconnect within families‚ friendships‚ and an overall disconnect with the world. Before probing into the cons‚ one must recognize the most favorable aspect of texting. The idea of being able to contact someone via text‚ whether next-door or on the other side of the world‚ is truly an amazing thing. Children
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or home office location. But however you use it approximately 115 people will use their cars as a death bed everyday. Distracted driving has become one of today’s largest transportation issues. On a daily basis distracted driving puts millions of drivers and passengers in danger. So today we will look at what distracted driving really is‚ what the consequences of driving while distracted are‚ and what people can do to drive more safely. We all know we have been at fault at some point; we do it without
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