In the article “Texting‚ the Next Epidemic” by William B. Bradford‚ he addresses the issue of texting in our society. He states that texting is starting to tear apart the social fabric of our country. In the article‚ Bradford states that the United States has fallen behind in educational standards due to the lack of reading and writing involved with texting. He portrays to his readers that texting is making our social events not so social. He says that people go to restaurants and parties for social
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------------------------------------------------- Cell Phones and Texting Endanger Teen Drivers Disclaimer: You have requested a machine translation of selected content from our databases. This functionality is provided solely for your convenience and is in no way intended to replace human translation. Neither Gale nor its licensors make any representations or warranties with respect to the translations. Cell Phones and Texting Endanger Teen Drivers Nancy Mann Jackson is a reporter who specializes
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Texting and Driving Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that texting and driving is becoming a huge national problem‚ and propose a policy change to rectify the situation Thesis: Texting and driving is one of the nations leading causes of car crashes. While there are some laws in effect‚ people whom text and drive need to be held more accountable. While there is no simple solution‚ there are further steps that need to be done in order to ultimately resolve this issue. Pattern of Organization:
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Ryan Chesgreen 11/24/14 Written Assignment 9: Writing a Thesis/Support Paper If we have the freedom of speech‚ then we should also have the freedom to watch what we want on TV. Should sex and violence on television be restricted? As an adult you are able to make your own decisions on what you watch and you are in charge of how you let what you watch affect you. If it makes you act in a negative way‚ you are the one controlling those actions‚ not the networks that put shows like CSI‚ COPS‚ or
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accident where the other driver was texting while driving‚ would you blame the other driver for causing the accident? Twenty-eight percent of traffic accidents occur when people talk on cellphones or send text messages while driving‚ according to a study released by the National Safety Council.1 Texting and driving should be illegal because it distracts the driver and puts people’s lives at risk. The police should be able to pull over a driver if they see them texting and driving to prevent accidents
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Rhetorical Analysis of Texting and Driving: SD Department of Highway safety Public Service Announcement The Texting and Driving: SD Department of Highway Safety public service announcement was uploaded on YouTube in 2010‚ having over 290‚000 views. This video has inspired 288 people across South Dakota and potentially the nation to post a comment considering the implications of such an action. At the beginning of the video is a young women creating a critique of a new smart phone driving as a video
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twenty-first century‚ and people start to have a bad habit; one of the riskiest habits is texting while driving. According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)‚ almost eleven percent of people in the United States had texted while driving in 2008. The government of Texas should stop people who drive while texting because it can be dangerous and many serious risks like injury or death. Texting while driving can cause an accident because the driver is attention is on the phone
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wheel of a vehicle. My editorial titled “Texting while driving? In a matter of seconds‚ you could ruin lives forever.” Was created by the Editorial Board of the Chicago Tribune. This editorial is focused on the argument that driving while texting can be extremely hazardous to a person’s life and those around them. “Close your eyes‚ and count five seconds. Open them. That’s the average amount of time motorists take their eyes off the road while texting.” This statement speaks strongly to me in giving
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Commentary Texting while driving is a fairly new but very serious issue not only among teenagers but also adults. The issue is new because texting is a recently new way of communicating between individuals and since it is growing and becoming more popular most people text. Now put this common task to the test by driving at the same time and most of the time the result is not good. One of the main issues of this is car crash fatalities. There have been plenty of car crashes due to texting. People think
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around the world is texting and driving. There are many evidence that say that texting and driving is a bigger social problem than people think it to be. Most of these evidenced are backed up by surveys‚ research involving eliciting information from respondents through question. Stated by the article Texting and Driving “Some research shows that between 2001 and 2007‚ there were over 16‚000 deaths attributed to texting while driving (Wilson‚ Stimpson‚ 2010). Clearly texting while driving causes
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