The Dangers of Texting and Driving T.K. Saunders Government Period 3 In today’s world there are plenty of distractions that can keep drivers eyes off the road‚ from adjusting mirrors‚ to changing the radio station‚ but perhaps the most dangerous distraction of all is texting. According to the CDC at least 9 people die in accidents involving texting every day‚ and over 1000 are injured. 50% of drivers under the age of 35 use their cell phones in some manner while they drive. This
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Dangers of Texting and DrivingPublic SpeakingCOMS2303October 14‚ 2014Dangers of Texting and DrivingI think texting and driving is dangerous and whether or not it has affected you as of now‚ statistics show it could in the future. Did you know that texting while driving is now one of the most common distractions that take a driver’s eyes off the road today? Imagine if someone in your family‚ your mom‚ dad‚ or sibling were killed by a driver who was texting‚ how would you feel? Would you think‚ was
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smartphones‚ they will do it on the road. There are many laws being established to try to prevent distracted driving from happening‚ although they can’t completely stop it. No matter what age the driver is‚ under no circumstance should they be texting while driving. Texting or using a cell phone while driving is very hazardous to yourself and the people surrounding you. One reason the majority of people are against this action is because it causes a great amount of car accidents every year. While driving
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Texting and Driving Essay I do support in the fact that texting a driving should be considered illegal‚ mainly for the soul purpose that many people die because of the distractions on the road that your phone can cause. “In the past three years alone‚ 30 states have banned texting while driving‚ the only state that has not done it yet is Oklahoma.” (Delcour 2) You see on the news that there are many teenagers now a days that get into car accident why? BECAUSE THEY WERE TEXTING AND DRIVING! “Last
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dramatically in the last decade. People have taken texting to the extreme. The advances in the cell phones have had a large impact on everyone‚ but especially today’s youth. Teens have taken the use of technology to an unsafe level. These bad habits can affect them for the rest of their lives. Teens are to distracted by their cell phones. Texting is causing teens to be distracted while driving‚ limiting their social skills and is causing teen texting tendonitis. Traffic crashes are the leading causes
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Texting and driving has become a major issue in the United States‚ because it started with a little texting now‚ it’s what everyone does. It costs people their lives‚ and in many cases‚ the lives of other people. The nation’s addiction to constant communication has lead to a crisis on the roads. Texting and driving has become the new drunk driving. Experts have found‚ that drivers travel the length of a football field at 55 miles per hour without looking at the road. Many teens as well as adults
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Texting and driving is dangerous Cell phone is a tool which can kill yourself. Do you know that? Texting while you are driving is not only dangerous for yourself‚ but also dangerous of others. You must have responsibility to other‚ so you should stop it and keep 100% attention on driving. An accident will probably change your life a lot. You will ruin your dream by yourself. In this essay‚ I will discuss dangers of texting while driving‚ once you get accident how it changes your life and we can
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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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English 115 5 April 2013 Texting While Driving: Worse Than Drinking and Driving I was on the freeway on my way to school when all of a sudden out of nowhere a car pulled into my lane without any signal. I slammed on my brakes because the car almost hit me. The driver never turned to look. I honked my horn‚ but the driver didn’t take into consideration my horn and kept driving. I changed lanes and caught up with the car to see who was driving‚ and it was a young female texting on her phone. She kept
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Verbals: Gerunds‚ Participles‚ and Infinitives Worksheet #1 Name _________________________________ Period ________ Exercise Directions: Highlight in red the –ing word in each sentence. After it‚ tell how it is being used in the sentence: gerund (subject‚ direct object‚ predicate noun‚ or object of the preposition)‚ participle (adjective)‚ infinitive‚ or is it just part of the regular verb phrase . Remember that any part of speech can be compound‚ meaning that there can be two or more
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