When I am driving‚ one of my biggest pet peeves is listening to someone blow the car horn because someone else is essentially not traveling fast enough. Have you ever been at stop light that turned green‚ and the first car does not move? What makes this situation even worse‚ is when a driver three or four cars back blows their horn. Why does the fourth car back feel entitled to be the hurry-up police? It does not make sense to me‚ that someone not immediately impacted by the delay feels the need
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Impairment is impairment. Whether it’s caused from alcohol or from seemingly innocuous acts like texting‚ surfing the web‚ or tweeting all pose very fatal risks to drivers and their immediate surroundings. Drinking and driving is irresponsible‚ but so is willfully looking away from the road to attend to something else. According to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute‚ if you’re driving 55 mph and take your eyes off the road for five seconds‚ the average amount of time it takes to send a text
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Jasmine Spears Mrs. Blevins English 110-15 October 11‚ 2013 Phone Use While Driving When driving‚ drivers should wait to use their phones unless there is an emergency if road side service is needed. Also drivers should be paying attention to the road signs and pedestrians instead of their cellphones. Drivers tend to lose attention while engaging cellphones which affords lives to be taken including the driver. “With advancing technology‚ the distractions to which drivers are exposed continue
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No State Left Behind: Laws Against Distracted Driving In Idaho and as a Nation The majority of the people in the world don’t intentionally put themselves in dangerous situations‚ yet tragedies occur every day. Each year a motorcycle hill climbing competition is held in New Plymouth‚ Idaho called the Big Nasty Hill Climb. On September 19‚ 2009 my sister’s best friend Lacy Fine set out for a day of fun with her cousin Brittani and her cousin’s boyfriend Carlos to watch the hyped up event. She’s never
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In today’s society‚ people use texting as a way to communicate with each other. The evolution of this technology has made it possible for people to relay their messages quicker‚ receive responses at a faster rate‚ and be able to do other activities instead of delaying them because they are talking on the phone. Texting and the use of cellphones have become extremely popular; however‚ they’ve also become very dangerous. Texting has become a perilous activity for the fact that there are individuals
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I have seen countless public service announcements on texting and driving in my lifetime but by using such a strong visual that grasped my attention from beginning to end‚ Jerry Stoner was able to deliver the message that “Cell phones and driving don’t mix. Ever‚” very effectively. The PSA Distracted Driving Commercial uses pathos through their visual of a phone with a fuse connected to it and logos by using many facts before the phone bursts‚ by utilizing rhetorical appeals this commercial was able
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Some states have made it illegal to drive while using a hand held cell phone‚ I disagree with this law. Due to the fact that young adults are easily distracted‚ the increase in accidents‚ and safety of any other person in the car as well. To start off young adults are easily distracted easily. It takes a young person about 4 seconds to read a text message‚ in the time that they read a message. It only takes 1.2 of those seconds for a crash to happen. Plus when its dark out and other drivers
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Texting while driving has become prevalent in recent years because technology has become widespread around the world. While people might be under the impression that texting is acceptable behind the wheel the action is quite dangerous. The action could result in a death because the drivers’ eyes are preoccupied‚ and out-of-focus from the road. Although the dangers of texting while driving may be underestimated‚ it is simply not worth the risk due to the fact that it promotes technological convenience
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There are many people who think texting and driving is a good thing but they don’t know that’s it’s a big risk.Texting and driving cause innocent lives to die over mistake.People need to think twice before they do something Texting while driving is risky because you’re not paying attention to the road‚ your hands are not on the wheel‚ and most of all people can even cause someone else’s life to be lost. Texting and driving is risky because you’re not paying any attention to the road. In the text
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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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