injuries. He was convicted of assault‚ manslaughter‚ wanton endangerment‚ and drunken driving and was sent to the Kentucky State Reformatory‚ where he served a nine-and-a-half-year sentence. Most of you probably didn’t realize that this many lives could be affected in just one accident. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)‚ approximately 10‚839 people will die in drunk driving accidents this year. That’s one death every 50 minutes. Today‚ I would like to inform
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Is Texting Harmful? Ashley Robertson ELA B 10b Words June 1st 2013 Is texting harmful? Is it effecting younger generations? Teenagers and adults text when crossing the street and during meal times. They do it throughout the day at school and late at night. Some people even do it so much that there thumbs begin to hurt. People often and send and receive an average of 2‚272 text messages per month. That’s about 80 messages a day and the amount of text messages can
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Demetrius Isaac 27 November 2013 To Hattie Isaac Driving Essay In today ’s world driving is considered a right‚ but in fact as I have found out it is a big privilege and one with many consequences. “Fatalities due to driving rose from 105 in 2002 to 181 in 2006 by now the total will be almost 350 deaths in one year.” That is almost one person a day. As a driver I must have a lot of maturity in order to accept the enormous responsibility of having a license. In order to operate a car I must take
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When it comes to texting‚ people either love it‚ hate it‚ or just don’t even try because they may feel that they are “too old for that young people stuff”. Some people will promote it as one of the easiest ways to communicate or consider it a waste of time and murderous to the English language. I‚ for one‚ consider it a blessing and a curse. I can see both sides of the subject. I do agree that people shouldn’t text in some situations or places where it is considered rude‚ dangerous‚ or where it
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Calling vs. Texting English 99 2/28/11 Essay 2 Calling and texting are to excellent ways of communication‚ but texting is better. Texting allows so much more advantages then calling. Texting is faster‚ cheaper‚ and more convenient. Which makes it the better choice for communication. When having a conversation‚ a lot of people want it to be fast‚ an texting allows that. With texting you don’t have to hold a conversation and say hello‚ you can ask a question and end the conversation. For
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is The Most Dangerous Game [summative assessment] Topic 3: Describe examples of conflict in the story. “The most dangerous game” by Richard Conell is a short story about a stimulating hunt that a professional hunter who is tired of hunting animals and wants to try something more strenuous and amusing – hunting humans. It presents two characters that have experienced the dangers and thrills of hunting throughout their whole life. Just by reading the title of this story‚ you can figure
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Have you ever thought about how dangerous driving is? The teen mortality rate is always increasing because of things that could distract young drivers. The current driving ge is a few years too young. Teens maturity levels are still way low at the age of sixteen. The teen mortality rate has increased over the years. Accidents in motor vehicles is the leading cause of teenage deaths. Car accidents represent more than one-third of all deaths. Teen males have a 46% higher chance of getting in an accident
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teenagers die from car crashes every day. In the U.S.‚ most states start the driving age as young as 14 to 16 years old. Although having a learner’s permit requires a parent or adult guardian over a certain age to accompany the minor while driving‚ age 14-16 is too young to start driving and the age limit should be changed. There are three major factors that contributes to accidents among teen drivers and why the driving age should be changed. The lack of experience because they’re too young‚ distractions
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Driving distraction is very dangerous. It is a serious concern. The chances of Heads up displays (HUD’s) for auto dashboards are becoming more common and more sophisticated. There are the days of clunky GPS devices that use suction cups to stick to auto windows or dash. While many car companies have already build in GPS in their car along with a head up display as an option‚ there is a company has come up with a product called Exploride. It is a head up display with a six inch display that works
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Sierra Barnedo 3/17/13 Compare and Contrast Essay Texting and Calling Communication has evolved in several ways since the beginning of time. A telephone is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are not in the same vicinity of each other to be heard directly. A telephone converts sound‚ typically and most efficiently the human voice‚ into electronic signals suitable for transmission via cables or other transmission media over long distances
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