------------------------------------------------- Barbara Wheeler‚ A. Texting Affects Communication Skills‚ Kent News. Retrieved from: http://www.kent.k12.md.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=555:texting-affects-communication-skills&catid=54:superintendent&Itemid=188 Lenhart‚ A.(2010)‚ Text Messaging Becomes Centerpiece Communication. Bensoncheng Wordpress. Retrieved from http://bensoncheng.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/teens-cell-phones-and- texting-statistics/ Reid‚ F & Reid‚ D. (2004). Insights
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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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Driving under the influence‚ driving while intoxicated‚ drunken driving‚ drunk driving‚ drink driving‚ operating under the influence‚ drinking and driving‚ or impaired driving is the act of driving a motor vehicle with blood levels of alcohol in excess of a legal limit . Similar regulations cover driving or operating certain types of machinery while affected by drinking alcohol or taking other drugs‚ including‚ but not limited to prescription drugs. This is a criminal offense in most countries.
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and Cognition: Investigating Driving and Divided Attention Shamsi T. Iqbal‚ Yun-Cheng Ju‚ and Eric Horvitz Microsoft Research One Microsoft Way‚ Redmond‚ WA 98052 {shamsi‚ yuncj‚ horvitz}@microsoft.com ABSTRACT Conversing on cell phones while driving an automobile is a common practice. We examine the interference of the cognitive load of conversational dialog with driving tasks‚ with the goal of identifying better and worse times for conversations during driving. We present results from a controlled
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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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Distracted Driving In the year 2009‚ 16% of total fatalities have involved distracted drivers and the numbers would be 5474 people killed. These are more than 5000 people who won’t get to spend time with family‚ see their children or parents‚ talk about good old times with friends‚ or finish school. The even more devastating part is the family members of these distracted drivers or the people who were distracting them‚ that their lives will never be the same. As technology develops more and more
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Using Cellular Phones While Driving An issue that has been of some concern to the telecommunication industry in recent years is that of cellular phone use while operating a motor vehicle. This issue has been the subject of much debate among consumer‚ industry and government stakeholders. Most consumer stakeholders‚ such as the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety‚ agree that cell phone use while driving is an unsafe and hazardous distraction‚ while others feel that it is a new luxury provided by
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Texting Gone Wrong Technology has become increasingly advanced in today’s society. Specifically‚ texting has become the modern and faster way of communication. From being able to talk to someone across the country to letting someone know one is at his or her door‚ everyone seems to love this new innovation. But when does texting go too far? Randy Cohen examines this question in his article‚ “When Texting is Wrong.” In Cohen’s article‚ he explains the downside and inappropriate times for texting
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cell phones while driving? The statistics about distracted driving‚ which includes any type of distraction‚ show that distracted driving causes accidents. According to the United States Department of Transportation‚ 5‚747 people were killed because of driving distractions and approximately 448‚000 were injured in 2009 alone (1) Using a cell phone is just another way that driver are distracted. The debate rages on…should there be a specific law against using cell phones while driving. Some states
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