I’m here to talk to you kids about texting while driving. I know‚ I know you have heard this speech a million times before‚ but I hope that this time you will really listen and learn from my mistakes before it’s to late. I was really just a normal teenager. Seventeen. Doing pretty well in school. Had a great group of friends. I had a really great life going for me. My parents always told me to never text while driving and of course I went to all these school assemblies where people came and lectured
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Alexander Lucas Cell Phone Regulation While Driving Most people now days own a cell phone. It is inevitable to go to a place and not see at least five people out of a crowd holding their cell phones looking up something from the internet or texting someone. According to the US Census Bureau of 2011‚ there are 311‚591‚917 people living in the United States. Digital marketing and design company‚ Steadyrain‚ estimate that there are about 232‚000‚000 people who own a mobile communication device
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cell phone of the purse or pocket. But the eye then goes of the road. " I ’ll just text a brief response while I ’m stopped at the light‚" I tell myself. Being of the not-born-with-cell-phone-in-hand generation‚ or older than 30‚ I ’m slow in typing the message on that itsy-bitsy screen. It ’s an even greater challenge if I don ’t have my reading glasses on -- I never wear them while driving. It takes two hands to type. My 20-something children can do it one handed‚ rarely looking at the keyboard
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The Effects of Cell Phones While Driving Psychology 1100 July 12‚ 2011 In today’s society‚ motorists are either against or for cell phone use while driving. My goal is to determine whether talking on a hand-held or hands-free device actually affects the reaction times and situation awareness (SA) of the driver. Aspects of situation awareness are crucial to the performance of any dynamic complex task; including operating a motor vehicle as discussed in “Effects of distraction and experience
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that might not be a problem anymore. Many states have banned the use of hand-held devices while driving. Knowing about all the people that have been killed in accidents involving cell phones‚ I one-hundred percent agree with this law. Using your cell phone while driving can lead to lack of focus on the road‚ especially among young drivers who are not as experienced as their adult counterparts. Driving takes an extreme amount of concentration‚ due to the many things that could happen on the
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the rare individuals known as hermaphrodites who are a mixture of male and female biology. The researches show that girls who receive more androgen at birth than expected behave more like our society expects boys to act. Money’s study affirms that while prenatal exposure to androgen may have predisposed the girls towards more aggressive‚ boyish behavior‚ they also needed a social environment that would encourage such behavior. Another study conducted by Jerre Levy of the University of Chicago found
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Thesis Statement: In this research paper‚ six points about teens and driving include I the laws‚ II cell phones‚ III parents‚ IV facts‚ V physical and demands‚ and VI statistics. First‚ if a teenager wants a driver’s license‚ they need to know the laws. The first step is to fill out a license application with your firs‚ last name‚ and date. The laws says non-citizens cannot (“Obtaining a Learner’s Permit” 1). The article states‚ “With the passage of SB 226 (Joshua’s law) by the 2005 Georgia general
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Some states have now made it illegal to drive while using a hand-held cell phone. Encouraging this law could prevent tragic accidents from occurring. Unfortunately‚ many are guilty of using a device while driving causing loss of control. Often‚ majority of accidents are caused by the distraction of the device itself. Hopefully‚ enforcing this law could drastically decrease the amount of crashes due to the use of devices from behind the wheel. All the states should act upon this law to protect
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Cell Phone Usage While Driving Cell phone usage while driving is a very common trend around the US. Cell phones are a part of everyday life in today’s world. Cell phones allow people to multitask‚ doing many other things while still on their phone. Although individuals are able to multitask‚ driving is one task that requires ones full attention. Cell phone usage raises many risks while driving. Those who use a cell phone while driving risk their life‚ the lives of others‚ and could be breaking the
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phone while driving is dangerous and ought to be banned. Talking on a cell phone‚ even while using a hands free device‚ distracts the driver and makes them a hazard to themselves and others on the road. Some claim that government should not be able to legislate against people’s freedom to use their cell phones where and when they wish. Although people’s freedoms and rights are important‚ they should not be allowed to stretch so far that they put others in danger. Using a cell phone while driving
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