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    Texting and Driving Texting and driving is a huge problem in the world and particularly the United States today. Being impaired at the wheel not only puts the driver in danger‚ but also the other people around the vehicle. Not only is texting and driving is outright stupid‚ it is one of the most dangerous things you can do while driving. Think about it. Is whatever you’re responding to that important that it should be put over everyone’s safety around you including

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    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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    The video begins with the hosts introducing the guest star Danny Preston‚ who is a defensive driving instructor. He claims that there are ways to turn road rage into calm and collected road revenge. The discussion starts by Preston explaining what to do when people are cut off on the road whilst driving. He says to remain calm and then follow the violator home. After obtaining their address‚ one can sneak into their perpetrators house and rearrange things to spook them out. It is much easier to make

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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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    Admit it‚ you’ve done it‚ You’ve been driving down the side street (and yes‚ the highway as well) when your phone‚ blackberry‚ or whatever you use to call and text with goes off. You immediately grab it‚ even though you are driving in traffic and really shouldn’t. It’s a dangerous and terrible habit American drivers have developed. and it needs to be broken!. In today’s lifestyle‚ text messaging is a main form of communication. Most people who own a cell phone revel in the wonders of text messaging:

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    fact that texting while driving has a greater impact on the rise of car accidents from introduction in 1992. Section II; Research Purpose The purpose of this research is to discover if texting while driving is the leading cause of automobile accidents of today. Society does not view texting while driving as a safe practice. There are ["There are" is an awkward phrase if "there" is not clearly a location] many articles‚ news reports‚ and laws passed on texting while operating a

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    “Mm-hmm‚” Katie cocked her MAC-11 and kept her eyes straight ahead to the van. As I neared the van again‚ the man loaded another drum magazine into his RPK‚ cocked the action and resumed firing at us. A civilian car swerved in front of us in an evasive maneuver‚ and I tried to get around it but clipped its left rear corner‚ and it spun out on the side of the road. “Shit!” I looked back at the car which had screeched to a halt then turned my attention back to the van. The man in the back fired some

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    Semester Research Paper: Texting While Driving PSA Persuasion holds place in almost every niche in our societies. Whether in politics‚ marketing‚ or public awareness and education programs‚ the elements of persuasion will always be indirectly or directly present in any society. Persuasion works because it appeals to different emotions and beliefs that are common among the targeted audiences (Walton 54). It hit right where it should and therefore gets results. When the Bush administration decided

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    Texting and Driving Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that texting and driving is becoming a huge national problem‚ and propose a policy change to rectify the situation Thesis: Texting and driving is one of the nations leading causes of car crashes. While there are some laws in effect‚ people whom text and drive need to be held more accountable. While there is no simple solution‚ there are further steps that need to be done in order to ultimately resolve this issue. Pattern of Organization:

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    causing a domino effect of crashes. Cars are tumbled‚ glass everywhere‚ children screaming. Texting and driving is responsible for over 1.6 million crashes each year. Texting and driving is responsible for the deaths of innocent lives of friends‚ neighbors‚ family members‚ and children.

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