Melanie Hendricks Dean Kelly EH 1302 09 March 2010 Cell Phone Usage While Driving Cell phones have grown in popularity enormously in the last twenty years. Having a cell phone has become a necessity for twelve year olds to senior citizens. Cell phones are the most widely used device of communication for Americans. Not only are cell phones used for talking‚ but also many cell phones have capabilities to do everything that a computer can do. Due to the increasing popularity and ever changing
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revolutionized lives. They help us cover the same distances in minutes and hours‚ which use to take days or months in previous centuries. Inventions of cars and other automobiles have been a big turn over in history‚ but like they say everything in the world comes with a prize and technology now a days is costing people to pay with their lives. Every year hundreds of people are in a deadly accidents due to reckless driving of themselves or by the people around them. Using cellphones while driving has been
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I chose to write about “Do Blue Laws Save Lives? The Effect of Sunday Alcohol Sales Bans on Fatal Vehicle Accidents” by Michael F. Lovenheim and Daniel P. Steefel‚ which featured in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management in Fall of 2011. I chose this article because it relates to my paper topic as it looks at the relationship between a specific law and its effect on drunk driving. In addition‚ I also just found the topic very interesting as it focuses on a law that came about before the separation
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English Dr. L. Bongiovanni Texting Research paper As technology advanced‚ text messaging was designed as a quick and quirky way to speak to one another without actually speaking. Text messaging has become very popular in recent years‚ especially amongst teenagers and young adults but the outcome of this advancement is not all positive. Although texting makes communication faster and easier there are many problems that derive from texting alone. Texting and driving‚ cheating on tests‚ negative
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------------------------------------------------- Using a Cell Phone While Driving: It Can Wait In recent years‚ a new and extremely dangerous epidemic has plagued our roads. The use of cell phones while operating vehicles is an ongoing controversy that is resulting in more and more deaths each year. Consequently‚ we are now dealing with much more than the occasional switch of a radio station‚ or a casual conversation with a passenger; we are faced with constant preoccupation while driving. Talking/texting while in the car is an extreme
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Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that texting and driving shouldn’t be allowed. Central Idea: Simple fact on how it puts everyone on danger that’s on the road and how many accidents it creates. Attention Getter: Imagine your leaving your house on your way to work and you need to drop off your daughter but you receive a text message‚ so as you are driving you look down and take a look at it but soon you realize it’s far too late and you have already hit the side of
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The Dangers of Cell Phone Use While Driving Cell phone use should not be legal while driving‚ it causes many accidents even fatalities. Drivers become careless while driving when using cell phones. Cell phones cause distractions while on the road. Drivers do not pay attention to the road‚ which causes accidents to happen. The most prevalent distractions are texting and talking on a cell phone while driving. Cellphone use should not be legal while driving because it will help prevent more accidents
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Use a Cell Phone While Driving Cell Phones Kill Philip Theibert Philip Theibert‚ Yahoo Contributor Network Jan 13‚ 2010 MORE:Cell Phone DangersTexting While Driving FlagPost a comment Here are 25 reasons not to use a cell phone when driving. 1. There are a thousand ways to die in a car crash and they are all permanent 2. No message is important enough to die for 3. Do you want a free nose job when your head hits the windshield 4 .Everyone around you is texting. You need to watch
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Seat Belts Save Lives We all have our daily routine from the time we get up in the morning till we go to bed at night. We make plans for the weekend with friends and family and don’t think about how it can all change in a split second. I now think more about the actions and choices I make and how they can affect not only myself but others as well. I was faced several years ago‚ with the shock that one of my best friends had been in a horrific car accident. He made several very unfortunate choices
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One of the leading causes of car accidents is using phones while driving. Some states have already taken action to stop this deadly problem. They enforced a law prohibiting cell phone use while driving. This solution is the best way to stop the misuse of cellphones because it allows the police to stop those who do text while driving and reduces the amount of accidents that would have occurred if the law had not been in place. Granted‚ there are some calls that cannot wait till the end of
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