Editorial New Laws against Texting while Walking Will Rogers once said “You can’t legislate intelligence and common sense into people." However‚ you can try. After recent incidents involving distracted pedestrian accidents‚ New York and Arkansas are attempting to outlaw texting or listening to music while walking‚ or cycling. It may seem a little bit ridiculous‚ but after Cathy Cruz Marrero’s infamous fall into a mall fountain‚ these means may be necessary. Have you ever tripped while
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ntroduction Driver distraction‚ and its implicit effects on hazard recognition and vehicle control‚ has been a prominent topic on highway safety agendas‚ as well as for the U.S. Congress‚ state legislatures‚ the media‚ and the public at large (Stutts‚ Feaganes‚ Reinfurt‚ Rodgman‚ Hamlett‚ Gish‚ & Staplin‚ 2001). Much of this attention stems from the enormous increase in cellular telephone use by drivers and the prospect of similar growth in other in-vehicle technologies such as vehicle navigation
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Is texting Ruining the English Language. [Youth Radio]. Available from: http://www.youthradio.org/news/is-texing-ruining-english-language [accessed 4 June 2010] Author‚ A. N.‚ untitled. [accessed
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find some ways to managed that issue of texting while driving. That would be the first way to manage this issue. They will understand and know how dangerous that texting while driving and they should deal with it seriously. According to Federal Communications Commission website‚ eleven percent of drivers aged 18 to 20 who were involved in an automobile accident and survived admitted they were sending or receiving texts when they crashed. In spite of‚ texting while driving is a serious issue in our
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Let me tell you‚ that according to the Distraction.gov (official U.S. Goverment website for distracted driving)‚ Texting is the most alarming distraction because it involves manual‚ visual‚ and cognitive distraction simultaneously. If it’s so dangerous‚ why do people do it? Some people still don’t know how dangerous distracted driving is. Others know about the risks of texting while driving‚ but still choose to do so anyway. They make the mistake of thinking the statistics don’t apply to them
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Texting and driving may come off as just a thing that happens and its "no big deal" if we can get anyway with it. Some lives are being taken away by it and we need to take this into consideration. One reply your made to a friend‚ or family member it could leave you dead or someone else. An example of this is Ashley’s story which is a story of a girl would was texting and driving and ended up dead. Something as simple as "yeah" in a text lead to the death of a girl named Ashley in March 2010‚ Ashley’s
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Kendelle Loring Mr. Gover English 101- 330 24 Sep 2014 Essay 2 Final Copy Is Texting Language Really Appreciated? In Texting: Why All the Fuss? By David Crystal‚ a chapter from Txting: The Gr8 Db8‚ he mentions‚ “Texting is just another variety of language‚ which has arisen as a result of a particular technology.” In the excerpt Crystal talks about the drawbacks and benefits of texting. His main focus in the text is how texting has influenced grammar in teenagers. But‚ are the teenagers really the only
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evolved and now have become extremely popular worldwide. Some of the popular networking sites are: Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Google+‚ Friendster‚ Hi5‚ Orkut‚ Hyves etc. Social networking sites (SNSs) is a popular trend today‚ especially among college students. To our generation Social Networking Sites are part of everyday life. Social networking sites such as Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Multiply‚ and Tumblr have attracted millions of users‚ many of whom have integrated these sites into their daily practices and
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of the minds not focus on the driving‚the driving and the distraction by the phone. Organization: Problem‚ solution‚ solution Main Point: Point Elaborate • Mind cannot focus on driving • Distraction from the cell phone • Effects: accident/injury • Effects: jeopardize people around • Example: The driver will not focus with the driving and will endanger people around if there are mistakes while driving. (statistic) • Hand phone should be banned • Banning the usage of cell phone while
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