September 9‚ 2012 Every day we witness multiple tragic accidents involving people texting and driving. In my paper I will be arguing that the state of Minnesota should act boldly to create tougher laws on texting and driving offenders‚ and also create laws to ban people from using hands-free cell phones in their vehicle unless needed for an emergency. Also it is to be determined the meaning of texting and driving‚ the people involved‚ the laws needed to enforce it‚ which is affected when someone
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distracted driving were caused by people using there cellphones. These people could not put down there phone for a simple car ride‚ and they ended up killing themselves or someone else because of it. Texting and driving is a serious problem in the United States and needs to be illegal now. There are way too many innocent people dying because of this outrageous act. First texting and driving is very hazardous and causes lots of damage to people and property. There are a lot people against texting and
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Texting and Driving According to GPS Systems 16‚000 drivers were killed by headset use between 2001 and 2007. Knowing that a headset is mostly hands free think of the millions of teens and adults who you see texting with one hand off the wheel and eyes off the road. How many more deaths a year do you think there are with that? While texting and driving in itself is a horrible thing our government has tried to make laws to protect people for other drivers texting while they are driving but they
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Texting and driving Sitting on the highway in traffic and the cell phone goes off. Hearing the familiar text message ringtone a person starts to think‚ “Maybe it is my friend telling me about the update on the party tonight‚ or my mother‚ what if something is wrong?” It does not look like traffic is going to be moving anytime soon‚ and knowing that it would only take a minute‚ if that‚ to respond‚ they do. Before they know it‚ the car in front of them stops too fast and there in an accident. Texting
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Causal Analysis of Texting and Driving Cell phones have evolved since the introduction of this invention. We used phones for the sole purpose of calling people. Now we can use cell phones for internet use‚ taking pictures‚ and most importantly texting. Texting began to take off as a trend specifically for teenagers. ! Teenagers are notorious for multitasking throughout the day. As talking on the phone emerged as too time consuming‚ texting began to exist as a convenience. Texting plays a vital
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Fatalities From Distracted Driving in the United States‚ 1999 to 2008." American Journal of Public Health 100.11 (2010): 2213-2219. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 12 Apr. 2011. Fernando A. Wilson and Jim P. Stimpson focus on the trends of distracted drivers and their relation to cell phone use. They give records data and statistics on all road fatalities on U.S. Roads from 1998 to 2008 from The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). They include trends in driving fatalities due to distracted
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Texting and Driving Texting has become a daily thing‚ it’s quicker than a phone call and it’s easy to keep in touch with everybody. But with texting‚ just like talking‚ comes the people who think they can text and drive. Texting takes about five seconds‚ but in that minute a lot of things can happen‚ you can run off the road‚ hit a car‚ hit a tree‚ the possibilities are endless. To type a text it usually takes five seconds‚ when driving at 55mph in five seconds you go as far as a football field
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Texting and Driving Katelyn DeRiso Persuasive Speech Rough Draft Five years ago on a bright June day‚ then-20- year-old Amanda Kloehr went about her usual cell phone routine: "Updating my Facebook status‚ reading other people’s updates‚ and texting‚" she says. But she wasn’t at home or even in class—she was behind the wheel of her car‚ cruising down U.S. Route 13 at a highway speed. Amanda couldn’t have known that moments later her distracted driving would cause her to slam into
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come with responsibility. This generation often gets distracted while doing tasks that require complete focus. According to Webster’s dictionary‚ a distraction is “A thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else.” Distractions while driving are completely unacceptable‚ however‚ our society has made it normal to text or make calls while driving. There are many causes to why people use cell phones while driving‚ and with causes there are effects. People like to fit in with
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The Use of Cell Phones While Driving One of the most popular innovations in automotive travel in the past decade has nothing to do with the automobile itself‚ the people who drive them‚ or the roads over which they operate. Rather‚ it is the ability to carry on telephone conversations while driving. In today’s society‚ our technology is more advanced than ever before. Text messaging‚ like most modern technological devices‚ has its benefits and drawbacks. One of the most dangerous drawbacks is when
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