in fatal distracted driving car accidents (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Washington‚ D.C.). This means that younger drivers are highly distracted by electronics. Technology is constantly evolving and it is directly affecting drivers on an everyday basis. Driving requires a large amount of a driver’s attention‚ so when a person believes that taking a second to answer a call does not affect their driving skills they are mistaken. Using electronics while driving is a dangerous action
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Good Parenting What does it take to be a good parent? The most important things of being a good parent is being responsible for their children. This responsibility means that you are making sure that your child is doing the right things until they become of a mature age to make their own decision’s. First‚ a good parent should make sure that their providing their children with a roof over their head‚ food ‚ and put clothes on their back. Besides providing shelter‚ I strongly believe that
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Distracted driving is a recent epidemic that is “killing 5474 (16%) people and injured 448‚000 (20%)” (Overton). Drivers are multitasking constantly when they are on the road. It is not just the different tasks they need to perform while driving‚ such as: looking into the rear mirrors‚ stepping on the gas and brake pedals‚ or calculating the stopping distance between their car and another obstacle. They are distracted by other tasks that involves electronics: looking at the gps‚ texting a friend‚
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Explore the features that show these written communications are close to spoken language and the attitudes that different people have to the effects of these new hybrid languages. Over the last two decades‚ with the explosive use of mobile phones‚ texting has developed into a multi-modal ‘language’ or ‘hybrid language’ in its own right‚ containing elements of spoken language. Such forms of communication act as a written down version of a spoken conversation: whilst written they maintain the overall
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Safe driving keeps you and others out of harm’s way. I regret my violation of the law‚ and I will be much more careful and focused when driving in the future. Not driving safe could have implications on my future in college as well. By using defensive driving skills‚ safe driving is possible. Defensive driving skills are defined as “driving to save lives‚ time‚ and money‚ in spite of the conditions around you and the actions of others” by the standard Safe Practices for Motor Vehicle Operations
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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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The Toulmin Model of Argument (adapted from: http://schoolnet.org.za/twt/09/M9_argumentation.pdf) In his work on logic and argument‚ The Uses of Argument‚ Stephen Toulmin indicates three major‚ necessary parts of an argument‚ along with three additional‚ optional parts. The three major parts are the claim‚ the support‚ and the warrants. Claim: This is the disputable assertion for which a speaker argues. The claim may be directly stated or the claim may be implied. You can find the claim by asking
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Using Cell Phones While Driving Shouldn’t Be Banned When someone decides to use a cell phone while driving‚ it creates risks to others‚ but these risks are small. After weighing the risks against the benefits of cell phone use‚ it can be found that the benefits far exceed the risks. In this paper I will argue that cell phones should not be banned and indicate several benefits to using cell phones in vehicles. There are benefits that make cell phones useful in cars to drivers. Cell phones may
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Should People be allowed to Use Mobile Phone while Driving? These days‚ mobile phone has become almost a basic necessity. We need a mobile phone everywhere for a faster and swifter communication with rest of the world. Unfortunately sometimes‚ because of the misuse of mobile phone especially while driving‚ even the lives of people are at risk. Using cell phones while driving distracts drivers from the road‚ and drivers need to use all their senses‚ including hearing‚ to drive. Since we can’t use
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THE PERILS OF TEXTING Cell phones have become a staple of modern society. Nearly everyone has them‚ and people carry and use them at all hours of the day. For the most part‚ this is a good thing: the benefits of staying connected at any time and at any location are considerable. But if you’re like most Americans‚ you may regularly talk on the phone or even text while at the wheel of a car. This dangerous behavior has resulted in increasing numbers of accidents and fatalities caused by cell phone
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