including; texting‚ talking‚ and connecting with the rest of the world through social media. Cell phones have become a natural way of life to where Americans pick up their phones and use them like second nature. However‚ the dangers present themselves when many get behind the wheel of their cars and carry the habits of cell phone addictions with them. If all states ban the use of cell phones while driving‚ then there would be a reduction in the number of fatalities each year. Texting and driving
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companies don’t tell you that the piece of technology that helps you better communicate can be harmful to your health and safety. Texting while driving can be harmful to you and others in your vehicle. There recently has been more awareness about the dangers of texting and driving‚ but most people still put themselves at risk. “About one in four mobile phone users still texts when driving‚ according to a recent survey.” (Hamblen) Cell phones have a tendency to capture the persons attention almost memorizing
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driving is texting‚ calling‚ and social media. The most common occurrence of cell phone usage while driving is texting and driving. Many people argue that texting and driving is harmless because it only takes a few seconds to read or send a text‚ but it has been proven that those few seconds of a driver’s attention being drawn toward a phone and away from the road can have serious and even fatal consequences. There are many accidents that have been because one of the drivers are texting. A text is
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teenagers die each year in crashes due to texting while driving (Ramirez). Texting and driving not only puts a high risk of danger on the driver‚ but creates a dangerous environment for everyone surrounding them. Surpassing drinking and driving‚ the leading causes of death among teenagers is texting while driving. Virginia Tech studies show that anyone who texts while driving makes a crash 23 times more likely to be in an accident (“Dangers of Texting While Driving”). Also‚ if the driver is dialing
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Persuasive Speech Manuscript English Honors III 16 January 2013 Text behind the wheel‚ and someone may be killed. No one wants to receive a call that says someone close to them died. No one means any harm by texting and driving; but texting behind the wheel is very harmful. “26% of teens say they read or send a text at least one time every time they drive.” (www.FCC.gov) 26%. That’s a pretty good percentage of just teens alone‚ that’s not even counting adults. No one considers themselves to be
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Texting and driving is more dangerous than most teens could imagine. It has ended the happiness of many families in a blink of an eye‚ or in this case a ding from a phone! Texting and driving is a major distraction among teens today‚ and teens seem to have an impulse to grab their phones at any given time without any care. Therefore‚ this can lead to many dangers and consequences that teens should be aware of before getting behind the wheel. Now‚ before teens think about using their cell phone
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Texting while driving can also increase the likelihood of running over and killing pedestrians‚ a 2009 study by the same team found. That research‚ which involved 21 teens and a driving simulator‚ found that texting while driving or even fiddling with music players while driving increased "lane position deviation" and rapid changes in speedAlthough 71 percent of parents with teenagers aged 12 to 17 years old say they know how to and do text‚ kids still perceive their elders as being out of the texting
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3rd June‚ 2015 Persuasive Speech Outline Topic: Dangers of Texting and Driving Specific Purpose : To persuade my audience not to text while driving because it is very dangerous. Thesis Statement: Texting and cellphones uses should be banned while driving. Using cell phone would make drivers have less control of the vehicles and more likely accident occurs. I. INTRODUCTION A. Cell phones are troublesome while driving. When a driver keeps talking or listening to music he or is not supposed
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Earnest is better than hip In The Last Lecture there is a section that is called “Earnest is better than hip” written by Randy Pausch. In this paper I am going to explain what the lesson Randy learned was‚ and what the incident he learned the lesson from was. At the beginning he explains that he would take an earnest person over a hip person any day. He says that because a hip person is someone that is not serious and jokes around a lot. An earnest person is someone that is honest‚ hardworking
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"It’s kind of funny because ’LOL’ now means ’laugh out loud.’ But when I was a kid‚ we would write ’LOL’ on notes and stuff to our friends and it would mean ’Lot’s of Love.’ Whenever I read that‚ I still find myself thinking ’Lot’s of Love’ and then I’m like ’No‚ Laugh out Loud!’ It’s kind of funny‚" said Lane laughing (Lane 2010). By shortening words are we working faster or just being bone idle? The online communications through social networking sites such as Yahoo messenger‚ Msn messenger‚
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