Distracted driving claimed 3‚477 lives in 2015 alone. “Distracted driving is any activity that diverts attention from driving‚ including talking or texting on your phone‚ eating and drinking‚ talking to people in your vehicle‚ fiddling with the stereo‚ or anything that takes your attention away from the task of safe driving.” The state does not do enough to protect people from distracted driving. The number one reason for teen’s death aged 13-19 is auto accidents. Their lack of experience on the
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have disclosed how texting and driving‚ which causes approximately 330‚000 injuries per year‚ is far more dangerous than drinking and driving. Therefore‚ texting while driving should be banned just as driving under the influence is against the law. Consequently‚ the lack of attention and the lives put at risk are accompanied by impaired reaction time the driver has while texting and
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Attention Please! Texting and driving go hand in hand for a lot of Michigan drivers. Too many people on the road are disobeying the law and causing danger to all. It could be the guy behind you‚ who for some reason cannot drive within the lines. Perhaps it is the lady in front of you‚ whose head keeps popping up and down as she tries to keep her attention on what she’s typing on her phone‚ and the road. Whether people think they have the skill to text and drive‚ or just do not see the existing
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The concept of cars and driving have stayed relatively the same throughout decades‚ but external factors have changed for example texting and driving. When technology gets addicting and more integrated in our life. We tend to get risky and use it when we are not supposed to. There’s many reasons why texting while driving is extremely dangerous. It causes many deaths annually‚ its viewed as a least important concern and it impairs the way of life in the grand scale of things. This is just a few reasons
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English Comp I 13 September 2013 Dangers of Texting While Driving Technology has become a large part of our society. Mobile phones have become a staple to millions of people throughout the world‚ but with this technology comes a lack of responsibility that can cause harm to others. Texting has become a popular form of communication in the fast paced society we live in today. Texting and driving has become a growing epidemic. Statistics continue to prove how dangerous it is and why people
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essay for ticket On may third two thousand and ten‚ at nine o’clock in the morning i received a ticket for driving while in use of a motor vehicle. At the time of the suspected incident‚ i had just pulled up to a red stop light and was running a little late because of the traffic. So i decided to call my sergeant which is in charge of me to let him know what was going on‚ i picked up my cell phone after i had come to a complete stop and then called him‚ at this time the light is still
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are caused by texting and driving." My essay is on a common issue that affects every citizen of this nation; distracted driving‚ but is there enough action from our state government to help prevent the tragic events that happen due to this horrific habit. Our state has many laws and preventions against young adults and everyone else; which helps them to stop driving and texting or
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TL;DR – How will self-driving make ethical choices and who is more likely to get hurt when there is no way to avoid a collision. The article “Top Safety Official Doesn’t Trust Automakers to Teach Ethics to Self-Driving Cars” by Rosemblum (2016) takes a look at how ethics will could and should be a part of self-driving cars. The self-driving cars being tested today have a lot of sensors‚ computing power and algorithms to determine how to navigate on highways and through the street of cities‚ but
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Teen Driving Teens are dying and we can change it. Teen car crashes kill more young people than any other cause. Cars are responsible for nearly fifty percent of American teen deaths. Over 3‚000 American teens die yearly in car crashes. That’s equivalent to a commercial jet loaded with teenagers crashing once every other week for a year. The majority of teen deaths are when other teens are in the car with them. For every teen killed multiple that by 100 and that is how many are injured. Every 15mins
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texting while driving. Central Idea: Texting while driving can be fatal‚ distracting‚ and what can we do to prevent the danger of texting while driving. Introduction: I would like to start by asking you this‚ do you value your life? Do you value the life of others? If so why put yourself and the life of other at risk by texting while driving? Good evening ladies and gentleman my name is Shanalee Robinson and tonight I will persuade you into thinking about why texting and driving is a dangerous
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