wheel of a vehicle. My editorial titled “Texting while driving? In a matter of seconds‚ you could ruin lives forever.” Was created by the Editorial Board of the Chicago Tribune. This editorial is focused on the argument that driving while texting can be extremely hazardous to a person’s life and those around them. “Close your eyes‚ and count five seconds. Open them. That’s the average amount of time motorists take their eyes off the road while texting.” This statement speaks strongly to me in giving
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TEXTING WHILE DRIVING LAWS Jessica Daniels DeVry University TEXTING WHILE DRIVING LAWS SECTIONS III‚ IV‚ AND V Imagine a person driving in a car down the road and all of the sudden the car coming the other direction swerves and hits a person head on. The victim of the crash probably thinks the other driver was intoxicated in some way‚ but that person was texting while driving. This shows that sometimes people drive as badly when they are texting while driving as when they’re
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century‚ and people start to have a bad habit; one of the riskiest habits is texting while driving. According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)‚ almost eleven percent of people in the United States had texted while driving in 2008. The government of Texas should stop people who drive while texting because it can be dangerous and many serious risks like injury or death. Texting while driving can cause an accident because the driver is attention is on the phone not
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Texting While Driving We all know that sticking our nose in a device to read and answer messages while we drive is akin to driving while impaired. But safe texting while driving is something I’ve done for years. Here’s how it works: There is a pad of paper and a pen on the seat next to me. Remember paper? Pens? They still work. And there is a road where I can drive very slow or even pull over to jot a couple of words. It’s become an almost daily ritual‚ because the break from "Butt In Chair" seems
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In today’s society ‚ cell phones play a big part in the lives of many people around the world. Tasks such as making cells‚ texting‚ taking photos and even surfing the internet have not only been made easier but have also been more possible for many more people. As a results‚ cell phones subscriptions continue to increase globally. As people continue to depend on a cell phones for their communications needs‚ these devices not only become more useful also more dangers‚ especially when used at inappropriate
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Introduction: Automobile crashes as a result of texting while driving is an outbreak that has taken the nation by storm over the past decade. Whether people think they can safely type on their phone while driving‚ or just don’t think there is any real danger in the act does not matter. Texting while driving must be stopped. To do this government must take action to both add uniformity to the laws and punishments bestowed on the offenders. But‚ it is also vital that the government provide ample educational
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driver the safety and potential hazards that can arouse while on the road and the means to prevent them. The cell phone feature debated in the AAA research is the use of SMS (text messaging). Text messaging allows people to have short messaged conversations with others without having an actual phone conversation. In today’s society this has become a major phenomenon among many‚ especially teens. Due to our busy life style‚ people are now texting more rather then making the time to have phone conversations
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I text while driving. I try not to‚ but I do. And I know what you’re thinking. I get it. You think I’m careless. You think I’m reckless. You think I’m dangerous. You say I’m an accident waiting to happen; that I’ll probably get killed one day; that I might even kill you. I tell you now‚ I understand. But I don’t care. I have places to be‚ text messages to send. At times I’ve been brilliant‚ multitasking to perfection; typing ’Brobdingnagian’ while making a double lane change in Austin rush-hour
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When trying to figure out ways to prevent distracted driving car accidents we often overlook the obvious: the perspective of the texter. My guess is that most people reading this are not teenagers‚ the most likely group to text and drive. The following essay was written before the recent efforts in Michigan to ban texting while driving. It has been edited for timeliness and length‚ but all the salient points remain. The essay was featured on Traverse City Record-Eagle’s website and was written by
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While Kelley was driving on I-4‚ a friend texted her. Kelley picked up her phone and read the text. While she began to laugh‚ she looked up and started to realize that she was too close to the truck in front of her which started to brake. Kelley was too late to react on time and got into a bad accident. Luckily she made it out alive‚ but she could have ended up losing her life. Although a lot of people text while driving‚ they never admit that they do so. As illustrated in the real life example before
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