The National Safety Council states that: “cell phone use while driving causes 1.6 million crashes each year.” Texting while driving is mostly operated by teenagers‚ but as society develops a lot of adults are starting to contribute to it as well. Texting while driving is very distracting to the driver. Texting while driving has also become a recent and huge problem in our communities. About 78 percent of people own cell phones today and just imagine how many of those people own and operate a vehicle
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Self-driving autos are unquestionably in transit‚ however it might be some time before we are all being passed on by completely mechanized vehicles.Self-driving auto is the effects that self-governing (additionally called self-driving‚ driverless or automated) vehicles are probably going to have on travel requests and transportation arranging. It talks about self-governing vehicle advantages and expenses‚ predicts their feasible advancement and execution in light of involvement with past vehicle
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CAN YOU DRIVE AFTER A STROKE? - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Driving offers a sense of control‚ freedom and independence‚ for this reason‚ a lot of people cannot wait to learn the skill. For people who have had stroke‚ the eagerness to begin driving again remains after their recovery. They crave the independence that driving represents and would rather be in control of their movements once again rather than relying on others for their transportation needs. A stroke affects the physical‚ mental and emotional
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when it comes to driving. Things are different now than it was ten years go. Young people are most likely to get distracted than older people while driving. Driving down high way I see people either texting‚ eating‚ or playing. One way people get distracted while driving is texting. For the last ten years texting while driving has cause death of many young people. This is why I try to keep my phone in my cup holder because I do not want to be the next victim of texting driving. Young people will
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Drunk Driving Penalty Every day 28 people die as a result of drunk driving crashes on average and 20% of Child Passenger Deaths are Due to Drunk Driving Crashes. Drunk driving is the 15th leading cause of death in the united states today 19 percent of those deaths belong to children between the ages 0 to 14. The drinking while intoxicated penalty should be increased because tons of deaths have been caused by DUI‚ many drunk drivers are repeat offenders‚ and with technology in the 21st century
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What is a self-driving car? A self-driving car is a car that uses motion sensors to “drive itself”. This new technology was originally created by Chris Urmson. Although this is a very clever idea‚ there are some pros and cons. Some pros are you can do other things in the car while going somewhere. Some examples are texting‚ looking something up on the internet‚ or even just relaxing. With the self-driving car‚ you don’t need to worry about falling asleep behind the wheel or paying attention to your
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miles per hour‚ causing her car to flip and slide down into a ditch costing her‚ her life. Texting while driving is a senseless way for people to be injured or even killed. Just imagine living out your life feeling as thou you could have prevented a death‚ or even life-long injury of a friend‚ family member‚ or an innocent civilian just by setting down your phone‚ and focusing on driving. Thinking about it you may catch yourself repeating phrases such as “That wouldn’t happen to me” or “I
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Texting while driving is very dangerous and comes with many consequences. There are many accidents every year along with injuries as serious as death. People are not only sending texts‚ but they are checking the news‚ weather‚ and even using social media instead of paying attention to the road. This is putting everyone around them in great danger. Drivers aren’t allowing themselves to focus on the road to become a safer driver. We all hear in the news that there was a car crash since someone being
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Is driving in the winter worse than driving in the summer? In the winter‚ below freezing temperatures in the northern hemisphere lead to dangerous icy roads. Navigating your way around in a blizzard becomes a difficult and high-risk situation because of the frost on the windshield and the lack of visibility. The subzero temperatures commonly cause black ice‚ black ice is not actually black‚ it’s just visually transparent. This ice is highly dangerous because it will cause you to slide if driven on
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states in terms of driving under the influence. Fortunately‚ Texas did not rank in the top ten‚ but individuals shouldn’t get too excited. The state came in 14th in the nation in terms of the prevalence of drunk driving. The study took into account factors such as the number of DUI arrests‚ the quantity of DUI laws‚ the number of penalties associated with a conviction for DUI and the cost per fatality‚ along with others. Individuals who are charged with and convicted of driving under the influence
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