Distracted driving involves any nondriving activity that causes drivers not to pay full attention to their driving‚ including manual‚ visual and cognitive activities. Drivers that take their hands off of the wheel to turn the radio station‚ send text messages‚ eat or groom themselves increase their risk of causing traffic accidents. Talking on cell phones or other passengers‚ looking at a map or using a navigational system are all distractions that cause traffic accidents as well. According to the National
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CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CULTURAL SHOCK Kasie Sepeda Professor Scherf 11/19/2012 Outline I. What is Cultural Shock a. serious phenomenon and a long-winded process b. Real culture shock can happen in places you expect to be similar II. Effects of cultural shock a. Happen when you take a culture for granted. b. Can affect your job‚ family‚ etc. III. Causes of cultural shock a. Can cause mild uneasiness or temporary homesickness to acute unhappiness or even‚ in extreme
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Air Pollution: Causes and Effects It keeps us alive but at the same time‚ it can also be harmful. We breathe air everyday. Air provides us with oxygen that is essential for living. Nitrogen‚ water vapor‚ and inert gases comprise air along with oxygen. Emission of substances that contaminate air results to pollution. Air pollution is both natural and human-based. Natural air pollution is caused by phenomenon such as volcanic eruption‚ wind erosion‚ decomposition and radioactive
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The Causes & Effects of Immigration in America Immigrating technically means the act of non-native people moving to a new place to settle there. Waves of immigration have occurred for as long as civilization has existed. In the past few centuries immigration has brought new people from other parts of the world to the U.S. These waves have been comprised of Western Europeans‚ Central Americans‚ Asians and other ethnic groups as well. The causes of immigration are varied and personal‚ the effects
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FEAR OF TERRORISM Fear of Terrorism Lindsy Vickers Eng122 Composition 2 James Meetze 1-14-2013 Introduction Since September 11th‚ 2001‚ the world has witnessed a radical change in the world order. Fear‚ anxiety‚ sentiments of repugnancy and hate‚ and‚ mostly‚ a deep sentiment of great uncertainty took their place and dominated‚ and still dominate‚ problematic‚ issue. There has been much discussions and debates about the events that has taken place in the fatal date and consequent repercussion acts
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Causes and Effects of Peer Pressure Everest College Cause and Effects of Peer Pressure Peer pressure is a way to control or influence others. A negative effect of peer pressure is anything that someone forces another to do that makes them feel uncomfortable. It causes young individuals to do things they know is wrong which can be very dangerous. A teenage boy can convince a teenage girl to have sex with him because “everyone is doing it”. The teenage girl
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much more about how exactly drugs work in the brain‚ and we also know that drug addiction can be successfully treated to help people stop abusing drugs and resume their productive lives. Addiction is a chronic‚ often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use despite harmful consequences to the individual that is addicted and to those around them. Drug addiction is a brain disease because the abuse of drugs leads to changes in the structure and function of the brain. Although
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Causes And Effects Essay The Effects Of Noise Pollution Generally‚ Sound is very much important to our daily live‚ but noise is not. Noise is used as an annoying sound. Most of us every time hear the sounds in everyday life‚ likewise the traffic‚ the television‚ ‚ Loud music‚ people talking on their phone and even pets are also shouting in the middle of the night. The whole things of these have come to a part of the culture and hardly annoy us. Moreover‚ noise is made by big trucks‚ household gadgets
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Causes and Effects of Advertising of Water Pollution in Lake Huron Luis Paredes Dr. Wallace ENG 115 Water Quality is very much in the news these days and it is also a growing public concern. Water is one of the most important resources on the planet and affects nearly every aspect of life. The Great Lakes watershed contains a large percentage of the world’s fresh surface water. The Lakes support the water needs‚ and jobs of millions of people and poor water quality is an increasing frustration
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environment. This is because of many chemicals and substances that produce this hazardous product. There are many causes of smoking cigarettes. First of all‚ teenagers smoke because they want to be fit‚ and avoid gaining weight as smoking sedate hunger. Them they see their friends smoke and think it makes them look cool‚ be independent‚ and feel no tension and worries. The main cause of smoking is Nicotine which is an addictive and harmful substance contained in cigarette. People smoke cigarettes
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