Topic: Distracted Drivers! General Purpose: To inform! Specific purpose To inform the audience about things distracted drivers do while driving.! ! ! ! ! Distracted Drivers! Who here has been involved in a car accident? Did you know that in 2012‚ 3‚328 people were killed in distraction-related crashes and about 421‚000 people were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver? I myself‚ didn’t know about these shocking statistics. Nothing grinds my gears more than drivers who unintentionally
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Distracted Drivers Alarmingly‚ every twenty four seconds there is a motor vehicle accident that occurs across America. These accidents occur due to unsafe actions and habitual behaviors displayed by drivers. The three main types of distractions are manual‚ visual‚ and cognitive distractions. Distracted driving is a growing problem in the United States. All distractions endanger driver‚ passenger‚ and by stander safety. Manual distraction involves the driver’s hands to come off the wheel. Some
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Technologies Distract Drivers The popularization of advanced technologies today leads to the distracted driving directly. As smartphones and other electronic devices are getting more popular nowadays‚ more and more people use their phones while driving. As Sarah Doody proofs the fact in her article‚ Incentivize People to Ignore Their Phones while Driving‚ there is a shocking number of people use their phones while driving‚ their eyes were off the road because they paid attention to the screens (Doody
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“Distracted drivers?” The thoughts of what appear in my mind when I hear the words “distracted drivers” is not of a good thought but that of a horrible situation to be in. Many drivers in today’s society have caused many road accidents due to their incapability of watching the road before them because they are distracted. There are many different reasons why drivers could be distracted‚ for example: cellphones‚ other accompanied people in the vehicle‚ intoxicated driving‚ or simply being distracted
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Distracted driving is the leading cause of crashes and deaths for teenagers. 17 deaths from distracted driving in 2013‚ I am guessing that number has increased as cell phones have become more accessible. Teenagers have a hard time with distractions: friends‚ music‚ cellphones‚ reaching for something‚ not paying attention because of the stresses of life. I was also impressed with the statistic of speeds too fast‚ and it doesn’t have to be in the 100’s only near 10 over. It was in the top five in every
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Distracted drivers risk the lives of many innocent victims. Is our hurried lifestyle really worth it? Many people want to think they can conquer the world and maybe then can conquer many things but not everything. Distracted drivers have been a very big problem to this world and it will continue to be so‚ but there can be ways to reduce some of these incidents from happening such as enforcing distracted driving laws. When a person is behind the wheel of a car‚ that person’s mind needs to be focused
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Today’s distracted drivers have created a whole new category of problems and concerns on the roadway. These troublesome drivers come in many different forms. The distracted driver who is eating‚ drinking‚ and looking everywhere but the road has been around since the advent of the automobile‚ unfortunately. They may even be grooming—brushing their hair‚ applying lipstick‚ and more. Passengers may be distracting the driver‚ as well as other factors. Often weather and other drivers play a factor in
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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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Each year many drivers and passengers are killed in car crashes because of distracted driving. “In 2014‚ 3‚179 people were killed and 431‚000 were injured in distraction-related car accidents”("Listening to Radio Can Lead to Distracted Driving.").Distracted driving is very dangerous and it includes things like taking your eyes off the road‚ taking your hand off the wheel‚ or talking and not really focusing on driving.Although it is easy for people to take their hands off the wheel while driving‚
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Debbie Lim English 105 Ms Cree Writing Assignment #2 March 20‚ 2011 Drunk and Distracted Drivers are Top Causes of Accidents Drunk and distracted drivers cause more accidents on America’s roads and highways than any other reason. In August 2009 Diane Schuler‚ made national news when she caused an accident that killed eight people on the Taconic State Parkway in New York. She had a blood alcohol level of 0.19 percent and was also under the Influence of marijuana at the time she drove
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