accidents. However raising the minimum driving age at which people can drive might reduce this. But is this a benefit to society or are the statistics true? We can help lower these accidents rates if the driving age is raised till the age 21‚ and so that no more kids can get hurt or get serious injured or killed on a free way or by another car crashing into their can. If we do raise the driving age it will be much safer for the young drivers. I think that the driving age should be banned till the age
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In 1897 the first person was arrested for drunk driving‚ it was a 25 year old London taxi driver named George Smith‚ he slammed his taxi into a building.He later pleaded guilty and was fined 25 shillings. All state states have some type of ignition interlock law. In which judges require all or some convicted drunk drivers to install interlocks in their cars to analyze their breath and disable the engine if alcohol is detected. 20 states have made ignition interlocks mandatory or highly incentive
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phone with a friend‚ driving home from the store‚ the next you wake up in a hospital bed with serious injuries covering your body‚ wondering what happened. An estimated amount of traffic injuries and deaths combined are 350‚600‚ and 330‚000 being injuries. Everyone you know has a cell phone‚ we all use them constantly‚ every minute of everyday. Knowing that it is dangerous to text and drive‚ we still do it; we text‚ play games‚ call‚ and even just look down to check the time. We are addicted to our
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English 1101 October 16‚ 2013 Is There a Solution to the Dangers of Distracted Driving? Recently “Texas college student Chance Bothe’s last words prior to driving his truck off a cliff were in the form of a text message: “I need to quit texting‚ because I could die in a car accident.” He miraculously survived‚ but Bothe’s story has become an ironic example of the dangers of texting while driving” (Zafar). Distracted driving has become a worldwide problem that is ending/injuring the lives of hundreds
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place in a split second and have no time to even brace yourself. Focus and awareness should be practiced at all times. While texting‚ you will lose focus and will increase the chance of severe legal repercussions. Studies have found that texting while driving causes a 400 percent increase in time spent with eyes off the road. Texting while driving increases the distractions and decreases mental focus while driving. More car accidents occur due to texting while driving in the teen population; thus‚ severe
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the day they get the ultimate freedom: driving‚ but with this freedom there comes risks. Every day another life is lost to teen driving. Along with risking their lives‚ teenagers are also not mentally prepared to handle the consequences that could come with driving. They are not only putting their life at risk‚ but the lives of others. No mother or father wants to bury their child‚ and this would be less likely if the driving age was raised. The legal driving age should be raised to save lives and
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Dangers of Using Cell Phones While Driving Introduction Today‚ many use their cell phones for just about anything and everything including; texting‚ talking‚ and connecting with the rest of the world through social media. Cell phones have become a natural way of life to where Americans pick up their phones and use them like second nature. However‚ the dangers present themselves when many get behind the wheel of their cars and carry the habits of cell phone addictions with them. If all states
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Self driving cars seem like a thing from the future. Apparently not‚ because they have been made. The question is whether they’re a good idea or not. I don’t think self-driving cars are a good idea. These cars must meet the definition of safe‚ whatever that may mean. Thinking about it‚ I don’t really see how these cars are really making a difference in this world. They don’t really seem to be revolutionary or anything. They will also end up hurting people and their jobs‚ helping to increase the unemployment
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Scriven Mr. Belmont College Composition 1 1 November‚ 2016 Argumentative Ethics of Self Driving Cars Self-driving cars only been practical since the early 2000’s‚ but the need for a self-driving vehicle has existed since the first horse drawn cart. Many types of self driving vehicles exist‚ including the already mentioned car to large industrial mining machines and farm equipment. Since the self-driving car is now practical and already being tested on open roadways‚ the moral implications of
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the self-driving car with is rarely sell on the market for public rather than buying a customize car. Self- driving cars is currently hit many drivers from new drivers to professional drivers‚ because of it rare and unique when drive around the town but people should stay on the old human operates car because it allows the driver to control the car the way that they want‚ to easily deal with accidents along the road‚ to prevent crashes on work roads since the computer in a self-driving car can’t
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