Responsible Driving "Imagine a crowd of 44‚000 people in the stands at a World Series or Super Bowl game. A television camera scans the individual faces --- some exuberant‚ some anxious --- all sports fans out for a good time. As many people as are in that crowd will die in highway accidents this year. More than half of those accidents will involve alcohol‚ alone or in combination with other drugs. A disproportionate number of the dead will be young‚ between the ages of 15 and 24. One group
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The statistics showing accidents in the United States due to distracted driving is alarming. A 2014 report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that distracted driving is the cause for 18 percent of injury crashes‚ and 16 percent of all police-reported motor vehicle traffic crashes. For that same year‚ 3‚179 people killed and an estimated additional 431‚000 people injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers. An estimated 660‚000 drivers are using mobile phones
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MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING Listening Plan When I think about attending a MADD meeting might be like‚ I’m not really sure what to expect. l know the time of the meeting; Wednesday at 5:30pm October 13‚ 2010. I’ll make sure to eat before going. I don ’t want to be hungry and I don ’t like vending machine food. l know me well enough that if I don ’t eat before going to this meeting I won ’t be a good listener. I have been this way since grammar school. I always had to have a good breakfast. The
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Life is worth living and it’s beautiful with the wonderful season it brings‚ winter and summer. At times driving can be enthusiastic and sometimes stressful experiencing the different weathers. Dealing with expenses‚ delays and weather conditions is quite a challenge. In the winter it’s too cold and uncomfortable and driving can be challenging at times. Due to weather conditions‚ such as sleet‚ humongous among of snow‚ and slippery roads. The poor conditions are dangerous to us as drivers;
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There are times when you might not want to worry about driving. During these times it might feel good to just sit back and relax‚ while you leave the driving to someone else. Perhaps you’re going on a brewery and wine tour with a group of friends‚ for example. It just doesn’t seem fair that one person has to skip tasting the wine or beer in order to be the designated driver. What happens if the designated driver isn’t as responsible as you thought? This can lead to a host of problems that can quickly
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by distracted while driving and 9 people die while trying to attempt it or just doing it (Halsey). Now that this century has more technology than ever before‚ some of these appliances are in our vehicles. People can now get distracted while texting‚ talking‚ trying to mess with the radio‚ trying to make a navigator work‚and simply putting a disc in a player . With all of these distractions around us while driving‚ there is more of a chance to attempt this. Distracted driving is dangerous‚ so think
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Driving can be a dangerous task when people do no remember the rules of the road. There are many important laws that people can forget from the age they take driver’s ED to the age of 75. By taking a knowledge test every year‚ we can eliminate a responsible driver’s forgetfulness of simple laws. US citizens should have to take a driving test every year because most American deaths/ injuries are cause by irresponsible drivers‚ and a test would help people remember and follow laws more closely.
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Put an End to Drunk Driving According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports in 2015‚ “drunk driving crashes cause 10‚265 people to die‚ one every 51 minutes.” Drunk drivers who cause accidents with fatalities should be charged with murder. Reasons drunk drivers should be charged with murder‚ because drunk driving can be avoidable‚ usually it’s not their first time drinking and driving‚ and should take responsibility for their actions. Drunk drivers who cause accidents with
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drivers are inexperienced and they cause problems. One such problem is that they are distracted while driving. Distracted driving is any activity that deters your attention from the road. This occurs when your focus is on other matters besides the task of driving. Instances of distracted driving are: eating in the car‚ drowsiness‚ and dressing or applying make-up in the car. Although distracted driving is a problem‚ there are several ways to curb it. One such solution is to eat outside of the car. Eating
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)‚ formerly Mothers Against Drunk Drivers‚ is a Texas-based nonprofit organization that fights drunk driving‚ underage drinking and assists the victims of drunk driving and their families. History The organization was founded in 1980 by Candace Lightner‚ whose 13 year old daughter was killed by a hit and run drunk driver in California. The driver was a repeat offender‚ and the sentence handed down outraged Lightner. She formed
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