When driving‚ the risk of crashing is always a possibility; however with a cell phone in your hand the risk is four times greater. Using a cell phone while driving has become a big problem in areas around the globe and is reckless driving. Keisha Wall‚ a nineteen year old girl learned her lesson after she killed Christine Lyon‚ while reading a text message in Southeast England. Wall Claimed she had her hands on the wheel‚ but the evidence showed that she received and sent a message at the time of
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Texting While Driving Vs. Drinking and Driving Mariah Henry COM/170 December 11‚ 2012 Michele Davidson Texting While Driving Vs. Drinking and Driving The nation risks a relentless rise in deadly accidents unless it makes texting while driving as forbidden as drinking and driving. Sending or receiving a text message takes a driver’s eyes from the road long enough to drive the length of a football field while driving an average speed of 55 miles per hour; that does not include having a reaction
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While defensive driving reduces your risk of getting into an accident and filing a Florida insurance claim‚ it won’t necessarily protect you from the unpredictable actions of the motorists around you. A distracted driver or perhaps a car having a tire blowout could suddenly veer in front of you. These types of road emergencies require quick action and what you do next will determine whether it turns into a full-blown accident or just a close call. Here are two tips on how to respond: Execute a
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Texting and Driving Last years statistics show that 3‚331 people were killed and 387‚000 were injured due to texting and driving. Using cell phones while driving is not necessary and it can wait; too many innocent drivers and pedestrians are injured everyday due to texting and driving. The Teen Driver cell phone statistics shows that “ 60% of America admits to risky texting and driving (NDS)”. It really is not worth it when it comes to using a cell phone while driving. Banning the use of a cell
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DRUNK DRIVERS SHOULD BE IMPIRSONED ON THE FIRST OFFENCE Drunk driving is the criminal offence of driving with a blood alcohol content (BAC) level higher than the local legal limit. The blood alcohol content (BAC) drink driving limit in Malaysia is 0.05%. Driving while either intoxicated or drunk is dangerous and drivers with high blood content or concentration (BAC) are at greatly increased risk of car accidents‚ highway injuries and vehicular deaths. There are a number of possible prevention
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Information Why is this a problem‚ especially for teen drivers? Under age drinking and driving kills over 3‚000 teens a year. Statistics from research regarding teen crash rates. 3‚000 Teens a year die from alcohol related crashes each year. How is one organization or group trying to solve this problem? Name group and what they are doing. RADD helps raise awareness about teens drinking and driving. How is another organization or group working to solve the problem? Name
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Victoria Busgith Dr. Polistena-D’Agosto Comp II 3307 30 November 2014 Distracted Driving: Learn From Example How does Distracted Driving effect teens in society today? There are many distractions that teens face today. Research has given the basic reasons why there is distracted driving like: peer pressure‚ technology‚ speeding‚ violating laws‚ and driving under the influence. In the year of 2011 distracted related crashes have claimed 3331 lives and injured 416‚387 people nationwide. With
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phones are major distractions when people are driving. People are so used to using their cell phones‚ some people consciously use them without knowing it and soon cause accidents that injury innocent people. Teens today have been in many crashes or died because of the carelessness of themselves or others. The main reason for this is because they are not paying attention when driving and not being careful. Cell phones are major distractions when driving. A report from the University of Utah say
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Dangerous Driving Habits I believe drivers today drive more careless then in the past. Sure people have always eaten‚ put on make-up and yelled at their children‚ but I believe cell phones play a big part in dangerous driving habits. Keeping their eyes on what’s going on around them just isn’t important as answering that text. I would say just about every time I get in the car I can guarantee that I will someone on their phone while they are driving. Concentration needs to be the main focus
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Distracted driving is a very big issue with today’s teens. Our generation has a lot more distractions to deal with then previous generations did. Things like cell phones make a conversation more tempting even with text messaging even though it can cause a lot more damage then we realize. Distracted driving causes death and injuries‚ bad habits‚ and unnecessary common sense laws. Despite the fact that it deadens a driver’s reactions more than alcohol‚ and in its consequences is as destructive
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