Distracted driving is a modern day epidemic. The National Safety Council reports that cellphone use while driving leads to over one-million car accidents a year. This image clearly shows the dangers of using electronics while on the road. The woman in the photo is sprawled on the road and appears to be dead. Her body is wrapped in headphones and looks similar to a chalk outline of a police investigation. The woman is holding some sort of electronic device‚ she could’ve been a driver in an accident
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dependent on technology to drive our daily lives‚ the rate of accidents caused by distracted driving is increasing. According to an article in USA Today entitled "Yes‚ Cellphones can be Dangerous. No‚ a Nationwide Ban Won’t work‚" distracted drivers are twenty-three times more likely to crash than drivers who are focused. Although there are other reasons for the cause of this issue‚ the largest factor in distracted driving is cell phones. Despite recent efforts to minimize cell phone use in the car‚
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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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Getting distracted by mobile devices while driving‚ can lead to many fatal accidents. According to the National Safety Council‚ there are over 1‚600‚00 accidents every year caused by distracted drivers using their cell phones on the road. That’s nearly 25% of ALL car accidents! A great majority of reason why drivers use their phones while driving isn’t solely because of texting- as that is one of the more common reason people are used to hearing. Instead‚ many drivers are carelessly checking on their
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This article is another informative work on the dangers on distracted driving. This article‚ however‚ includes distractions from hands-free devices that allow one to have a phone conversation without holding a phone to his or her ear. A study showed that someone texting or having a conversation on a wireless headset drove as poorly as someone whose blood alcohol concentration was above the legal limits in Australia and Spain‚ where this was tested (0.5 grams per liter). The study also found that
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The claim of this passage is distracted driving is a dangerous thing‚ and anybody can be involved in a wreck. This statement makes an audience feel sympathy for the family‚ which helps the audience choose to not text and drive. The mother‚ father‚ and sister’s point of view. This is a good technique to make sure sympathy reaches all people. The mom’s speech will touch mothers‚ while the younger sister’s speech touched the younger sisters out there‚ including myself. Evidence to support the claim
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Comp II Honestly how can we compare drunk driving and texting while driving? Many think that texting while driving is worst than being under the influence of alcohol‚ when operating a motor vehicle. Enough people have been hurt or killed by texting while driving and drunk drivers. Time has came to put an end to drunk driving and texting while driving. Majority of the people that who text while driving are teens to young adults. When they are driving by themselves that is when they pick up that
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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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life-threatening risks. I understand how dangerous texting and driving is. According to Strayer‚ a researcher who studied distracted driver for 15 years‚ “a crash risk that is eight times greater than someone giving the road their undivided attention” (Strayer‚ “The Science behind Distracted Driving”‚ pg 139). Obviously‚ no one wants to increase their crash risky why 800%. In another source‚ Just/Keller said‚ “deterioration in driving performance that occurs when one is also processing language [such
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Being easily distracted from my tasks becomes a daily issue‚ it makes it very difficult to complete tasks when they need to be completed. Tasks begin to pile up when I cannot focus on getting them complete which then leads to being behind schedule. This all then leads to stress which is the biggest issue that comes from being easily distracted from my plans. I become distracted by the smallest things like noise and small changes in work environment. When I do something or want to get something done
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