Distracted driving is a recent epidemic that is “killing 5474 (16%) people and injured 448‚000 (20%)” (Overton). Drivers are multitasking constantly when they are on the road. It is not just the different tasks they need to perform while driving‚ such as: looking into the rear mirrors‚ stepping on the gas and brake pedals‚ or calculating the stopping distance between their car and another obstacle. They are distracted by other tasks that involves electronics: looking at the gps‚ texting a friend
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many people today‚ the issue has risen regarding the use of phones while driving. These days cell phone use while driving is being compared to driving while being drunk. There are good reasons why people have made it a big issue today‚ but cell phone use while driving is not like drunk driving. There are big differences between the two‚ and this belief should not be used as a basis for prohibiting cell phone use while driving. It is obvious by
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Why Texting While Driving is Bad Purpose: The main purpose of this speech is to persuade people that texting while driving is bad and how dangerous it can be. I. Introduction: Visual This: You’re on your way home from school or work. Then receive a text message from your friend. You decide to text them back right away. Composing and sending a text message can take a couple of seconds. In those few seconds‚ you could have run over a person‚ hit the car in front of you or gotten of your lane
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of innocence of Marjane‚ which she illustrates by using several techniques such as the sizes of figures and the contrast of shades‚ as well as the of details‚ or lack thereof she includes in her drawings. Marjane’s drawings are more than mere illustrations; they are drawn the way they are for a reason. Figure sizes throughout the book vary to show the importance or maturity of the characters. In the beginning of the memoir‚ Marjane is depicted as a small girl‚ considerably smaller than her parents
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Distractive driving causes you to not only get into an accident‚ but it can also cause you to lose focus. When we are driving a car‚ we are constantly looking ahead looking for things that could possibly cause a distraction to us. Some distractive things while driving could be‚ receiving text messages or calls‚ music playing from the radio‚ construction vehicles‚ a billboard sign‚ an accident‚ or even someone pulled over to the side of the road. Even if we don’t notice some of the things distracting
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distracted driving incidents by showing people that they should be safe when driving‚ so they won’t text and drive. It can be said that people don’t watch or listen to them‚ so they don’t really have much effect‚ but there are multiple reasons why they are affective. There have been many deaths due to people texting while driving. Texting and driving causes people to not pay attention to the road‚ leading to more accidents. Public Service Announcements show people the effects of texting while driving‚ which
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Defensive driving courses are available both in classrooms and on the internet. The online courses have the advantage that you can learn at your leisure and in the comfort of your home. Basically‚ defensive driving courses are designed to impart knowledge regarding the risk factors involved when you are driving‚ how to anticipate these risks‚ and what steps should be taken beforehand so that you stay out of danger. There are many online traffic schools that offer these defensive driving courses. You
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drive has to learn in whatever weather is occurring. This means driving in spring‚ summer‚ autumn‚ or winter. The task of learning to drive is stressful all on its’ own‚ but adding changing weather makes it all the more difficult. The most major concern is driving in the winter as compared to driving in the summer. Driving during these two seasons is like night and day for many reasons. Many individuals have the misconception that driving during the summer season has almost no risk associated with it
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A Few Things To Know About Driving School For Adults If you didn’t have the chance to take driving class when you where in school‚ and you still don’t have your license‚ you should look into going to driving school now. Having your license gives you better mobility and lets you be more independent. You may be a little nervous about going to driving school as an adult‚ but you’ll find it isn’t as intimidating as you may imagine. Here are a few basic things to know. Classes Are For Adults If you’re
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Part One- Article Report-Safe Driving Supplied Article Report 1. The Sydney Morning Herald and the author (Glenda Kwek) of the article have released this particular article in the hope that drivers and young drivers especially‚ will see the dangers of speeding and the caution that is required when driving or learning to drive. The message that is obviously portrayed in the article is that young drivers must exercise caution while driving and that speeding is deadly. The article expresses that
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