distances in a shorter amount of time; it was an amazing invention. Over the years‚ driving has become more dangerous. Distracted driving has become a major concern. Distracted driving means involving in an activity that are not necessary to do while driving a vehicle (Distracted Driving). For example: using the phone‚ eating‚ drinking‚ changing music selection‚ and speeding (Distracted Driving). When a driver is distracted‚ there are more accidents on America’s roadways. In a survey by the AAA foundation
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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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Michael Swain For: Maria Sebastian English 101 Cause & Effect 20 March‚ 2017 Distracted Driving The technological information age is the most rapid period of advancement in the history of civilization. This progress is largely made possible by the instant communication possibilities given by the internet. The ability to rapidly distribute information and ideas through telecommunication and the internet has facilitated developments in nearly every field‚ and thus is viewed primarily in a positive
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Texting While Driving: A Killing Addiction How often are drivers distracted while driving without even knowing it? Playing with the radio‚ adjusting the mirrors‚ drinking a beverage‚ are all forms of distracted driving‚ but the king of them all is most certainly texting. Jason Gage‚ an everyday driver‚ was coming home from work on a perfect night in May of 2011‚ when he struck and killed a walking college student named Kyle Rowley. The police believed that Gage was probably viewing or sending a
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The dangers of driving a 4000 pound car at 60 mph while texting are plainly obvious to most people. What aren’t fully appreciated are the dangers of distracted walking. Without situational awareness‚ most environments are hazardous. Texting‚ cell phone calls‚ and other forms of mobile device use deprive or seriously degrade situational awareness. People have stepped in front of moving cars and trains‚ fallen into open manholes‚ and walked into walls‚ poles‚ and other objects. Pedestrian distraction
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When trying to figure out ways to prevent distracted driving car accidents we often overlook the obvious: the perspective of the texter. My guess is that most people reading this are not teenagers‚ the most likely group to text and drive. The following essay was written before the recent efforts in Michigan to ban texting while driving. It has been edited for timeliness and length‚ but all the salient points remain. The essay was featured on Traverse City Record-Eagle’s website and was written by
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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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Are Parents To Blame For Their Teenager’s Distracted Driving? There will come a day when I will have to oversee one of the scariest encounters as a parent; when my youngster gets his drivers license. My toddler’s third birthday is right around the corner and I just enrolled him in preschool. Time is flying by at an incredibly fast rate and I’d prefer not to think of the trials my family will have to face when he is 16. That is the reason why it is important to be a good role model to my son
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accidents connected to distracted driving every year (“EndDD”). Many types of distracted driving happen everyday‚ and nearly every driver becomes distracted. Distracted driving happens when the driver is distracted while driver a vehicle. It is dangerous because almost every driver does it every time they are driving and it is very easy to cause fatal accidents while being distracted during driving. Cell phones have greatly impacted distracted driving because texting and driving has become the most
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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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