Distracted driving is a leading cause of death and injury. There are many factors that contribute to these accidents; and the points learned about in Officer Melendez’s presentation “5 to Drive” are seatbelts‚ speeding‚ texting‚ drinking‚ and having too many people in a car. While these five points are a broad encompassment of all of the things that can harm and kill on the road‚ some are subsections of other topics‚ some have subsections of their own‚ and the dangers are not limited to these five
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Outcomes of Distracted Driving A car in movement is a lethal weapon. When a person is using his/her phone at the same time‚ it is a lethal distraction. Cynthia‚ shared her tragic story with the public to help people realize what texting and driving has the power to do. Her son was waiting to turn left at a red light and the driver who hit them was texting and not paying attention. Cynthia later lost her son to this tragic accident (“Texting and Driving Stories”). Distracted driving accidents happen
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accidents and deaths because of reckless driving and distractions while driving. Distracted driving is the practice of driving a motor vehicle while interacting in other activities. Driving is a serious matter; therefore your eyes should remain on the road at all times. Distracted driving endangers those behind the wheel and passengers‚ along with road occupants and pedestrians. Driving is a big reasonability and it comes with consequences. In today’s society‚ driving safe has become a negative outcome
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I chose the topic of distracted driving‚ more specifically texting while driving‚ to do my speech on. I will evaluate myself on what I was most proud of‚ what I need to improve on‚ and what 2 things surprised myself. I was most proud of having a lot of content. I felt like I had done my research well and I was pretty knowledgeable about the topic. I also was passionate about not texting while driving (I will not touch my phone when I am driving) and I felt like the audience was able to tell that
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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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Drunk vs. Distracted Driving: Which Cause more Traffic Accidents? Several people will consider drunk driving as their earliest estimate for the most dangerous reason of traffic accidents caused by driving negligence‚ but digital devices has become “distracted driving” reason of collisions in a new time – particularly texting at the same time as driving accidents. Let say‚ you’re driving in a street on your way to home from a meeting. Thirty yards to the front‚ the traffic lights become yellow‚
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Comparing Distracted Driving and Drunk Driving As smartphones have become more commonplace and accessible to people in recent years‚ distracted driving has emerged as a huge threat in our society. From arguing teens in the back seat to a child that dropped his sippy cup‚ there are a multitude of reasons we become distracted in our vehicles. For decades‚ drunk driving was one of the primary concerns when it came to vehicle collisions on U.S. roads. Choosing to drive after having only one or two
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Distracted driving can have many forms. It can be texting‚ drinking‚ smoking‚ talking on the phone‚ looking for something in the car‚ and several others. All of these distractions can be taken care of by the actual drivers‚ but only some of them can be covered in Public Service Announcements. These PSAs typically focus on the horrific consequences of drinking and texting while driving. Several PSAs have been known to purposefully tug on heartstrings by showing the distraught family‚ or the poor pet
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Can We Prevent Distracted Driving? A Public Service Announcement is not effective enough to reduce the number of distracted driving incidents. We live in a society where people are too distracted by their phones to put them down‚ even if that means risking their lives by driving distracted. According to an article posted on Mother Jones‚ the Department of Transportation estimates that at any given daylight moment‚ approximately 660‚000 people are "using cell phones or manipulating electronic devices"
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DISTRACTED DRIVING Multitasking has developed into an essential part of people’s lives and it is expected of human beings to be able to multitask at a high level (Madden 15). This expectation has begun to cause many problems in the modern world with distractions such as texting‚ Facebook chat‚ and‚ Twitter‚ games‚ and social media in general. From the moment people wake up‚ they begin checking their phone‚ to see if anything interesting is going on‚ check the weather‚ search through social
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