a text message. This is a common American driver morning work commute scenario. Today there is a greater amount of obstacles and tasks drivers are involved with while driving. There are three main causes of distracted driving which are multitasking‚ technology‚ and cell phones. According to Richard Pallardy in the article "The Age of the Automobile”‚ the automobile in America was introduced in 1908 with the model T from Ford. GM and Chrysler started mass production of automobiles soon after. In
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The Dangers of Driving Under the Influence Did you know that more than 10‚839 people will die this year with one dying every 30 minutes?(Main) Just thinking about one person dying every 50 minutes is very eye opening! Now think about if you were that person under the influence‚ got in someones car‚ started driving and next thing she knows she see bright car lights and her life is changed. One should take more caution when thinking about drinking. Drinking is getting way out of hand for teens and
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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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prayers held at the beginning of legislative and judicial sessions and every President has mentioned a divine power in his inaugural speech. In keeping with a spirit of religious freedom as stated in the First Amendment‚ there is no reason why students should not be allowed to have a moment of silence during the school day when they can pray or do as they choose.<br><br>The case Engel v. Vitale in 1962 decided that school prayer is unconstitutional. With this case‚ it was pointed out that the students
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love with each other should be able to get married or not. Yet twelve years and 3 months is the time that has passed since the first homosexual marriage was made official in a Canadian province. Since 1996‚because of the Defense of Marriage Act which prevented-and still does- homosexual couples from receiving benefits traditionally conferred by marriage ; states have scrambled to define their own stance on the issue. The restriction of marriage to heterosexual couples should be abolished because
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Distracted Driving In the year 2009‚ 16% of total fatalities have involved distracted drivers and the numbers would be 5474 people killed. These are more than 5000 people who won’t get to spend time with family‚ see their children or parents‚ talk about good old times with friends‚ or finish school. The even more devastating part is the family members of these distracted drivers or the people who were distracting them‚ that their lives will never be the same. As technology develops more and more
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ENC1101 20 November 2013 Know the Consequences At a young age‚ I encountered situations that forever altered my perspective on certain situations. Death is a part of life; we live‚ and we die. However I strongly believe if we make better choices‚ our lives can be prolonged. As I research how every day in America‚ 27 people die in an impaired driving fatality every 53 minutes it brings me back to the time I lost my role model. My cousin Heath’s poor actions not only cost him to lose his
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People should use public transportation instead of driving One of the difficult choices people have to make today is that of utilizing public transportation or an automobile. Americans spend a lot on everything concerning owning a car‚ high prices of gas‚ insurance‚ parking‚ license plate registration‚ and maintenance of the vehicle‚ for example. In addition‚ people experience long delays driving their cars every day due to crowded roads. Also‚ traffic congestion seems to worsen intensely while
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decline in drinking and driving‚ alcohol-related deaths‚ and injuries on the roads. However‚ drunk driving remains one of the main causes of death and injury. Spreading education of Drunk driving will help lower the number of alcohol related car accidents. The best way to spread education is have people take a test on drinking and driving before getting their permit and drivers license. One of the most critical problems facing our society today is that of drinking and driving. Because we see it all
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Elderly Driving There has been an increase of accidents caused by elderly drivers over the course of many years. With such a dramatic increase‚ should elderly drivers have driving restrictions? I believe that after the age of 75‚ seniors should have to retake their drivers test or have restrictions‚ regardless of their driving record. There is support for some restrictions on elderly drivers based on evidence that older drivers are more involved in traffic accidents than any age group except
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