spokeswoman Megan Brunet‚ of those 6‚000 deaths‚ eighty-seven percent of them are caused by driving distractions. There are many different types of driving distractions and they can all be categorized into three main subgroups; visual‚ which would be taking your eyes off the road‚ manual‚ would be taking your hands off the wheel and cognitive‚ which is taking your mind off what you are doing. Some examples of distractions that a driver will encounter would be using a cell phone‚ eating and drinking‚ talking
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Today cell phones have become part of our everyday lives. People have become dependent on their phones. Cell phones do make communication easier with all the built in features and functions. But at times they may cause serious distractions‚ which can lead to terrible situations and putting lives at risk daily. The AAA foundation for traffic safety is a non-profit organization that was created and is dedicated to saving lives and reducing injuries on the roads by conducting educational research
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the first thing to be impaired while drinking is your judgment? Drinking and driving is one of the most dangerous things that you could do while on the road. If you have been drinking you should not be on the road. You should know the effects that drugs and alcohol take on your body. Drunk driving will not only impact the driver’s life‚ it will impact anyone involved on the roads. Drinking will impair your driving‚ it is very dangerous. The more alcohol that your are consuming will increase
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boyfriend‚ but you over sleep. You wake up all panicy‚ youre already an hour late. You don’t want them to think you stood them out so you don’t even bother changing your clothes or fixing your hair. So you jet off in a rush and head to the car. As you’re driving you decide to send them a text to let them know you didn’t forget and you’re on your way… little did you know you were on your way to the hospital‚ with a pit stop at the county jail. It turns out that in those 2 seconds where you were looking at
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Specific Purpose: At the end of my speech‚ the audience will agree that the legal driving age should be changed to 18 years of age. Introduction I. The driving age should be raised to 18; people at the age of 16 are too young to handle the responsibility of driving a car. II. “The risk of crash involvement per mile driven among 16-19 year olds is 4 times the risk among older drivers.” (highwaysafety.org) III. “Risk is highest at age 16-17. In fact‚ the crash rate per mile driven is almost 3
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Texting while driving is one of the most common causes of accidents on roads. This is because texting while driving results in physical‚ visual and cognitive distraction. It greatly increases the amount of time a driver spends not looking at the road. It is a very serious distraction that can cost you your life or the lives of other people. According to recent research by Queensland’s RACQ‚ using a mobile phone in general can relay reaction time as much as having a blood alcohol content of 0.08%
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Texting and Driving OutlineBarbara PoeComm. / 21810 -06-2014John BiroTexting and Driving OutlineIntroduction Hello my name is Barbara Poe‚ my goal today is to convince teens that texting and driving can be hazardous to their lives and everyone else on the roads they travel. I will be trying to persuade them not to text while driving by giving them scary statics. I will be asking teen drivers to take the pledge not to text and drive. Texting and driving is: A. Distractive driving – Taking your
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article driving while distracted 6‚000 people died in car accidents because of distracted driving. First‚ I will be informing you on the pros and cons of banning texting while driving‚ secondly‚ I will be informing you on phone usage‚ and lastly‚ I will talk about the reduction of accidents in areas that have cell phone bans. Should there be a ban on texting while driving? Supporters argue that banning texting while driving would make the roads safer for everyone. There are many distractions that
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how many of you have talked on your cell phone while driving? 1. I’m pretty sure all of you have. 2. I know I am defiantly guilty of this. B. We all know texting and driving is illegal right? 1. Talking on the phone and driving is just fine. 2. There’s no law in Virginia against this 3. even in states that do have laws about this‚ you still can use wireless devices. 4. So no one really thinks that talking on the phone while driving is dangerous. C. But why not? II
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Distractions While Driving Have you ever gotten distracted while driving in a car? Every day that you watch the news you either hear of someone getting into a car accident‚ by either talking or texting on a cell phone. It is becoming increasingly common for people to wreck due to distractions while driving. Talking and texting are just a couple ways that people get distracted while driving. According to The U.S. Department of Transportation‚ in 2008‚ about twenty percent of all crashes in the year
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