cell phones while driving? The statistics about distracted driving‚ which includes any type of distraction‚ show that distracted driving causes accidents. According to the United States Department of Transportation‚ 5‚747 people were killed because of driving distractions and approximately 448‚000 were injured in 2009 alone (1) Using a cell phone is just another way that driver are distracted. The debate rages on…should there be a specific law against using cell phones while driving. Some states
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Texting -- trading written messages over cellphones and other devices -- is changing the way people communicate‚ (Janet). Editor Debra Nussbaum writes in an article from the Philadelphia Inquirer that by the early 2000’s Americans sent more than two trillion texts a year‚ by 2007‚ texting had exceeded phone calls by a long shot. This has definitely made a huge difference in the way people communicate with each other. To get a letter in the mail is pretty rare today especially knowing that a text
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Rhetorical Analysis of Texting and Driving: SD Department of Highway safety Public Service Announcement The Texting and Driving: SD Department of Highway Safety public service announcement was uploaded on YouTube in 2010‚ having over 290‚000 views. This video has inspired 288 people across South Dakota and potentially the nation to post a comment considering the implications of such an action. At the beginning of the video is a young women creating a critique of a new smart phone driving as a video‚ combing
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accumulated 28‚700 unused minutes. "None of the kids call us back! They will not call you back‚" said Beard‚ a former actress who with her husband coaches business leaders on public speaking. A generation of e-mailing‚ followed by an explosion in texting‚ has pushed the telephone conversation into serious decline‚ creating new tensions between baby boomers and millennials -- those in their teens‚ 20s and early 30s. Nearly all age groups are spending less time talking on the phone; boomers in their
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house. Before I know it I’m dividing my time between driving and using my phone. I know I have a problem‚ and studies say I’m not the only one. The Associated Press reports that texting while driving is up 50%‚ even as more states are enacting laws to prevent people from doing so. Studies show that 20% of adults are willing to admit that they have sent text messages while driving‚ and I focus on the word “admit” here because using your phone while on the road is one of the stupidest and most dangerous
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like wise articles ‚journals ‚Knowles ‚research guides ‚fiction books ‚non fiction books‚ etc.‚ and the influences also differ differ accordingly . Generally the reading of books needs more effort and strain is the first and foremost thing humans get while reading the books and by reading the the books the influence may vary because the old age groups are the one who are most interested in reading the books and has great influence to their mind because they do not have any work at that age and they sit
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Dear Mom and Dad‚ I’ve really been thinking about this whole driving incident‚ These past few days have made me see it differently. I’ve learned that this isn’t necessarily about keeping insurance rates down or keeping a good reputation‚ Head injuries are extremely common in car accidents and after seeing what happened to Zack‚ I could never let you guys go through that. Doing what I did‚ and driving how I used to‚ is a good way to critically injure myself‚ or someone else… What has happened
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CGHS AP World Summer Work 2014 Directions • Go online to Broward Schools BEEP and access the AP World textbook. • Directions to BEEP • Go to http://beep.browardschools.com/ssoPortal/index.htm • Look for grades 9-‐12 • Click on Social Studies • Scroll down to Advanced Placement World History • Click
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Texting is something that most teenagers and young adults could not live without. Even my parents are texting constantly. My father‚ especially‚ because he is usually very busy and cannot answer a call while he is in a meeting. I have to talk to him every day‚ though‚ because I love him so much. I miss him while I’m at school‚ and it is very convenient that if I am randomly thinking of him or my mother while I am in class‚ I can send them a message letting them know. I can do this without bothering
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Humphrey says. He merely establishes the main point‚ that text messaging is destroying English. Paragraph Two: DC also summarizes John Sutherland’s paper from 2002 which asserts that texting is an ugly‚ illiterate version of English. Paragraph Three: DC places Humphry‚ Sutherland‚ and others who criticize texting shorthand into a longer history of critics who have opposed new media for using language‚ such as telegraph‚ telephone‚ radio‚ and television. Paragraph Four: Initiates a history of
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