Professor Greg Loyd Refutation Paper ENC 1102 23 September 2014 Texting While Driving “Despite the dangers of texting while driving‚ many behind the wheel just can’t seem to stop. One idea from Apple could put up more of a roadblock. Published on Tuesday by the US Patent and Trademark Office‚ an Apple patent called “driver handheld computing lock out” proposes a couple of different ways to cut off texting and other cell phone features while a person is driving. In one scenario‚ Apple’s
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things discovered is texting and while texting is helpful it has a lot of disadvantages and downfalls. If texting could be listed as a skill‚ many of my friends would qualify as highly skilled in that area. I am glued to my phone and always texting so I know firsthand just how much texting can be abused and its less than helpful qualities. Texting kills some good old fashioned phone call conversations‚ face time‚ and is making annoying phrases part of everyday talking; texting is an obsession for
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Texting is a very common way to communicate with others. People text for many reasons‚ texting is easier than being on the phone. Another reason for texting to become so common is because people like having the privacy of talking to someone via text message‚ when they are in public places. Texting also have disadvantages‚ it is very dangerous to text while driving‚ texting while driving is often causing a lot of car crashes. People have to be careful with their actions‚ and chose not to text while
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The Proliferation of Texting by Teenagers Texting and social media are getting to be more of an integral part of the lives of future generations. More and more teenagers are getting to connect with the outside world online. In the passage‚ the author talks about the proliferation of texting by teenagers and the pros and the cons of having teens using social media. She adds reinforcing evidence to get the data to be more accurate. The author builds her argument‚ that social media affects teens‚ by
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Texting and driving is just as bad as drinking and driving As if drunk driving wasn’t dangerous enough‚ put anyone with a cell phone behind the wheel and it gets much worse. "Vehicle crashes are one of the top causes of death for just 15-20 year olds" (Thomas‚ 2009). "Emma Vieira‚ 19‚ of Colchester‚ Vermont‚ left a woman in a coma and killed a dog as a result of an accident back in August of 2011. Vieira was texting at the time of the accident. About 6‚000 deaths are caused by distracted
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In Cullington’s essay he talks about how texting is a bad influence on students who use its text speech in their writing‚ but does not really effect students focus nor grade because they do not mean to do it purpose. I disagree with his statement‚ and in my essay I used some of his points to bring out how it does affect students writing and focus causing them to get that bad grade. The influence technology has on students today is huge. Therefore‚ it is more important for teachers to enforce how
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Texting in class is a very touchy subject‚ and can be argued from many different aspects. One of the main things though‚ is that texting in class would not be disruptive just for the student texting‚ but also to the students sitting around the student that is doing the texting. In this today’s generation‚ everywhere around us people of all ages and cultures circle around their cell phones in everything they do. Whether we are walking down the road‚ in the grocery style‚ in class‚ or even much dangerously
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Is Texting and Driving as bad as Drinking and Driving? Amber King Zane State College There are many dangers when both drinking while driving and texting while driving. In this essay the two will be compared and contrasted to find why people do them even with the dangerous consequences. Drivers think they can text while driving and also drink while driving because they think they can get away with it because nothing has affected them in the past while doing it. Michael Austin
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English 100-03 16 Feb. 2011 Disadvantages of Texting Texting on the phone while driving can be a very dangerous thing to do. As someone looks at the phone and concentrates on the text messages‚ they will become distracted from driving. Distracted drivers can cause car accidents and injuries or death to themselves or others. Texting causes delayed reactions‚ which increase the chance of getting into an accident. According to Cary Aspinwall‚ when texting while driving‚ drivers take their eyes off
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allows. Cell phones make it convenient to leave a text message that can be attended to later. But Americans have abused the real meaning of texting. One of America’s biggest addictions needs to be put to an end. The law should prohibit ALL people from texting and/or talking on their cell phones when driving a vehicle. When it comes to texting and driving‚ the texting can wait. If people would be more cautious when driving and put down the phones‚ not only would that reduce half of the accidents on the
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