urban landscape entirely‚ and allow for more nature friendly parks and recreation centers to be constructed. However‚ self driving technology is also met with significant skepticism as moral and safety issues arise. The potential for fatal car accidents and detrimental injuries isn’t too uncommon for the self driving car because often it’s sensors aren’t precise enough to accurately identify or measure a given obstacle.[3] Of course‚ as one could predict‚ pushing 70mph on a highway and running head
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irresponsible. Teens don’t think longterm‚ they can not see how their actions affect everyone. Teen driving has caused an alarming amount of accidents. They face several challenges as drivers. However‚ there are several teens that are very safe drivers. The driving training sometimes works as well. The fact is they are the age group most involved with accidents. Also‚ a lot of fatalities are teen drivers unfortunately. They also cause a lot of collateral damage to the world around them. All drivers
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With numerous technological distractions causing millions of deaths on the road each year‚ collision avoidance systems are becoming a must-have feature on every car. Over the years‚ driving conditions have changed greatly‚ with the introduction of smart devices‚ phones‚ and other technology distracting drivers with text messages‚ tweets and gaming apps while they are on the road. In order to combat the distractions and to lessen the amount of crashes caused by technological devices each year‚ companies
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Shannon Manning Final draft Did you know that when you drive under the influence the likelihood of getting into an accident is 1.4 times more probable than if you did not? The Nation Highway Traffic Safety Administration states that 60 percent of all teen deaths in car accidents are alcohol related. Drunk driving cannot only hurt yourself but also the cars and pedestrians around you. Of the 1‚746 traffic fatalities among children ages 0 to 14‚ about one out of every six
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Veldt’s” easy going life turned into a stressful depressing life that ended in terror. It also gave an experience of a lifestyle that most couldn’t even imagine. Self driving cars could do the same. There could be less wrecks and human guilt in accidents. As shown in “The Veldt‚” too much trust in technology can be extremely detrimental. If the car was to mess up the decline could be fatal‚ but just maybe it could also be the future. Society needs to think carefully before making these new advancement
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Driving is an activity and privilege that is enjoyed by many worldwide; in 2016‚ there were over 190‚000 licensed drivers in the United States‚ a majority of which were between the ages of 20 and under and 40. Over the past few years‚ however‚ the issue of the age at which one can learn to drive legally in the United States has been under debate; currently‚ at least at the time this paper was written‚ most states allow for drivers who are a minimum 15 years and 6 months of age to apply for a drivers
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reports that cellphone use while driving leads to over one-million car accidents a year. This image clearly shows the dangers of using electronics while on the road. The woman in the photo is sprawled on the road and appears to be dead. Her body is wrapped in headphones and looks similar to a chalk outline of a police investigation. The woman is holding some sort of electronic device‚ she could’ve been a driver in an accident or she could be a pedestrian that was struck by a vehicle. The road appears
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What is clear is that talking on the phone and texting behind the wheel both lead to distraction‚ and driver inattention is the leading cause of car accidents. If people don’t stop the Texting while driving then things today can get really out of hand for the younger generation to come. In 2008‚ at any given moment‚ over 800‚000 Americans were texting‚ making calls‚ or using a handheld cell phone while
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Over the years‚ the world has seen a rapidly increasing number of teen involvement in drunk and reckless driving cases‚ specifically from the time periods 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. A 12 a.m. curfew on weekends and a 10 p.m. curfew on weekdays would help to protect teens and others on the roads late at night from getting into troublesome or dangerous situations. In my town of Leesburg‚ Virginia‚ a 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. curfew is placed on anyone under the age of 18 on all days of the week. The curfew is
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Everybody does. They take Snapchats. Everybody does it. Why not? People take video of them in cars like all the time. And I’m only 18 – we’re still young.” Death threats have come her way since the accident killed her sister‚ which she believes is hurtful to her parents who want her back in their house: “You’re only going to make my parents suffer more. You’re not going to help anybody else. My parents are grieving. They want me back home. The house
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