TEXTING WHILE DRIVING LAWS Jessica Daniels DeVry University TEXTING WHILE DRIVING LAWS SECTIONS III‚ IV‚ AND V Imagine a person driving in a car down the road and all of the sudden the car coming the other direction swerves and hits a person head on. The victim of the crash probably thinks the other driver was intoxicated in some way‚ but that person was texting while driving. This shows that sometimes people drive as badly when they are texting while driving as when they’re
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Texting While Driving Essay Texting or using a cell phone while driving is very hazardous to yourself and the people surrounding you. One reason the majority of people are against this action is because it causes a great amount of car accidents every year. While driving‚ adults and teenagers cannot resist the urge to pick up their cell phone and send a text or respond to one. When the driver hears this phone vibrating‚ nothing can stop them from checking the notification on their phone
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century‚ and people start to have a bad habit; one of the riskiest habits is texting while driving. According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)‚ almost eleven percent of people in the United States had texted while driving in 2008. The government of Texas should stop people who drive while texting because it can be dangerous and many serious risks like injury or death. Texting while driving can cause an accident because the driver is attention is on the phone not
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Texting While Driving We all know that sticking our nose in a device to read and answer messages while we drive is akin to driving while impaired. But safe texting while driving is something I’ve done for years. Here’s how it works: There is a pad of paper and a pen on the seat next to me. Remember paper? Pens? They still work. And there is a road where I can drive very slow or even pull over to jot a couple of words. It’s become an almost daily ritual‚ because the break from "Butt In Chair" seems
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In today’s society ‚ cell phones play a big part in the lives of many people around the world. Tasks such as making cells‚ texting‚ taking photos and even surfing the internet have not only been made easier but have also been more possible for many more people. As a results‚ cell phones subscriptions continue to increase globally. As people continue to depend on a cell phones for their communications needs‚ these devices not only become more useful also more dangers‚ especially when used at inappropriate
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Introduction: Automobile crashes as a result of texting while driving is an outbreak that has taken the nation by storm over the past decade. Whether people think they can safely type on their phone while driving‚ or just don’t think there is any real danger in the act does not matter. Texting while driving must be stopped. To do this government must take action to both add uniformity to the laws and punishments bestowed on the offenders. But‚ it is also vital that the government provide ample educational
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driver the safety and potential hazards that can arouse while on the road and the means to prevent them. The cell phone feature debated in the AAA research is the use of SMS (text messaging). Text messaging allows people to have short messaged conversations with others without having an actual phone conversation. In today’s society this has become a major phenomenon among many‚ especially teens. Due to our busy life style‚ people are now texting more rather then making the time to have phone conversations
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I text while driving. I try not to‚ but I do. And I know what you’re thinking. I get it. You think I’m careless. You think I’m reckless. You think I’m dangerous. You say I’m an accident waiting to happen; that I’ll probably get killed one day; that I might even kill you. I tell you now‚ I understand. But I don’t care. I have places to be‚ text messages to send. At times I’ve been brilliant‚ multitasking to perfection; typing ’Brobdingnagian’ while making a double lane change in Austin rush-hour
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When trying to figure out ways to prevent distracted driving car accidents we often overlook the obvious: the perspective of the texter. My guess is that most people reading this are not teenagers‚ the most likely group to text and drive. The following essay was written before the recent efforts in Michigan to ban texting while driving. It has been edited for timeliness and length‚ but all the salient points remain. The essay was featured on Traverse City Record-Eagle’s website and was written by
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Texting While Driving While the ability to communicate away from our homes or work has become a vital tool to connect with family‚ friends‚ and emergency management agencies‚ it has also evolved into a tool of great danger when used while operating vehicle‚ particularly texting while driving. Texting while driving has become as dangerous to driver and passenger safety as are people driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance. The number of teens killed because of
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