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Everyone Should Not Be Allowed To Drive
Daniela zoomed through the dining room hall, and ran towards the door. "Click, Vroom", goes the car as she picks up her phone and calls her boss (Mr. Claire). When she talked to him the humidity around her changed. "Daniela be there in five minutes or you are fired!" She paused for a minute and went from 25 mph to 45 mph! Daniela still had her phone in her hand, and as she put it down suddenly "Boom, Screech!", she crashed. More than one million people take risks and become victims. States everywhere should not be allowed to drive while using handheld cellphones. Everyone takes risks. Examples of risks can be driving past the speed limit without getting caught, and playing video games while knowing you are suppose to do laundry.
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