teenagers die each year in crashes due to texting while driving (Ramirez). Texting and driving not only puts a high risk of danger on the driver‚ but creates a dangerous environment for everyone surrounding them. Surpassing drinking and driving‚ the leading causes of death among teenagers is texting while driving. Virginia Tech studies show that anyone who texts while driving makes a crash 23 times more likely to be in an accident (“Dangers of Texting While Driving”). Also‚ if the driver is dialing they
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TEXTING AND DRIVING 1 Texting and Driving Hector Diaz DeVry University TEXTING AND DRIVING 2 Texting and Driving The U.S. Department of Transportation launched its firstever national advertising campaign last week‚ featuring a 30second PSA going viral now that depicts a fatal side collision in which three young Americans are in a car‚ and the driver is killed after she runs a stop sign and fails to see the truck coming from the
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Cause and Affect Essay: Drunk Driving Drinking and driving is a very bad combination. Mixing the two would be very deadly for many people on the streets. Drinking reduces your concentration and your reactions to sudden hazards which can lead to fatal accidents or severe injury. “MADD estimated that there are between 1‚350 and 1‚600 impaired crash fatalities in Canada each year.” This meaning that there are an approximate of 1‚450 lives stolen to drunk driving that can be saved if one person
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AT&T It Can Wait Introduction How tempting does it sound to glimpse at a text while driving on an empty road? I know for myself and the rest of my generation how hard it is to resist that temptation of grabbing the phone to send a text. Most of the time‚ the text may not even be that short so it seems okay to grab it really quick and reply back to that friend. Everyone at some point in time has been warned by many family and friends of how dangerous it is to text and drive. This problem of
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Trouble Texting Did you ever text and drive? If you did‚ did you ever get hurt? I know people that regret using their phone and driving. You can look down for just five seconds and anything can happen. You can hurt yourself and many others. Texting and driving is a law. But‚ people still do it. It doesn’t matter if you do it at a stopping point. It is still wrong. Somebody can hit you because they are texting and driving. So many bad things can happen. Texting and driving can hurt many people
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everyday as a result of texting while driving. Texting may seem harmless but texting while driving can be dangerous‚ and fata. Its also harmful to everyone around you. Distracted driving is constantly ranking as one of the biggest traffic safety issues. According to studies in 2009‚ 66% of drivers from 18 and 24 send and receive text messages while driving and don’t admit to it. They believe that it does not put others in harms way when that is false. Texting while driving is the leading is the largest
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Semester Research Paper: Texting While Driving PSA Persuasion holds place in almost every niche in our societies. Whether in politics‚ marketing‚ or public awareness and education programs‚ the elements of persuasion will always be indirectly or directly present in any society. Persuasion works because it appeals to different emotions and beliefs that are common among the targeted audiences (Walton 54). It hit right where it should and therefore gets results. When the Bush administration decided
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Imagine driving down the highway‚ and ahead of you‚ you see a vehicle swerving all over the road. The first thing many assume is that the driver is on their phone or another device. They either crash‚ injuring others‚ or continue to text/play on their device. The advancement of technology continues to make this danger more and more prominent in society. The use of technology while operating a vehicle is the most dangerous distraction a driver can have due to the fact that people have been engulfed
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Michael Swain For: Maria Sebastian English 101 Cause & Effect 20 March‚ 2017 Distracted Driving The technological information age is the most rapid period of advancement in the history of civilization. This progress is largely made possible by the instant communication possibilities given by the internet. The ability to rapidly distribute information and ideas through telecommunication and the internet has facilitated developments in nearly every field‚ and thus is viewed primarily in a positive
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The use of cell phones while driving has become a large issue in the modern world and is‚ in my opinion‚ the biggest distraction while driving. In the past couple years‚ there have been laws passed to try to stop people from using cell phones while on the road. These laws have lowered the amount of cellphone usage while driving‚ but it is still a big problem. I believe that these laws are for the best of the people and are only for the safety of drivers and pedestrians. Three of the biggest distractions
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