Browning Professor Nance English Composition I 2 December 2014 Texting While Driving‚ Why is it a Norm? A group of friends were crossing the street when bam! A car ran a red light and struck them. The driver was texting on the cell phone. Each year‚ 5‚000 traffic fatalities are caused by distraction on a phone (Key Facts: Distractions). This statistic from the American Automobile Association shows the dangerous effects of texting and driving. However‚ many states are now looking at laws to change
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Dangers of Texting and Driving George Koudelka COM/155 February 09‚ 2014 Amy Hankins Dangers of Texting and Driving The letters LOL‚ TTYL‚ or just saying "Hey" have the power to cause an accident within seconds. The National Safety Council estimates that "1.4 million accidents occur every year due to people using their cell phones. 200‚000 of those accidents alone are from texting while driving."(How) The popularity of mobile devices has had some unintended and even dangerous consequences. We now
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known as “texting”. Unfortunately texting has also become a huge safety concern when it occurs while driving. While certain distractions while driving are inevitable‚ texting while driving requires serious attention and focus and thus should be outlawed in the US. The new Wireless Communications Device Law (effective January 1‚ 2009) makes it an infraction to write‚ send‚ or read text-based communication on an electronic wireless communications device‚ such as a cell phone‚ while driving a motor
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would only take a min‚ if that‚ to respond‚ they do. Before they know it the car in front of them stops too fast and there in an accident. Texting while behind the wheel takes your eyes off the road‚ you lose your focus‚ and it has a high risk factor. Texting while driving is very dangerous and can cause serious harm. Texting while driving takes away the one thing that absolutely everyone counts on while behind the wheel‚ vision. No matter where the phone is placed‚ whether it
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Texting While Driving Ban Abstract Automobile crashes as a result of texting while driving is an epidemic that has taken our 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 our government must take action to both add uniformity to the laws and punishments bestowed on the offenders. But‚ it is also vital that the
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Texting and Drinking While Driving While being behind the wheel in a vehicle‚ he or she should always be alert and aware of what they’re doing. A good amount of recent car accidents have been from feeble-minded people driving while intoxicated‚ or texting when they should be focusing on the road. In my opinion not one is more dangerous than the other because they’re both life threatening. There are many similarities and differences between texting while driving and driving while drunk
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Driving around highway in Texas‚ I am seeing a lot banner of warning signboards accident. The number of people death in 2012 is over 200 people and the death toll will not stop measurements. So‚ why accidents can happens easily? There are a thousand of reasons that make accident happen‚ but I think the major reason is “be distracted when driving”. Reading article called “Family hopes ban on texting while driving will be passed” by ODESSA AMERICAN‚ make me understand more about the reason that cause
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Texting While Driving by Liz Coram How many people text behind the wheel of their vehicle? Can we relate to the following story? Jaci Lemons* is driving down the street‚ headed to school. The 17 year old driver is texting another friend. As she looks down to read the incoming text‚ Jaci veers off to the right and crashes head-on into the back of a parked vehicle. She is taken to the hospital‚ but after brief examination by the attending ER doctor‚ Jaci is released. Thankfully‚ the only thing
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Eleven teens every day die from texting while drIving and 21% of car accidents involving teens are caused from being distracted by an electronics according to the AAA poll. Through the numerous advertisements and stories I’ve hear about and seen about texting and driving‚ I have decided that this behavior is one that I need to change. If this behavior is not changed it could lead to life changing injuries or even death. Feeling the need to respond to people immediately is one of the major triggers
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Kassandra Vera Part 2: Texting While Driving Professor: Jolanta Kiurshanoska English 215 Nova University 18th August 2013 PART 2: TEXTING WHILE DRIVING Texting while driving didn’t become a global issue overnight‚ but quickly‚ one fatality after the next‚ led to alarming statistics that cannot continue to go ignored‚ and while some families are asking for justice‚ that could never replace the loved ones they’ve lost. Others are demanding a solution to the growing epidemic. In
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