Hampshire is making the effort to end distracted driving and car accidents‚ the law against using a handheld device is pretty difficult to enforce. Every person using their phones cannot be stopped and spoken to‚ this means many people still do it and have the risk of getting in an accident. New Hampshire does have many provisions when it comes to distracted driving. NH has a law in place that makes using handheld devices‚ such as cell phones‚ while driving punishable by law. While drivers can use
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moment when they wake up. Drivers use their phones too while driving. This creates a danger to the driver‚ the passengers‚ and anyone around the vehicle. Everyday people are injured or killed from distracted drivers on the road‚ in most cases‚ they are distracted because
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Driving Under the Influence Final Being on a mobile device while driving has led to a “twenty three percent of auto collisions in 2011‚ which equals up to 1.3 million crashes‚” (TextingandDrivingsaftey.com) and should be completely avoided in respect to other drivers and patrons on the road. In a society that demands constant streams of social media‚ drivers are now more prone to distracted driving than ever. “Distracted driving is a serious and deadly epidemic on America’s roadways. There is
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a very basic driving lesson with my father. Over 5 years‚ 4 driving teachers‚ and 100 hours in a car‚ I managed to pass my driver’s test. Sufficient to say‚ I am an awful driver. The sole reason behind my poor driving skills: distractions. Between hyper-focusing on the speedometer‚ becoming to engaged in a conversation‚ or paying too much attention to the song that was on the radio‚ my driving skills were slow to improve. My friends were also victim to the plague of distracted driving‚ by texting
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Distracted driving is a leading cause of death and injury. There are many factors that contribute to these accidents; and the points learned about in Officer Melendez’s presentation “5 to Drive” are seatbelts‚ speeding‚ texting‚ drinking‚ and having too many people in a car. While these five points are a broad encompassment of all of the things that can harm and kill on the road‚ some are subsections of other topics‚ some have subsections of their own‚ and the dangers are not limited to these five
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Outcomes of Distracted Driving A car in movement is a lethal weapon. When a person is using his/her phone at the same time‚ it is a lethal distraction. Cynthia‚ shared her tragic story with the public to help people realize what texting and driving has the power to do. Her son was waiting to turn left at a red light and the driver who hit them was texting and not paying attention. Cynthia later lost her son to this tragic accident (“Texting and Driving Stories”). Distracted driving accidents happen
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accidents and deaths because of reckless driving and distractions while driving. Distracted driving is the practice of driving a motor vehicle while interacting in other activities. Driving is a serious matter; therefore your eyes should remain on the road at all times. Distracted driving endangers those behind the wheel and passengers‚ along with road occupants and pedestrians. Driving is a big reasonability and it comes with consequences. In today’s society‚ driving safe has become a negative outcome
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I chose the topic of distracted driving‚ more specifically texting while driving‚ to do my speech on. I will evaluate myself on what I was most proud of‚ what I need to improve on‚ and what 2 things surprised myself. I was most proud of having a lot of content. I felt like I had done my research well and I was pretty knowledgeable about the topic. I also was passionate about not texting while driving (I will not touch my phone when I am driving) and I felt like the audience was able to tell that
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Distractive driving causes you to not only get into an accident‚ but it can also cause you to lose focus. When we are driving a car‚ we are constantly looking ahead looking for things that could possibly cause a distraction to us. Some distractive things while driving could be‚ receiving text messages or calls‚ music playing from the radio‚ construction vehicles‚ a billboard sign‚ an accident‚ or even someone pulled over to the side of the road. Even if we don’t notice some of the things distracting
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Drunk vs. Distracted Driving: Which Cause more Traffic Accidents? Several people will consider drunk driving as their earliest estimate for the most dangerous reason of traffic accidents caused by driving negligence‚ but digital devices has become “distracted driving” reason of collisions in a new time – particularly texting at the same time as driving accidents. Let say‚ you’re driving in a street on your way to home from a meeting. Thirty yards to the front‚ the traffic lights become yellow‚
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