everyday careless driving. The people of the world as a whole‚ are all to blame for not being more aware while driving and being behind the wheel. With technology booming‚ cellphones are coming into major play for being a major contributor to bad driving. Texting while driving is becoming a really big issue in the common day. [Despite people wanting to do it‚ especially while stuck in traffic‚ Texting while driving should be against the law to prevent fewer deaths‚ and to keep the roads safer.] States should
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Monica Armas Armas 1 English 115 5 April 2013 Texting While Driving: Worse Than Drinking and Driving I was on the freeway on my way to school when all of a sudden out of nowhere a car pulled into my lane without any signal. I slammed on my brakes because the car almost hit me. The driver never turned to look. I honked my horn‚ but the driver didn’t take into
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Imaginative Conversation Why does ZZ Packer write her essay with mostly conversing through language? In the short story Drinking Coffee Elsewhere‚ ZZ Packer consistently uses the art of conversation. She uses this type of language throughout her short story while either a group of people are talking or just man to man conversations. First off this short story is about an African American woman named Dina and she just arrived at orientation at the University Yale. In class she quickly meets
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Hailey 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
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your partner has suffered a pulmonary embolism‚ a blood clot to the lungs. Despite the best efforts of the medical staff‚ it is confirmed that your partner will never regain consciousness. She is legally declared ‘brain-dead’. She is 14 weeks pregnant‚ making your choice about life support all the more difficult. Ultimately‚ taking into account previous discussions with your partner‚ you decide to suspend life-sustaining treatment‚ which is your right as next of kin. But the Government
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Texting While Driving Even More Dangerous The popularity of texting has caused an unforeseen danger- texting while driving. It has been proven scientifically that texting while driving reduces your awareness by almost half‚ and that texting while driving is over four times more dangerous than driving under the influence of alcohol. These are very disturbing results for anyone on the road‚ especially since it has been proven that an estimated 65% of drivers are texting and driving every single day
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Tiffany Kwong : Taking Sides‚ Unit 4 Response I’m answering question number2‚ as to why government agencies are getting more conservative regarding drinking during pregnancy. I personally believe the government wants to be stricter on the drinking-during-pregnancy matter because of the outcomes and effects towards the community. Pregnant mothers that drink during pregnancy are already at a small percentage of risk for a child with developmental-defects. The more at-risk children‚ the more attention
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………… 5 UNDERAGE DRINKING…………………………………………………………………... 5 MILITARY UNDERGE DRINKING……………………………………………………..... 7 BINGE DRINKING……………………………………………………............................... 8 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………..................................... 11 RECOMMENDATIONS/SOLUTIONS……………………………………………………. 11 MILITARY WINGMAN CONCEPT……………………………………………………..... 13 ENFORCING THE LAW……………………………………………………...................... 15 WORKS CITED……………………………………………………
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driving fatalities‚ and yet I will make the argument that texting while driving is potentially as dangerous if not more as drunk driving. I believe the reason that this issue is more volatile than drunk driving because everyone is capable of texting while driving. Drunk driving is unique to people that drink alcohol‚ and when you take the entire population that drinks alcohol it pales in comparison to the population that text while driving. This issue is starting to make national headlines; the government
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Distracted While Driving Virtually anyone who has a driver’s license has been introduced to the idea that distracted driving causes accidents. However‚ the consequences of distracted driving are far more than just predictable and often taken lightly. Predictable events can be avoided. Since these are predictable events they are preventable. The choices that drivers make affect more people than they may realize‚ thus making them responsible for the consequences that result from those choices
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