Teen Driving Safety Melissa Tortella Kaplan University Teen Driving Safety “In 2010‚ approximately 2‚700 teens in the United States between the ages of 16-19 were involved in fatal car accidents and almost 282‚000 of these teens suffered injuries in car accidents.” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ n.d.). Given this information‚ this proves that car accidents have become the leading cause of death in teens in the United States. “The risk of being involved in a car crash is highest
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provide professional driving services to someone‚ you’ll need to learn some more advanced techniques. You may not ever actually need to use them‚ but the one time that you do‚ you’ll be thankful that you went through your extra training. Those advanced driving techniques can be summarized under the topic of "defensive driving"‚ and it’s a type of driving taught at some specialized schools across the country. You won’t be able to get this type of driving lessons from any driving school‚ mind you -
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texting and driving have more serious consequences?” Most think before they drink and drive‚ but most do not think twice about texting and driving. Next time you are in the driver’s seat and about to pull out your cell phone‚ think twice and think about the dangers involved in text while driving. In today’s lifestyle‚ text messaging is a main form of communication. People impulsively respond to that buzz of their cell phones and often tune out the surroundings. Texting while driving takes away the
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Pennsylvania changed the driving age from sixteen to seventeen or higher‚ fewer accidents would occur. Many sixteen year olds (boys in particular) have a ‘nothing can hurt me’ attitude. As a result‚ many teens feel the “need to speed‚” just to get a rush. Not only is speeding a criminal offense‚ but speeding teens are endangering their own life‚ and possibly other’s lives as well. One of the most risky activities that young teens can participate in is drinking and driving. Driving while under the influence
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How distraction will affect driving? Name Bob‚ Roadwise Driving School 2014/08/07 In the modern age‚ driving is an internationally shared tool; a privilege of which is consistently abused by those who ignore the safety of others. A driver is only as safe as his peers allow which is why there are innumerable signs‚ laws and regulations in place. Across the nation‚ drivers are causing danger to themselves and those around him by distracted himself. By distractions‚ it is important to note
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7.7 Our state does an all right job of warning us about the dangers of distracted driving. What to do and what not to do behind the wheel of a vehicle. Just under half of the population who are in their mid thirties and below have cell phones that they use while driving. This shows just how important it is that we need to stop with the distractive driving; the state can only do so much. The rest is up to us‚ and it shouldn’t be a hard decision to make. When you have your phone out and your
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I went to take my driving test‚ I was extremely nervous and a bit scared. I wasn’t nervous or scared of the actual test‚ but the pressure that I put on myself to succeed on the first try as did my two older siblings. Turns out I did pass and I can still remember how I felt on that April day. The feeling of accomplishment and joy that fell on me that day was unbelievable. After I got home from the DMV‚ I drove myself accompanied by my little sister around the neighborhood. Driving around that night
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prohibited in every State‚ because drivers who use an electronic device while driving‚ are putting their lives in a great danger and can ruin other people’s lives as well. Distracted drivers pose a serious‚ life threatening problem to their life and others‚ especially when they use their cell phone while driving. My have almost run into someone’s back on numerous occasions because He was focused‚ on talking
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asked about this dilemma‚ one experienced motorist said‚ “That one day I was coming over that hill over there and I swear a kid was texting and driving‚ he was in my lane too. I didn’t know what to do so I took the ditch. That kid just kept on a goin’. He never even saw what was happening.” That just goes to show how focused kids are on texting and driving. Another reason kids text in drive could be out of boredom. Whatever happened to looking at the landscape and the wildlife? I guess flying down
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Ideate of Distraction and Driving Driving and texting is often influenced by the poor usage of social action in relationship‚ technology revolution‚ and social media. The usual method of preventing accidents‚ today‚ is “to put an end to our own distractions in the car by taking a pledge‚ that you are making a promise to help put an end to distracted driving”(VanWey)‚ and the ban of usage of cellphone while driving. The best method to prevent accidents is to educate every driver in the country. It
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