Distracted Driving: Source‚ Effects & Consequences Report Anna Tran September 13‚ 2014 Distracted Driving: Source‚ Effects & Consequences Report In the past ten years‚ distracted driving has emerged as one of the most high-profile‚ discussed issues in road safety today. In fact‚ 80% of collisions and 65% of near crashes have some form of driver attention as contributing factors (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration‚ 2010). In order to fully understand what distracted driving is and
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founded. Hard to believe isn’t it? I am going to give everyone some information on what exactly drunk driving is‚ who may be affected by drunk driving‚ what can happen if you are one of the millions caught each year for drunk driving‚ and the tests that may come into to play if you happen to get pulled over. I could not believe how many lives were directly and indirectly affected by drunk driving. It is understandably that people die each day from non-alcohol related accidents‚ but facts from the
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survey‚ funded by State Farm‚ of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)‚ drunken driving is our No. 1 highway safety problem. Through education‚ increased law enforcement and stiffer penalties‚ the number of alcohol-related traffic accidents can be reduced. Since the early 1980’s‚ there has been a substantial decline in drinking and driving and in the number of alcohol-related deaths and injuries on the roads. However‚ drinking and driving remains one of the main causes of death and injury. Between
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Stargirl Persuasive Essay I believe that true love is all that one needs in life‚ but being true to yourself is way more important and that can fit in any scenarios and here’s one. Leo should accept stargirl the way she is because her opinion should only matter and if he really loves her he should not try and change her and stay with her. Leo and Stargirl “Loved” each other. I know that Leo and Stargirl loved each other because in chapter 24 the author writes [Painted on the sheet in broad red
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Persuasive Essay Since North America has been discovered many expeditors have explored in the United States‚ including Cabeza de Veca‚ Don Garcia Lopez de Cardenas and William Bradford. In this essay I will try to persuade you that William Bradford was the best navigator out of all of them by comparing their expeditions‚ qualities and strengths and weaknesses. Don Garcia Lopez de Cardenas was an okay commander. He was smart and a good communicator‚ “They (Native Americans) provided him guides
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Persuasive Essay: Overpopulation Overpopulation is becoming one of the most preeminent problems facing human civilization. This complicated‚ pervasive issue will come to be a problem of the utmost importance for people of all races‚ religions‚ and nationalities. Our planet now provides for approximately 5.8 billion people‚ with projections of around 10 billion by the year 2050. Two billion of these are extremely poor‚ the poorest of which live in absolute poverty and misery. One very serious
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walk through our door envision a job in which they are sitting at a desk with a student teaching them how to add‚ in reality a typical day involves getting hit‚ spat on‚ and attempting to keep other students at ease during this process. For my persuasive essay‚ I will explore the idea of paraprofessionals receiving more training before they enter a specialized program. I am the youngest and least experienced individual in my position
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Week 8 Persuasive Essay Final Draft Tonya Ingram EN101 03/03/2015 Greg Gildersleeve Week 8 Persuasive Essay Final Draft To crop or not to crop‚ that is the question. Is it nobler to let your Dane’s ears hang natural or stand up at attention? What exactly is ear cropping you may be wondering. Cropping of ears is the cutting and reshaping of a dog’s ears to get them to stand up as opposed to the natural hanging look. Great Dane’s are not the only breed that cropping is popular with. Cropping is popular
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person who was nonchalantly steering the car with their knee while texting as they were driving. Ultimately I think everyone will come across at least one irresponsible driver in their lifetime. Most of us are fortunate enough to survive these encounters‚ however not everyone is that lucky. Reckless drivers endanger and destroy people’s lives and possessions on a daily basis. Various conducts while driving are considered hazardous. Speeding is a very common practice that can lead to a catastrophe
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Having explained the wide-reaching impacts of drunk driving‚ I think we can all agree that this is an especially troubling issue for the DFW area. Looking at information published by the CDC‚ driver education is recommended as one of the foremost ways to make a meaningful reduction in drunk driving incidents. There is also data showing that introducing Uber services to an area causes a reduction in DUI arrests. The city of Seattle saw nearly a 10% drop in DUI arrests after Uber began servicing the
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