under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking. This includes about 1‚900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes‚ 1‚600 as a result of homicides‚ 300 from suicide‚ as well as hundreds from other injuries such as falls‚ burns‚ and drowning. However‚ drinking remains popular among teenagers. According to data from the 2005 Monitoring the Future study‚ three-fourths of 12th graders‚ more than two-thirds of 10th graders‚ and about two in every five 8th graders have consumed alcohol. When teenagers drink
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cell phones while driving? The statistics about distracted driving‚ which includes any type of distraction‚ show that distracted driving causes accidents. According to the United States Department of Transportation‚ 5‚747 people were killed because of driving distractions and approximately 448‚000 were injured in 2009 alone (1) Using a cell phone is just another way that driver are distracted. The debate rages on…should there be a specific law against using cell phones while driving. Some states
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distracted while driving and 9 people die while trying to attempt it or just doing it (Halsey). Now that this century has more technology than ever before‚ some of these appliances are in our vehicles. People can now get distracted while texting‚ talking‚ trying to mess with the radio‚ trying to make a navigator work‚and simply putting a disc in a player . With all of these distractions around us while driving‚ there is more of a chance to attempt this. Distracted driving is dangerous‚ so think about how
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Drinking While Driving Ever lost someone close or heard of someone who lost their life to drunk driving? Drinking and driving is becoming a serious problem that is spiraling out of control. If awareness of the true danger of drinking and driving doesn’t get out to the public America could be facing serious problems. These problems can result in the average life expectancy of a person becoming smaller and smaller. Each year this situation becomes a bigger problem that affects not only the drunk
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SARDAR RAJA COLLEGES SARDAR RAJA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Raja Nagar‚ Alangulam‚ Tirunelveli District-627808 CHIEF PATRON Dr.S.A.RAJA Department of CSE‚EEE‚ECE&MCA Fonder Chairman National Level Technical Symposium CEEM-TEZ ‘13 PATRONS
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twenty-three percent of auto collisions involved cell phones. Can you guess how high that number is now? People now think that they can do multiple things at once while driving‚ and that’s not the case. It’s dangerous‚ but they don’t care. I do not think that out state does enough to prevent distracted driving. There are a few ways to avoid distracted driving and how to stop it. Cops can pull someone over if they see them on the phone‚ the government can start giving out tickets‚ put up cameras and satellites
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Mercedes Cuerda Gutiérrez 3º Lic. Humanidades English III Writing: Proposal 18/11/2010 This proposal explains my suggestion for our country’s participation in the next International Festival in London. Spain has one of the richest national histories of all the World. It has been populated and inhabited by so much different civilizations like Greeks‚ Romans‚ or Arabians. Spain has also a very complete and unique culture‚ and a important example is the flamenco
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The effect of Literacy Due to Texting Nowadays‚ texting is the main source of communication‚ especially for college students. They tend to not have the time to have conversations with others on the phone because of all the studying and work they may be doing‚ so they will send a quick text to keep in contact with friends‚ family‚ or fellow classmates. The way the words are sent in these text messages are usually abbreviated to quicken the process of texting or spell check tends to fix every word
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many people today‚ the issue has risen regarding the use of phones while driving. These days cell phone use while driving is being compared to driving while being drunk. There are good reasons why people have made it a big issue today‚ but cell phone use while driving is not like drunk driving. There are big differences between the two‚ and this belief should not be used as a basis for prohibiting cell phone use while driving. It is obvious by
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A Modest Proposal Analysis Jonathan Swift’s 1729 essay “A Modest Proposal” demonstrates how the writer uses satire to enlighten the reader on the critical state of Ireland‚ at that time. In the essay‚ Swift suggests that the poor should sell their children to the rich so that they can “contribute to the feeding‚ and partly to the clothing‚ of many thousands.” Swift doesn’t simply want the poor to pay attention but wants to point his chagrin towards the politicians as well as the catholic citizens
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