essay #1 Cell-phones: Distractions In today’s society‚ it’s unusual that we see people without a cell phone nowadays. We even see kids who have phones. Although they do come in handy‚ there are many disadvantages of have a cell phone that can affect our own daily life or the people around us as well. Everyone seems to talk about the advantages of having a cell phone‚ and we often forget about the disadvantages. The disadvantages of having a cell phone that I see is a everyday thing
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Cellular Phone Use While Driving: Risks and Benefits Karen S. Lissy‚ M.P.H. Joshua T. Cohen‚ Ph.D. Mary Y. Park‚ M.S. John D. Graham‚ Ph.D. Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Harvard School of Public Health Boston‚ Massachusetts Phase 1 Report July 2000 Executive Summary This report assesses the risks and benefits associated with cellular phone use while driving. The interest of policymakers in this issue has been heightened by the recent decisions of selected foreign countries and
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Significance * The cell phone has become a common product. Almost everyone has a cell phone‚ and they have only been around 35 years and popular for about 15. Yet‚ they have become an indispensable part of daily life. It ’s hard imagining what many would do without them. Function * A cell phone ’s basic function is to make and receive calls from anywhere you have service. Even though they can do more‚ calling is their main function. This function enables a person to make or receive a call
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Cell Phones Should Never Be Used While Driving Cell phones should never be used while driving no matter what the circumstances are. There are many reasons why it should be banned. It causes the driver to think about something other than driving. It causes the driver to have to look away from the road to dial‚ answer‚ etc. It doesn’t allow the driver to hear what’s going on around him or her such as ambulances or police sirens. These reasons are a major contributor to death. Using cell phones while
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Texting while driving- The consequences can be deadly Texting while driving accidents take more teenage lives each year than alcohol related accidents. The solution is making texting while driving illegal. Now the leading cause of death among teens in the U.S.‚ texting while driving takes more than 3‚000 teenage lives each year. U.S. highways are introduced to new and inexperienced teenage drivers every year who do not recognize the difficulty involved in trying
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Texting while Driving should be Illegal in all States A Proposal to the People of the United States Do you feel comfortable on the roads of your home town knowing that an accident is bound to happen‚ seeing that one person swerving from lane to lane while they are texting on their phone? The purpose of this research is to make texting while driving illegal in all states in order to put less people at risk of getting into an automobile accident. Texting while driving is an act of sending
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Schools ban students from using cell phones at school and at all school functions? By Olivia Acuña ENG 111G27 9/11/2011 Cell phones have created a new era of communication between students around the world. Some students believe cell phones are helpful to communicate with their friends and family. Others disagree and believe that cell phones are being used in an inappropriate manner‚ during and after school activities. I strongly believe that cell phones should be banned during school
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Should Your Child Have a Cell Phone? From My Secure Cyberspace Kids love mobile phones‚ but they need to learn how to use them responsibly. In recent years‚ mobile phones have become extremely popular with young people. More than half of American teenagers now own a cell phone‚ and this number is growing quickly. Also‚ the age at which kids are getting cell phones is dropping‚ and many elementary school-aged children now carry cell phones. This trend is even more marked in countries outside the
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Cause and effect of texting and driving In today’s society texting and driving has become an increasingly serious issue. Not only is it now illegal which is a totally different subject itself; but its life threatening to you and many others. Texting takes only just moments‚ but in that moment it could harm a life or even take one for that matter. What are the causes of texting while driving? It could be anything from being careless; to being in a hurry. In today’s time communication is limited
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Cell Phone and Social Graces Have you ever talk to someone and they did not reply because they are busy playing on their cell phone? We all have that experience. We cannot blame on the cell phone because people are responsible for their behavior. In the essay “ Cell phone and social graces”‚ Charles Fisher elaborates on the use of cell phone and shows how careless‚ sometimes inconsiderate‚ and needy most people are when using their cell phones. Charles Fisher pointed out the negative when people
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