...Texting While Driving The number one leading cause of teenage driving deaths and crashes is texting while driving. Texting while driving is teenagers’ number one driving distraction (Cell Phone). Texting while driving has not really been a big concern until recently. Law enforcement have realized that the percentage of texting and driving accident have risen over the past years. Texting while driving has been getting ignored but now it’s time to bring it to the light to save some lives. Texting while driving is the #1 wrong thing to do while driving than anything else (Cell Phone). Teenagers do not realize how dangerous texting and driving is; it can cause injuries, distractions, and even deaths. Texting while driving is a growing trend, and a national epidemic, quickly becoming one of the country’s top killers (Distracted Driving Laws). Every year there are one million six hundred thousand, accidents per year and of those accidents there are three hundred thirsty thousand, injuries per year (Distracted Driving Laws). Eleven teen deaths every day due to texting while driving (Distracted Driving Laws). Nearly twenty-five percent of all car accidents are due texting while driving (Distracted Driving Laws). Texting while driving is about six times more likely to cause an accident than driving intoxicated (Distracted Driving Laws). Texting while driving is the same as driving after four beers (Distracted Driving Laws). Texting while driving takes away your attention for five seconds...
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...Teenagers and Seatbelt Safety: Identifying the reasons Why 16 to 19 Old High-School Students Do Not Wear Seatbelt Melissa Simmons Research Methodology Prepared for Soheyl Amini PhD September 2012 Objectives The aims and objectives of this study include the following: (1) to identify the percentage of teenagers between the ages of 16 to 19 that do not wear seat belts when in a car; and (2) to identify the reasons why teenagers between the ages of 16 to 19 do not wear seat belts when in a car; (3) to identify whether there is a correlation between sex and seat belt compliance among teenagers; and (4) to determine whether attendance of a driver’s education class increases seat belt compliance among teenagers. Once this information is known, strategies for teaching teenagers about the laws of the state with regards to seatbelt use; and the critical importance of wearing seat belts can be developed. Research Questions The research questions for this study include the following: (1) What percent of teenagers between the ages of 16 to 19 do not wear belts when in a car? (2) What are the reasons why teenagers between the ages of 16 to 19 do not wear seat belts when in a car? (3) Is there a difference between male and female teenagers between the ages of 16 to 19 in terms of seat belt compliance? (4) Does formal driver education attendance increase seat belt compliancy among teenagers between the ages of 16 to 19? Purpose of Study The purpose of this...
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...467 10/2/2015 Effects of drunk driving on teens and adults In 2011 over 1.2 million people were arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol. Driving while under the influence is most seen in 21 to 25 years old. I found this information to be interesting because are demographic has a high tendency to drive while being under the influence of alcohol. I’m more interested in the effects of drunk driving on teens and adults because it is something that affects anybody who drives an automobile now a days. There is something you should know about driving under the influence. One of out every three Americans on the road has been involved in an alcohol related car crash sometime in their life time. Those are really bad odds looking at the fact that most Americans are on the road for at one hour per day. I’m very interest to learn more about the effects of driving under the influence on teenagers and adults. Most people who drive under the influence don’t actually realize the harm they can actually cause until the minute after the accident has happened. Most drunk driving incidents can be avoided with just a simple phone call. What drunk drivers don’t seem to understand is they are endangering not just their own life but everyone on the roads with them. For example, “In 2013, a total of 1,149 children fourteen and younger were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes. Of those 1,149 fatalities, 200 (17%) occurred in alcohol-impaired driving crashes. Out of those 200 deaths...
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...crossed your mind. Should the legal driving age be raised? Some people think that the driving age shouldn’t be raised, because it is more convenient. However, they should rethink their decision. The driving age limit should be raised a year or two. It would make the road, and your children become more safe. The driving age should be raised from 16 to 18 because, teenagers are more likely to be in or cause accidents, they are not fully prepared, and some aren’t being taught and trained properly. First, the number of driving accidents around the world have raised significantly throughout the years. In passed 2, it says, “The report cited a study from 1992-96 in which the rate of crash-related deaths among 16- and 17-years-olds was 18 per 100,00 in New Jersey, compared with 26 per 100,000 in Connecticut, which had a minimum driver’s license age of 16 and 4 months.” That proves that most teenage drives that are around 16, have been involved in car crashes, that have led to death. This is affecting a lot of kids safety, and making parents also worry....
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...Alyssa Hartsook English 106 November 24, 2013 Mr. William Lehman Solutions for Distracted Driving Driving is a very important thing to know how to do; it not only gets you from one place to another but also helps in different endeavors, such as grocery shopping, or in case of emergencies. This makes sense when you look at the number of driver’s licenses issued in the year of 2003. The state of California issued 22,657,288 driver’s licenses, ranking the state number one in issuing the most licenses in the year (StateMaster, 2004). Texas, coming in at number two, issued a total number of 13,498,071 licenses that same year (StateMaster, 2004). Keeping these numbers in mind, one would say that driving is one of the most important things in a person’s life. Achieving a driver’s license is a big deal that is worth celebrating in one’s eyes, especially if said license is achieved at a young age of 16-years-old. Even though driving can be a blessing, it is also a massive responsibility. If drivers do not take it seriously then someone may end up hurt, if not dead. The major way people abuse the ability to drive is by participating in distracting behaviors. There are various ways that a driver, young and old, may become distracted and therefore putting not only their lives but the lives of everyone around them in danger. Texting and driving is considered to be the one most thing that drivers do that cause them to become distracted, but this is in fact not the only problem that...
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...address the crime problem of teenage driving and texting. A brief history and timeline of texting will be examined, followed by the effects of texting on driving and statistics associated to the practice. The teenage invincibility complex will be examined and current policy effectiveness will be reviewed as it relates to criminological theories. The conclusion will provide possible policy solutions utilizing the general deterrence theory. In 1992 Neil Papworth sent the first text message to Richard Jarvis. Text messaging was originally and more technically known as short message system (SMS). This type of message was initially intended to aid the hearing impaired. In the 2000’s most wireless service providers began offering...
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...today, causing an uncanny amount of accidents and deaths each year with the decisions they carelessly make. Premature decisions have caused many preventable deaths. The driving age should be raised to 18 because teenagers today have caused more problems on the road than thought before with their lack of experience and rebellious nature, the influence of drugs or alcohol, and rule breaking. Teenagers are known to be some of the most spontaneous and indecisive of the general population, and that aspect does not change when they step behind the wheel of a car. There are many factors contributing to teenagers making risky decisions. According to the California DMV,...
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...essay drunk driving[Writer’s name] [Professor’s name] [Course title] [Date] DRUNK DRIVING: PROBLEM SOLUTION ESSAY Drunk driving also called driving under influence is a crime because it is illegal to drive with blood levels of alcohol in excess of a certain limit. Drivers having high blood alcohol content (BAC) are at higher risk to death or injuries due to accidents. According to National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. 32 percent of accidents are the results of drunk driving (NCADD, 2014). In America drunk driving has taken lives of many citizens the drivers not only hurt their selves but also are threat to other’s safety. In the year 2000, 16,653 accidents occurred due to using alcohol during driving. Due to drunken driving almost 17,274 people were killed in 1995 (PBS, 2002). Moreover almost one million people are injured due to alcoholic driving (PBS, 2002). Alcohol is the major cause of accidents and more deaths are likely to occur due to use of alcohol during driving as compared to instances where alcohol was not used. Alcohol when take in absorbs quickly throughout the body fluids and affect physical ability of a person. It affects the vision and reduces peripheral vision. During driving a person has to be more active and attentive but alcohol can make sleepy and confused. It is hard to track visual search and number monitoring during driving. Alcohol affects the brain greatly so you lose control over your speech and walk and ability to think and...
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...rates for teenagers driving around evening hours are higher as a consequence of them being chronically short on sleep. It is in the best interest of the country to rise the national driving age to 18 for...
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...the perils of drunkenness and more on the tenuous concept that adults can drink properly but youths cannot or should not" (Males 190). This lead to much discussion over the drinking age and the debate will go on for years to come. Throughout this debate, it lead to the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, which lowered the United States drinking age to eighteen. After this act was passed there was much controversy and soon after the drinking age would go back to twenty one. The states had to follow this statement "All States to raise their minimum drinking age to 21 within 2 years or lose a portion of their Federal-aid highway funds; and encourage States, through incentive grants programs, to pass mandatory sentencing laws to combat drunk driving." (Senate Record...
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...John Hattar Intro To English Comp. Prof. Brenda Refaie 11/14/1014 Driving Age, Pros and Cons Scholastic Choices magazine asked their readers about their opinion in young driving, 65% of the readers who replied said that driving age should stay at 16. They said that teenagers who drive at a young age, have more experience and they will have more hours to drive and to improve their driving. Also they help out there parents with grocery shopping and picking up younger siblings. Even with these advantages of young driving, there is high rates of deaths and injuries among teenagers, and that teenage and young drivers are overly represented in fatal crashes.Government should pass a law that prevents these high rates of deaths by increasing the driving...
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...For many teenagers obtaining their driver’s license is the first initial step of becoming an adult. Many political and public figures question the ability to drive legally at age 16; in some states even younger. There are many reasons why many individuals question the legal driving age such as how will impact society? If the legal driving age in the United States is raised to 18 will there be a decrease of accidents? In the United States most states allow teenagers to have a learner’s permit and a driver’s license at age 16. Rising the legal driving age would cut down on car accidents and associated damages, cut down on teen deaths from traffic accidents and allow for teens to gain more experience before driving on their own. Let’s take a look at the reasons these changes should be made, as they are very eye opening and show some very disturbing statistics involving teen driving. Teenage driving has cost more than 81,000 people lives since the year 2000 as a result of motor vehicle accidents (SafeRoads, 2009). Teen drivers are not always attentive and responsible; many times the drivers can be easily distracted by friends, music, and cell phone. Although not all accidents can be prevented, if there is a possibility that rising the legal driving age to 18 can potentially decrease the number of individuals killed in motor vehicle accidents than it can only have a positive outcome. There are many individuals that have received their driver’s license at an older age and are very...
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...Driving and Mobile Phones 2 In the early 1900's mobile phones were introduced. As time went on mobile phones became apart of people daily lives. Today, most people aren’t able to function without their phones. Whatever you personal preference is your mobile phone can do it. Mobile companies are in a constant battle to offer more services for less and the phone are getting smaller, faster, and better quality. These services are a strong competitor for land line companies. In fact, most people don’t have a land-line phone. More and more drivers are becoming distracted on the road, be it the radio, other motorist, or children. As mobile phones become more common people are questioning how to deal with this distraction and does it pose the same danger as drunk driving? In 1908 the first wireless telephone was released as a “cave radio”. By 1910, Lars Magnus Ericsson installed a mobile phone in his car, this was not a radio telephone. 1926 first class passenger trains in Europe first used radio telephones. In the 1950's the first generation of mobile phones were introduced. Hand held phones have been available since 1973. Mobile phone were very expensive, large, had poor quality, and was used mostly as a status symbol then a tool. During the 1980's mobile phones were advanced to the 1G network featuring international roaming. The second generation mobile phone in the 1990's known as the 2G network, allowed mobile phone to send and receive...
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...Calana McAfee A lot of people think that teenagers need to be older to drive, I don’t believe that’s true cause i think that if we do or don’t keep the age limit that the number of crashes will be decreased. There would be many problems with changing the law because there would be some very mad parents and mad teenagers and some serious difficulty changing the law. Teenagers are already living up to the days till they can drive, taking that away from them would have some serious annoyed teenagers. Teenagers and parents don’t want them to there dates, dances, and there early morning practices. When teenagers start going into high school they start to get treated like adults, taking away driving from them would take away there high school experience....
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...Distracted driving is the number one cause of traffic accidents in the United States. People are dying everyday because people can not stay off their phones. At this point people should realize how big of a problem and how dangerous distracted driving is. However, people will still find the time to get distracted while their behind the wheel, putting himself and other in the path of destruction. That's why Stronger laws should be enforced for distracted driving. Distracted driving is an activity that could divert a person's attention away from the primary task of driving. All distractions endanger the driver, passenger, and bystander safety. There are many things that qualify as distracted driving but texting and driving is the leading cause of traffic accidents in the United States. Texting while driving kills more than three thousand people every day! In a recent survey ninety percent of motorist said that they know the dangers of texting and...
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