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 drivers have. Talking on the phone is also a big problem that some drivers have. Distracted driving is an immense problem in the United States and only drivers can change this action to stop themselves from being distracted. Texting while driving is a huge issue in the United States
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Q-4 How do you most often use your cell phone? Work Personal Both Response 2 13 15 Mean Median Mode Range Variance 10 13 Both 13 49 Question four required the participant to explain if their cell phone was used for personal phone calls or work related calls. In that case it may have been appropriate to ask a more probing question as to who pays for their phone. One half of the respondents advised they used their phone for both personal as well as work. But then a
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In the society with technology, there are more and more people depend on their phone. In the influence some people will be silent due to they depend on smartphone. Another influence that people always use smartphone, and they will develop some abominable behavior in their life. Finally, whether adults or young people, there are a lot of people’s life system are destroyed by using smartphone everyday. Therefore, smartphone bring some negative influence to some people. Some people always using smartphone
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Sitting behind the wheel in heavy traffic the cell phone goes off. Immediately upon hearing the tone of the text message a person begins to think that it could be a friend wanting to tell them something important or it could be their mom wanting to tell them something is wrong. It does not look like the heavy traffic is going to move too fast while at the same time knowing it will only take a few seconds to respond to the text message, they do. Before a person realizes what is going on, the
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Cell Phones and Cars are an Unsafe Combination A couple were crossing the street when bam! A car ran a red light and struck them. The driver was talking on his cell phone. How would you feel if that was your friend or family member, that was struck down by a driver; who was more concerned with a conversation on a cell phone, than watching the road? According to Reuters, from 2001 to 2007, drivers, who were either texting or talking on their cell phone, killed an estimated 16,000 people. I, for
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Rough Draft How Cell Phones Have Changed Our Life Socially? (Patricia Seybold) “A lot of people think that the new economy is all about the internet. I think that it's being fueled by the internet - as well as by cell phones, digital assistants, and the like - but that it's really about customers.” Cellphones has changed us socially in many different ways, video chat, and text messaging, and keeping contact through different social networks wirelessly. Cell phones have changed the way
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Part 1 Audience Adaptation 1. Specific Purpose: The purpose of this speech is to persuade my audience that texting while driving is not safe and it shall be stopped mentally and physically. 2. What kind of change? Although there are laws out there, citizens seem to bypass it all and continue to this day to never change this problem. 3. What did I find out in my audience analysis? How many people did a survey? What were the results? I found out that a lot of people agree to this statement
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Topic: Texting while driving is dangerous Hook: Did you know that texting while driving is now one of the most popular distractions that take a driver’s eyes off the road? Link to audience: Imagine that someone in your family, your mom, dad, or sibling were to be killed by a driver who was sending a text message. Was that text worth losing someone you love? Thesis statement: Today I will persuade you into thinking that texting while driving is too dangerous. Body Texting while driving
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In the article that I reviewed Cell Phone Use and Texting Account for Many Traffic Fatalities, I believe this be a form of inductive reasoning. Inductive reasoning is defined as reasoning from detailed facts to general principles. After reading chapter 8 in our text Critical Thinking, this article seem to fit the guidelines. In the article, the author’s argument is that the use of cell phones is a major distraction and is very dangerous to use while operating a vehicle. The text states
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Cell Phones and Driving Have you ever thought about the dangers of being on the phone while driving? Not everyone does, but there are many things that could go wrong. Texting is the worst thing of all when it comes to driving. The driver is too distracted by his or her phone to see the road and their surroundings. This is one of the many things that can cause a wreck.There are many things that are bad about driving while using a cell phone. Sure, it’s helpful, but all too often, somebody messes up
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