Effects of Cellphone Use While Driving The reason I oppose the use of cell phone during driving is because I was once engaged in a cellphone use while driving that totally distracted me as it diverted my concentration off the road. This happened to me years ago, while I was driving home from work, I made a quick phone call to my mother and at the same instant the car swerved onto the side of the street and almost hit a pedestrian crossing the road. I realized that the risk of taking my eyes off
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choice. Studies have shown that listening to classical music helps one to concentrate on the task at hand, and helps to eliminate minor outside distractions. Amanda Rivera Part A: It is important to minimize distractions when reaching an auditory threshold. It is very hard for me to be able to hear anything when there is a lot of noise or distraction. When I try to work on my assignments for class, I have to make sure that my son is in bed, the television is cut off, and the only sounds are
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Driven to Distraction by Cell Phones Sandra Greene ENG 215 Professor Erica Ellsworth 18 May, 2012 Driven to Distraction by Cell Phones Countless numbers of people are dying every day. These deaths are not limited to certain areas but are occurring nationally. They are pointless deaths because something could be done to prevent it from happening. Imagine if stopping one simple act could save countless lives. That simple act would
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Texting and Driving Name Course November 11, 2015 Instructor Texting and Driving Introduction Texting is one of the most in demand means of communicating in the world today. One may see it as a simple way of communication but can also be a dangerous and even fatal form of communication. A proper description of texting while driving is the use of mobile phones to compose, send or read a message, to read an email while operating a vehicle (Sole, 2010). It’s very possible for a driver to
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Texting and Driving Name Course November 11, 2015 Instructor Texting and Driving Introduction Texting is one of the most in demand means of communicating in the world today. One may see it as a simple way of communication but can also be a dangerous and even fatal form of communication. A proper description of texting while driving is the use of mobile phones to compose, send or read a message, to read an email while operating a vehicle (Sole, 2010). It’s very possible for a driver to take
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particular audience on a significant issue that affects the future of the UAE – related to the Learning Plan. Skills, knowledge and understanding: Develops an opinion with supporting evidence Applies the appropriate language to persuade the particular audience Sample Persuasive Speech: Using cell phones while driving is dangerous Cell phones are troublesome while driving. When a driver keeps talking or listening
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Driverless vehicles are becoming a known subject throughout society today. There are huge controversies of whether or not they will be safe, how they will operate, and how their use will affect the government as well as how they’ll affect the people who are using or are around them. Autonomous vehicular technology will change the way we live as well as the laws we have to follow. Whether or not the changes will be good is debatable. Law-making will be affected in that the older/traditional laws we
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Assignment five: Persuasive paper part 3: possible Disadvantages, Answers, with Visuals Marc Fiston Professor: Susan Sgroi English 215 Strayer University September 3rd, 2014 Topic: should regulations regarding the use of cell phones while driving be standardized? The use cell phones have spread like wild fire in the last ten years. It has become a part of everyday life for many Americans citizens, and a good number of people depend on them to carry out daily operations. Unfortunately, many
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Driving Without Cell Phone Distraction “Don’t text message when you’re driving. It’s not safe.” “Oh, Mom. You worry too much. I know what I’m doing.” “You’ll get distracted and end up in a crash.” “No, I won’t.” “When you drive my car you are not to use your cell phone to talk to your friends or text message. If it’s that important to talk, pull off the road at a safe place to use your phone.” Mom didn’t confess to her daughter that she’d tried texting while she was driving, and she
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too important to put their phones down and pay attention to what is going on around them while they are driving? Well many people are? There are already many distractions that a person has to avoid while driving, or even when they are walking down the street, let alone texting and cell phone use. Anything can happen at any given moment in this life. What would you do if it was you driving and you were the one who hit your family member of someone you knew? It would be very devasting and your
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