issue is that 10% of young adults text and are outside of their lanes. Texting while driving makes you become blind for approximately 5 seconds at a time and it slows your brake reaction by a whole 18%. It has become so common that 14 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have prohibited drivers from using handheld devices while driving for the protection of the people.Due to people being distracted while driving, more than nine people are killed and more than 1,153 are injured
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Distracted Driving has been an on-going issue; committed by both veteran and beginner drivers. Multiple states including Florida have begun fining those who are caught texting and driving in order to reduce the numbers of those injured and/or killed due to distracted drivers. Alaska being the highest with a ten-thousand dollar fine; while Florida is one of the lowest with a 35 dollar fine. Many oppose these laws, claiming that if you’re a good enough driver, you can text while driving and not get
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Texting and Driving Is Never Safe When it comes to the topic of texting and driving, most of us will readily agree that it can be a dangerous activity. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of when people should be allowed to use his or her phone while driving. Whereas some are convinced one quick glance at the phone screen will not cause any problems, others maintain that texting and driving causes too many distractions behind the wheel and those distractions can lead
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Technology, Cell phone, Texting John W. Siggers COM/220 11/21/10 Ruth Cameron In a 1928 film there was a scene where a woman appears to have a cell phone glued to her ear was, ” in fact”, a time traveler, well that is the thinking of some conspiracy logical thinkers. However, this strange scene from a Charlie Chaplin’s 1928 film, “The Circus” where a woman seems to be telegraphing or rather phoning who looks as an unscrupulously
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accidents happen over texting and driving. A lot of people are familiar with those words but don’t really take in consideration what those words really mean. At any given time throughout the day, approximately 660,000 drivers are attempting to use their phones while behind the wheel of an automobile.People have lost family members and even been in a accident involving with the driver being on his/her phone.People find texting and driving a talent,but in the end texting and driving is an accident ready
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phones while driving dangerous? Studies show that 1.6 million crashes are caused by distracted driving per year. Cell phones should never be used while driving for the following reasons you could get in an accident, you could be injured, or you could possibly die. Drivers ages 15-44 years old die because of accidents. If you were to text while behind the wheel you could get in an accident. In 2011, 1.3 million accidents were caused by texting behind the wheel. Cell phone use while driving leads to
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Arad Radfar Mrs. Aliona Buresh September 30, 2015 Cell Phones and Driving In today's society, cell phones has become more powerful and popular like never before. As a result, people started using their cell phones everywhere such as parties, meetings, classrooms and even while they are driving. Even though texting and driving is not dangerous by its self, it can distract the drivers from focusing on the road. Some people believe, when a driver receives a text massage, the best action that he/she
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Texting and Driving By: Sarah Bento One of the most common, tempting, deadly distractions for anyone behind the wheel is cellphones. One in four American drivers admit to texting while driving, and 40% of teenagers between the ages of 12 to 17 years old say they have been in a car where a teenager used a cellphone in a dangerous way. Although teens and others may not realize it, any cell phone use, whether hand held or hands free, while driving is dangerous. In fact researchers have found that
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dimension in the context of these model all ethical social and political issues raise covering these moral dimension. Since here it will be discussed what are moral dimensions and how the moral dimensions have involves with the perils occur due to texting while driving. 3.1.1 Information Rights and Obligations Information rights and obligations means that what information rights are defining by the organization and individuals by themselves in order to coordinate their work flows and protect (Laudon, 2012)
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While drugs, violence, and gangs are big worries for parents, the most dangerous part of a teenager’s life is driving. Texting and handheld cell phone usage has been associated with car crashes. A teen driver is about four times more likely to be distracted by texting while driving than an adult. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), drivers under the age of 25 are two to three times more likely than older drivers to send text messages or emails while driving.
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