all modern mobile phones. Texting, also known as SMS (for short message service), is on the rise, up from 9.8 billion messages a month in December ’05 to 110.4 billion in December ’08. Undoubtedly, more than a few of those messages are being sent by people driving cars. Is texting while driving a dangerous idea? We decided to conduct a test. Previous academic studies—much more scientific than ours—conducted in vehicle simulators have shown that texting while driving impairs the driver’s abilities
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We are able to check our emails with it, receive phone calls, send text messages, hear music and take photos. However, cell phones and driving have become a massive issue that has redoubled these past years. This issue has been around since cell phones first came out. Everybody has their own point of view; however I believe that using cell phones while driving should not be allowed. My reasons for believing in this are that drivers are focusing too much on the screens of their cell phones instead
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anyone that have accident because of it, however I do know it is wrong when your mind is off something and wander it of knowing there is other drivers that is by your path. Million of people were injured or were killed by a person that was texting and driving. The rate of death in total is 9 people are killed meaning like 3000 or more per year given to the distraction of the driver. Given to other 1000 people were injured because of the driver distraction. It is sad that people are dying because
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Prevention Prevention Statistics Laws Facts Facts Prevention Statistics I dare you!... - Every day in America, 28 people die as a result of a drunk driving accident. - Drunk Driving costs the United states $132 billion a year. - Most people who have DUI's are not alcoholics. - December is Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. - Half of all holiday driving fatalities are alcohol related. - 50-75% of convicted drunk drivers continue to drive on a suspended license. - 2/3 of sentenced to incarceration
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Bailey Tollefson Teens Driving There is a tremendous issue in America with teens driving. A big reason why is because car crashes are, “the number one killer of teens in the United States” (“Safe kids Worldwide,” 2014). Many parents realize the danger that their kids are in once they get their license, and get freaked out. This is because teens are inexperienced, they easily get distracted, and most do not realize the importance of safe driving, and how unsafe driving can affect their lives.
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Texting 1) Text messaging is one of the most used forms of communication A) According to the article, "everyone speaks text messages," by Rosenberg, over the past decade, 65% of communications made through a cell phone have been through text messages B) People use texts to send quick messages and even for very lengthy conversations. C) People use texts to talk to many people from strangers to their parents. D) This affects people by making their
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Cell Phone Use While Driving The new technology of cell phones has helped advance the world in which we live. There are over 100 million people in the United States that have and use cell phones. Driver distraction due to cell phone usage is a plague that is causing more and more car accidents every year. People quickly forget that driving is a privilege and not a right. What are different states doing about it? Should it be a concern of ours? Did you know that car crashes are the leading cause
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around you at the same time. But you're actually not.” Therefore, what is done is shifting the focus from one thing to the next. Miller compares this to talking on the phone and writing and email, which is nearly impossible. “You cannot focus on one while doing the other. That's because of what's called interference between the two tasks,” Miller stated. “They both involve communicating via speech or the written word, and so there's a lot of conflict between the two of them.” In a lab at the University
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11/26/15 There is a tremendous issue in America with teens driving. A big reason why is because car crashes are, “the number one killer of teens in the United States” (“Safe kids Worldwide,” 2014). Many parents realize the danger that their kids are in once they get their license, and get freaked out. This is because teens are inexperienced, they easily get distracted, and most do not realize the importance of safe driving, and how unsafe driving can affect their lives. Teenagers have little experience
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Prohibiting the Use of a Cell Phone While Operating a Motor Vehicle Gerald J. Calca Jr. Post University Prohibiting the Use of a Cell Phone While Operating a Motor Vehicle Statistics show that from 2003 to 2008 the number of accidents that were caused by drivers using a cell phone increased from 636,000 to an astounding 1.6 million. (CBSNews, 2010). This a growing trend that shows the use of cells phones while driving is an extremely dangerous activity which has had severe consequences for
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