bike ride and while he went on a road not far from his home near Santa Maria, California, Eric was killed when a teen driver traveling at 60 miles per hour struck his bike with her truck. Eric was struck and killed by a distracted teenage driver who neither swerved nor braked. It was later revealed by the driver's cell phone records that she was texting just before the crash. Even though people have been told numerous amount of times what not to do while driving such as texting, driving intoxicated
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Texting While Driving – Valid Argument Jill Elias PHI103 Informal Logic July, 9 2014 Instructor: Eric Maass Texting while driving is a serious issue that has come to light over the past couple of years. There are accidents being reported daily due to texting while driving. Some argue that banning texting while driving is taking away our personal freedom and making criminals out of individuals who are good drivers. With the increase in numbers of accidents as well as deaths due to this issue
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Adam Heidenfelder Social Problems Professor Morse Texting While Driving When someone is given a drivers license, they are also faced with a great deal of responsibility. Not only are they driving a vehicle that has the potential to take their life, but it has the ability to take the life of others as well. Driving requires a large deal of focus and requires many types of concentration. Sending a text message while driving requires a great deal of attention as well and is projected
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Texting and Driving Ding! You hear your phone go off while you are driving and you look down for one, solitary second. Bam! Was your life really worth that one text message? The answer is no. Yes, texting and driving is a big problem in the world, everyday at least 9 people die and at least 1,000 are injured due to distracted drivers. But with your help, we can confine texting and driving for good. People should not text and drive because people can die, it hurts insurers and your insurance rates
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Alex Claiborne McMillan English 1302: Comp. 2 April 23, 2015 Texting and Driving Automobile crashes as a result of texting while driving is an epidemic that has taken our nation by storm over the past decade. Whether people think they can safely type on their phone while driving, or just don’t think there is any real danger in the act does not matter. Texting while driving must be stopped. To do this our government must take action to both add uniformity to the laws and punishments bestowed
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Dangers of Texting and Driving George Koudelka COM/155 February 09, 2014 Amy Hankins Dangers of Texting and Driving The letters LOL, TTYL, or just saying "Hey" have the power to cause an accident within seconds. The National Safety Council estimates that "1.4 million accidents occur every year due to people using their cell phones. 200,000 of those accidents alone are from texting while driving."(How) The popularity of mobile devices has had some unintended and even dangerous consequences
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Title: Texting and driving awareness week Name: Ashlee Young General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to come together to get the university to have a week of based on raising the awareness of the dangers of texting while driving. Time: I. INTRODUCTION (Attention) A. Attention Material 1. We’ve all done it. Not on occasion but literally all the time. Once we get behind the wheel, start the car, start driving and have either received a text
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Unnecessary Distractive Driving Banning the use of cell phones should be made mandatory nationwide while driving because it is a one of the nations’ top killers in America. Driving while being distracted kills thousands of people every year. Yet many drivers think they are good at managing both tasks so they continue to text behind the wheel. A car travels approximately 100 yards in less than the 5 seconds it takes to read a text. Texting distracts people from driving properly by diverting their
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Texting and Driving Joaquin Colon DeVry University Prewriting What is your narrowed topic? Be detailed in your answer. You can use any of the versions you’ve developed for prior assignments. Texting and Driving. In a growing habit becoming more dangerous than drinking and driving for the simple fact of the range of people that can incurred in this habit. Who is your primary audience or reader? Why? Be detailed in your answer about your audience. My primary audience will be the youth
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Shayne Wright 24 September 2015 Argument Writing Texting and driving is never the right thing to do. There is so much that could happen in those few seconds spent looking at the small computer screen. It is only one of many things that can lead the driver to distraction; in fact it is one of the most common. In the United States, all but a small few states have passed a bill to ban texting and driving. In Florida, It is a secondary offense with a thirty-dollar fine. With such minor penalties
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