Persuasive Speech : Move Over Slow Down Law

How many students broke the law today or last night? What kinds of offenses? Often students willingly admit to driving over the speed limit. And many acknowledge they have driven while intoxicated. Why is it so easy to ignore a familiar law designed to protect public safety? Why isn't specific deterrence working in this scenario? In order to eliminate speeding violations and drunk driving, how severe would the punishment need to be? In the most extreme example, would you continue to speed or drive drunk if you faced 90 days in jail? 180 days in jail? A year? What if your car was impounded? Harsh consequences for violations of the law might serve as deterrence, but are they appropriate and proportional?

Thank you for taking the time to contact me about H.R 1062, the Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2 Act. I appreciate hearing your thoughts on this issue.

Distracted driving is a huge issue that in 2013 took the lives of 3,154 Americans, according to distraction.gov. As an up incoming driver I don’t believe Florida does enough to prevent distracted driving. Cell phones are becoming a bigger part of a life as we know it, and out of all the states that have distracted driving laws, Florida’s is the most lenient. Most people don’t care about distracted driving, they don’t realize how big of a deal it is. I didn’t, I didn’t really think anything of it, up until I watched a video called Red Asphalt V. It is an extremely graphic video about teenage driving. As I watched it I couldn’t help but think ‘what if that happened to someone Love?’ It’s a very scary thought, losing someone that you love like

When your in a car what is it that your focus should be on: your car, the cars of others, the road, watching out for pedestrians, or watching for lights and signs? Well driving is all those thing put together and to add a phone to the mix is to many things for a single person to concentrate on. Some state have made it illegal for people to drive while using a hand held device and, I believe that is the right decision because while people are on their phones while driving they can: run into other car or hit pedestrians. Have you ever seen a car that's run a stop sign or light? Chances are you have and some of those times people are running late for something and don't notice it but i bet most times its because a person was too busy talking on their phone or even texting.

Have you ever been held up by traffic? Just sitting there in your car waiting to go home or wherever the day is taking you. Imagine the people who never got to the place they were going. Never seeing the people they love and they never will because their life is gone in a blink of an eye. A lot of the time, this occurs is because of distracted driving. One of the examples is texting and driving. Florida has made it a law where texting and driving is punishable, but only as a secondary offense. That is not enough to save a life.

A filthy, crowded highway filled with so many cars it becomes a death trap. A high pitched noise rings out over the honking horns and disgruntled snickers. “New message” the screen flashes in colors and pictures that could make a blind person stop and stare. A tempted driver reaches over to sneak a “quick” peak at their box of hindrance. The driver continues to glare at their screen for a measly five seconds. Without knowing it they have already traveled the distance of a football field by going at a constant speed of fifty-five miles per hour (“Featured Video: Stairs”). As they continue down the road their chances of a fatal accident are increased by twenty- three percent (“Texting and Driving Safety, No Texting and Driving”). Distracted driving is impacting more than just young and foolish drivers. By understanding who it is affecting and why it is affecting them we can move forward in a solution to this issue.

stating “Fender bender: Move vehicles to next exit-call 911”. If you need to drive under the

Insurance companies, police agencies, state transportation departments, and national safety organizations would have us believe that speed limits are a critical

The right-of-way for South Carolina emergency response vehicles is a law that should be followed by all the citizens in South Carolina. However, some citizens ignore or do not realize that by law they need to pull to the right side of the road when an emergency response vehicle is coming towards them. On the other hand, when obtaining a driver's license, how could one not know the law when it is in the driver's manual? The argument gives three reasons on why people should pull to the right. Drivers should pull to the right when an emergency responder approaches other vehicles for reasons such as: accidents, a medical crisis, or possible deaths. A driver who fails to merge to the right can slow the response time. In a crisis, all seconds count.

Today in our world, technology is running our generation. People are using their phones in the wrong areas, they were not made to be distractions and cause wrecks to be taken. A lot of people today do not realize is about 40 percent of the wrecks that occur in the world have to do with taking their eyes off of the road for too long. Measures need to be taken to decrease the number of wrecks per year. Although people believe texting and driving should not be finable, people do not realize the injuries/ deaths involved, what the distraction on the road can cause, and enforcement also includes a behavior change.

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Since the first gasoline powered vehicle was invented, automobile technology has advanced at a rapid pace to bring us faster, safer vehicles (Managing Speed). Roads have improved from dirt and gravel to asphalt and concrete, and the number of vehicles on the road has increased exponentially. The motor vehicle has become the backbone of today’s society. Speed limits in the United States are at the highest they have ever been, yet vehicles today are powerful enough to easily exceed those posted speed limits. There are two very different groups of people advocating for what a reasonable speed limit is: a group lobbying for extreme safety and a group lobbying for faster travel times. Driving is an inherently risky undertaking no matter what the speed limit is, thus a compromise is tried to be met by increasing safety while allowing for practical travel times. There have been various methodologies theorized in setting speed limits, but which one is the best for today’s technologies and environments?

Belligerent driving has been problematic on our highways for a while now, and it appears to be getting crueler. Occurrences of shouting, impolite gestures, and sometimes even ferocity are reported repeatedly on our highways to the point where it has produced its own title of: Road Rage. The title Road Rage was created by a news station in Los Angeles after a chain of shootings that took place on several freeways in the city. Road rage is economical, and sometimes, antagonistic and treacherous driving is noticeable in all 50 states, but most do not have precise laws that focus on drivers with road rage.

The state of Texas needs more restrictive laws on use of hand held devices, such as cellphones or smartphones while driving to reduce the amount of distraction to drivers. Historically traffic laws across our country have changed over the years to increase public safety and decrease mortality and morbidity on our roadways. Mandatory seat belt laws, child restraint laws, as well as mandatory blood alcohol testing in many states are but a few of these examples. Through each of these examples, individual personal preference was outweighed by the greater safety outcome. One may dislike wearing a seatbelt, but not doing so, is against the law.

When people come to a stop sign they check the roads once and do a rolling stop. These need to be cracked down on because they do cause accidents. People just are not paying close enough attention and are in a