disregard warnings and are most like to be distracted drivers, texting and driving PSA’s bring awareness and self consciousness to the general public as they display from moderate to severe graphic scenes on what happens when you take your eyes off of the wheel. A distracted driving PSA ad is not only one of the best ways to alert people of the consequences of unfocused driving, but it can also reduce the number of distracted driving incidents, thus keeping families not only careful and alert, but
Texting and Driving “Over the last few years mobile phones have become significantly more developed, allowing people to access social networking sites, browse the internet, use maps and play music. Complex applications can now be used on the move anywhere in the world, and as technology advances further we need to understand how it impacts on driver behavior” (Reed, N., Robbins). We have become addicted to our little back lit devices we call a cell phones, that we can’t even set it down to drive
Texting and Driving English 135 Professor Wright 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. The narrowed topic for my paper is about how laws are more effective in preventing texting and driving compared to the use of apps or devices that prevent the in-car use of cellphones. Who is your primary audience or reader? Why? Be detailed in your answer about your audience
Jeslin Kauffman Persuasion essay 3-15-13 Texting and Driving Have you ever lost a close friend or family member from them texting and driving or someone else texting and driving? I am sure you have been one to text and drive also as much as we hate to admit it. Would you want to be the one who killed yourself or someone just because of that one text? I have personally known two young girls who have been killed from texting and driving. Both were on the same road exactly five months apart.
Texting and Driving We see it every day and it seems to be the norm. As we drive we see people on their phones talking or texting while driving, not paying attention and crossing the center line or moving into your lane. Texting and driving has increased over the years with smart phones, busy lives, social media, and wanting to stay connected. At any given time throughout the day, approximately 660,000 drivers are attempting to use their phones while behind the wheel of an automobile (Health
States is texting and driving. Not only are drivers putting themselves in danger but they are also putting passengers in their car and other drivers on the road in danger. Drivers can be easily distracted, and even the smallest activity can shift the drivers attention off the road. Some of the few activities that contribute to being distracted while driving include using a cell phone, talking to a passenger, using the GPS, adjusting the radio and most importantly texting. Texting while driving uses visual
detrimental to society in very miniscule ways which does not pose a threat to the livelihood of any individuals. In some cases, however, this overuse of technology can prove to be deadly. More exclusively, I am choosing to analyze the dangers of driving while text messaging. Because of peoples need for fast information and easier ways to communicate, text messaging has become extremely popular within the past decade. Text message use has steadily increased each and every year since the technology
governments try to make to avoid people texting while driving, only so much can be done on the government’s and law enforcement’s side of the matter. Different states have different rules. Some outlaw texting while driving when under the age of 21 or 18. Other states have hand-held bans on cell phones while some states have an all-phone ban. Law enforcement officers who regulate and enforce traffic matters have to catch the person in the act of texting while driving. Catching a person in the act is not
exploring apps, to texting while driving, people cannot seem to put down their smart-devices. According to the passage Introduction to Cell Phones and Driving: At Issue, the average amount of texts people send daily runs from around 40 – 110 (2015). It may not seem like the highest number, but knowing that more than half of those messages are sent while driving makes the matter of texting a lot worse. At this point in time, there have been laws prohibiting texting and driving as well as talking on
Texting while Driving “Text messaging … had the longest duration of eyes-off-road time of 4.6 seconds at a six second interval. This equates to a driver traveling the length of a football field at 55 miles per hour without looking at the roadway.” This statement was made by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute when they did a texting while driving study (“Skip Menu”). Texting while driving has become a large problem in the United States and it is growing. There are about 1,600,000 accidents