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    Capstone 4A Negative/Positive Effects Of Cellphone on Driving Driving question: what are the negative and positive effects of cellphones on driving? People who drive while texting are 23 times more likely to have an accident than a non-distracted driver. In 2014, 3,179 people were killed, and 431,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers. Cellphones have become a major factor of car accident due to distracted drivers. Although cellphones are useful in emergencies the

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    Oh I better open this snap that I just got from Brandon lets open this.CRASH! *SIRENS*.Texting and driving causes many accidents and deaths every day. Costs a lot of money to fix wreckage.Causes deaths Can also cost a lot of money for injuries.Texting and driving should be illegal in every state.Approximately one out of every four cars will get into a car accident, because of this a lot of people get injured and have to pay medical bills and some people don’t have insurance Usually the average costs

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    countries such as New Zealand, Oman, Canada, Australia and Israel has also implemented GDL policies in some or all states or provinces.1 The law is designed to ensure that the young drivers gain enough experience driving in low-risk conditions before they graduate in a stepwise manner to driving in riskier conditions.3 Background Motor vehicle accidents are the major

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    are driving and more and more people are dying because of the stupid decisions people make while driving. Any distraction can cause a car wreck but food and cell phones are the worst distraction anyone can have while driving. Today I’m going to try to persuade you why texting and driving is wrong. I will first tell you why texting while driving is a problem, second explaining the importance of why texting while driving is wrong, finally, telling you what will happen is texting while driving is not

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    of racing down the country roads make our spine tingle...Freedom! We all remember those months leading up to getting our permits but in those first days behind the wheel do we think about the number of deaths and accidents that occur due to teen driving? The number of families destroyed, futures cut short all because that excitement we feel takes us over and

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    of everyone who loves you”. Texting and driving is a major issue in our society today. While most people do realize that texting and driving is dangerous, there are still a significant amount of drivers who still continue to text and drive. The Public Service Announcement from the student of the University of Rhode Island is effective at convincing the audience of the importance of avoiding texting and driving. The PSA demonstrates a guy texting while driving then he crashed into a car. The video

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    Death In Car Wrecks

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    people died in car wrecks. 50% of that number was from texting and driving, and 25% was from being intoxicated, and more of the wrecks coming from the ages 15 to 44, the young age. If you think of it, 1.5 million is very large number, especially if you're talking about people, just thinking about a million and a half people dying from not paying attention of the road, people drinking too much at a bar, and people being easily distracted by their smartphones, this is how people need to make a stop to

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    Banning Texting and Driving Being capable to drive may be a dream, but can quickly turn into a nightmare that is never awoken from. An increasing amount of accidents are blamed on distracted driving, where cell phone usage is the top distraction. Many laws have been implemented to stop texting and driving, however they are not able to completely stop it. There are still four states where texting and driving is legal; Texas, Missouri, Arizona, Montana. As technology is developing, checking a mobile

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    serious collisions. With today’s advance technology like smartphones, Bluetooth and mobile DVD play a major part in distracting the driver. Being distracted is an open invitation to a deadly situation. For example, the driver takes his eyes off the road to search for a radio station and then the car ahead suddenly stops. Instantly, the distracted driver smacks into the car ahead. Unfortunately, car accidents have been an ongoing crisis for some decades.

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    then there's more support for government involvement. The government should change the driving age to 18 because politically it would unify the United States under one age and reduce car crashes. Historical Perspective Ever since the automobile gained its popularity in the 1920’s, car crashes have always been a risk that came with the responsibly of driving. Starting in 1921, states began to lower the driving age to 16 from 18 according to grounded parents.com. In the time of the roaring 20’s,

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