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    Texting while driving Texting and driving has been an increasing issues in recent years with the drastic increase in availability of cell phones, and the increase of cell phones has led to the increase in cell phone related accidents on the road. Texting and driving is still a large issues and is the cause of a significant amount of accidents each year, and this is an issue that should be heavily regulated or outlawed by the government due to the amount of accidents and subsequent deaths it causes

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    hear when a car crashes from a distance. When you hear the sound of the crash you think of reckless teenagers that make careless decisions in driving. There are numerous amounts of accidents due to immature teens that are on the road. Middle-aged teens do not think of the severe consequences that can happen when they make careless driving decisions. The driving age should be raised to twenty-one because it would decrease the number of accidents that occur, improve the environment, and reduce the cost

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    Distracted walking is not that big of a deal. Many people would just ignore the law, like how you can’t be on your phone while driving-which people do all the time. The driver also needs to be aware on who is crossing the street. It’s not just a one person job, and its common sense to look before you cross the street . In the article, “Would You Ban Texting and Walking,” under column “A Big Deal?” it says, “Distracted walking may not seem like a big deal. After

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    Driving is a complex task requiring the driver’s attention, however it is not uncommon for drivers to be distracted behind the wheel by the radio, mobile phones or a passenger (Young, Regan & Hammer, 2003). This paper briefly reveals that a hands free conversation with a remote partner via hands free decreases the driver’s performance greater, than a conversation with an on board passenger (Gasper et al., 2014). Data will be collected through reviewing and examining similar studies from journals

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    fatal? A man gets pulled over on his way to work after lunch when addressed by the delightful presence of a military police officer the cop says “good after noon I am with the fort riley military police department and I am pulling you over today for driving forty two miles per hour in a twenty five mile per hour zone. May I have your license and registration please thank you I will be right back”. Now at this moment it is clear to see that the officer was doing only his job performing a normal traffic

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    Self Driving Cars

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    Should the use of self driving cars by consumers be legalized in Canada? About 1.3 million people die of car accidents per year leaving between 20-50 million people hurt or injured. And over 3,000 deaths per day. Most car accidents result in injuries and even death to people involved. Car accidents can be caused by many different things, but mainly distracted and fatigued drivers. Drunk and Reckless driving is also a big cause. Many people think self-driving cars are the solution to these problems

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    Driving with a cell phone is a terrible idea! When someone drives with a cell phone it can cause them to get distracted. When they drive with it there reaction time becomes a lot slower than normal. Without cell phones there are still many other things to distract so why have another distraction? In other words driving with a cellphone in hand is not the best thing to be doing. When the driver has a cellphone out it distracts the driver. While they are looking at the phone they do not see the

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    it will save a lot of lives in the future. In page 10, at the end of paragraph 3, the author states “Between 2000 and 2011, distracted walking led to more than 11,000 injuries.in the U.S.” This means that people have been distracted by their phones while walking. And this led to to these people getting hurt because they were never aware from their surroundings and distracted with their heads down, looking at their phones the entire time. Texting and walking should definitely be banned because serious

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    Teen Driving Budget

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    Cost of a Driving School: If you have a teenage driver in the family, then the necessity of admitting him or her in a driving school is very much essential. So, this is another reason for you to witness a hike in your budget. The average cost of a driving school might range from 200-800 dollars in average. But the pricing depends upon a few things and it does not remain same. One of the cost impelling factors of a driving school is the price of gas. At the time of recession, many driving schools

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    Impaired driving continues to a problem although strides have been made to make a difference. There are many different types of impaired driving, each that have their own consequences. These types, and consequences will be explored in this essay. Impaired driving is a world wide problem that people are searching for a solution too, but it is very hard to find. So we wonder, what

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