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    Analyzing an Advertisement Texting and Driving I choose the AT&T commercial on “Texting and Driving, It Can Wait.” The commercial is of an actual text from someone who was texting and driving. The commercial is of a white screen to appear that it is a cell phone, with the last text someone either read or text and the name of the person and how they crashed. On top of the TV screen there is the text and then under it states that this is the last text that this person read before they wreaked and

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    Defensive Driving

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    There is an urgent need for defensive driving that requires a skill set highly experienced drivers possess; yet, discover they were not able to avert an accident. The majority of society drives as if they’re driving on the bumper car track, costing an estimate of $152.0 billion; nonetheless when two vehicles collide they will not ricochet off one another (NSC, 2015, p 1). Each time you decide to operate a motor vehicle, you’ll encounter the reckless driver. This person runs stop signs or red lights

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    Dual Task Study

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    Driving while focused on other tasks may cause increased traffic mishaps and accidents. Information processing of parallel processing systems suffers from bottlenecks, and may have implications in information processing which may be the case with the use of cell phones causing distractions while people are driving (Anderson, 2015). A bottleneck within central cognition stream is a central bottleneck and may cause significant effects while trying to think about two things at the same time (Anderson

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    Texting And Driving!! Your cell phone can kill you. Drivers should not be allowed to text and drive. Here are my 3 reasons why drivers should not be allowed to text and drive. If you are texting somebody you could die, you could crash, if you are not paying attention you could kill someone or injure them The first reason why cell phones are dangerous is,if you are texting you could die!!! In fact in the article I read ”Parents share son’s fatal text message to warn against texting and driving” (pg 137)

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    Driving can be such a great experience for all of us. Especially when we are teenager because we are beyond excited to be legal to drive. However, many are at fault to be illegal drivers meaning no driver license to handle a motor vehicle. There are many other bad habits that drivers experience such as texting and driving, drunk driving and or not checking blind spot. Ignoring these bad habits to driving safe can be the cause of fatal accidents, hit and runs and minor accidents that occurs in the

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    Texting while driving is an issue facing today’s fast pace and connected world in particular amongst teen drivers. In fact according to https://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cause-of-accident/cell-phone/cell-phone-statistics.html, (2012) “11 teens die every day as a result of texting while driving.” While this is not only a dangerous issue it is also an ethical issue as well. In this paper I will be describing the reason why texting while driving is an ethical issue, as well as provide a solution

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    Preventing Teen Driving

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    teen driver can be quite exciting. Driving allows your teen to be more independent. However, being the parent of a teen driver can be nerve-wracking. You may worry every time that your teen leaves the house. Fortunately, there are things you can do to help your teen stay safe while behind the wheel. Below are some tips for keeping your teen to stay safe while behind the wheel: Encourage Your Teen To Stay Focused Many accidents occur because teens get distracted while behind the wheel. That is why

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    Legislatures, quotes, The most ideal way to avoid teen driving deaths is to restrict the amount of passengers to one, or even better, no passengers at all. Also, limiting the hours of the day teens are allowed to drive to 9 to 11 p.m will help reduce accidents (Savage, 2006). Having a teenage passenger or even multiple passengers can lead to a driver becoming distracted and being able not focusing on the road. Driving at night is different than driving during the day. At nighttime, the visibility of surroundings

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    Driving Age: Driving age should be raised More than 400 teenagers in every country died every year from the car accidents. According to the “article of raising the age of driving to twenty-one”. He states that the age of driving should be raised because they are not responsible enough. There has been much discussion about raising the age of driving to the age of twenty-one. Driving at a young age is dangerous for the society. However, age may not be the only reason to change the age of driving.

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    In recent years, car manufacturers have been working on a way to potentially eliminate the need for people to drive. The idea of roads filled with self driving cars, which are currently being developed, is increasing in popularity. Today, manufacturers sell cars that have the ability to assist the driver with navigation and parking, but the driverless cars currently being developed have the ability to drive themselves. These vehicles are fully automated and do not need a driver. They can move, steer

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