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    If you ask anyone, who has lost a loved one to a car accident, 8 out of 10 it's because the driver was distracted. Weather they were reading a text, changing the radio station, or on the phone, those few seconds where their attention was elsewhere cost them their life. Sometimes not only their life, but the life of another driver, damage to property, and even more so the lives of the family and friends of the individuals involved. When such horrific events take place one cannot help, but to think

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    Distracted driving affects all drivers from time to time and can come off with stiff consequences . Any activity that diverts attention from driving could put you and someone else in danger .Being distracted while driving , and the issues behind it could ruin someone's life. Distracted driving occurs when a driver operates a motor vehicle while engaged in another activity that divides his or her attention (Distracted ). Lately, cell phone distraction while driving has been a hot topic

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    Road Safety) Distracted driving is anything that takes the eyes off the road even for a moment. It can include things such as looking after children, texting, talking on the phone or to a passenger, adjusting the CD or radio, watching videos, eating, looking at the GPS or reading. It is one of the biggest killers on Australian roads, because drivers are not aware of the risk they are taking and the danger it puts others in. A person using a hand-held or handsfree mobile phone while driving is four times

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    Distracted driving is obviously a big deal but some people don’t seem to think so. They see all the accidents that happen because of distracted driving but they continue to do it because they think “ oh it’ll never happen to me “ or “it doesn’t happen to anyone i know so why would it happen to me” well it can happen to anyone at anytime.While you may have your phone out because of an emergency going on, all distractions, including make up,food, and phones should be put up while driving and if there

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    Imagine, someone is in the car driving while on their phone looking for a contact to call then, crash! They hit an electrical pole. Many people think they can multitask, but multitasking is a myth. The human brain was only made to process one thing at a time. So, if someone is focusing on their phone then they are not completely focusing on the road. Making driving very dangerous. This is why using a phone while driving should be illegal everywhere. Distracted driving is an issue everywhere. The

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    dangerous and can lead to injuries or even death! Driving while using a cell phone is very dangerous because it is distracting, illegal, and one can cause an accident. Probably around 90% of people think driving while using a cell phone is dangerous, yet more than half of them still do it. Not only does using a cell phone while driving put the driver in danger, but it also puts other drivers in danger because it can be distracting.”Distracted driving affects all drivers from time to time and can come

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    prevent distracted driving? In my opinioin my state does not do enough to prevent distracted drivers. It does do somethimgs and it has gotten better over the years but i think it needs to be a lot better. In my opinion our state does do enough to prevent distracted driving. They do this by haveing multiple billboards and sings around the state. one of the slogans used is "stay alive, dont text and drive. Also they publish many comercails about distractive driving. They

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    know and love get distracted from time to time. While over “424,000 people a year are injured from distracted driving, 3,000 people a year are killed from an incident” (Snyder 1). This could be those people you know and love. It could very well be yourself. Since distraction is a huge problem while driving, people blame cell phones, but there are other causes of distraction, so a solution would be to focus on manual (controllable) distractions. To understand distracted driving, the first step is

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    Distracted Driving Solution Fatal car crashes and accidents cause by distracting driving. Mainly by teenagers. The parts of the problem are that fatal car accidents are caused each day by distracting driving. Americans confess in surveys that they are all still texting while driving, as well as using social media such as Facebook or Snapchat taking selfies behind the wheel. According to the federal website Distraction.gov at least 25 percent of teens respond to at least one text text message every

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    A piblic service anouncement, or PSA, can help reduce distracted drivers because teens can see what might happen to them if they drive distracted, will see the ramifictions that someone else has gone through because of distracted driving, and they can see professional views on what will happen. While some teens will still take the PSA as a joke, some may reflect on their actions because of something they see on the TV, or hear on the radio. During a PSA, they can see a reanactment of a passanger

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