Driving Ability Essay

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    Drinking and Driving is a huge problem for teen drivers because they are over represented in drunken driving incidents. Teen drivers are often inexperienced drivers. They also have no sense of invincibility and immortality. In addition, teens are more susceptible to be pressured in participating in illegal acts which may impair their driving abilities. Driving drunk not only shortens your reaction time, but it also affects your coordination, and your ability to use proper reasoning. According to

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    to keep his car straight. It is no secret that an unfathomable amount of Americans drivers activate their cell phones while driving. Due to the extreme increase in cellular usage in cars, a major debate regarding regulations pertaining to their usage has been sparked across America. Some suggest cell phone use in cars will bring an increase in the levels of danger while driving, however, it is a common proof that cellphones are extremely valuable and should be used anywhere and anytime, even in an

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    were involved in a car crash. The Texas Department of Public Safety stated that “the wreck happened Sunday afternoon on Highway 77 near Corpus Christi when the car went out of control and hit an 18-wheeler.” Investigators believed that distracted driving was the cause of the accident. The

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    as they are driving (Mihm, L. 2014). Elderly drivers should be retested for several reasons. As people age their reaction time decreases. Another reason is that as people get older their vision often starts to deteriorate along with their hearing. I believe that if we retest elderly people then it will help save their lives and the

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    like facebook messenger and snapchat are making cellphones hard to put down for long amounts of time. It is crucial to find out if cell phones can be linked to impaired driving. In this experiment, we will test the effects of talking on a cell phone during a driving test and see if talking on a cell phone will lead to worse driving scores compared to drivers not talking on a cellphone. First off, when tasked with creating an experimental design, you must randomly assign your participants into different

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    Driving is a method of transportation most people use every day that involves heavy concentration. Whether it is from you behind the wheel, riding with a friend, or on a bus/taxi cab, we all have experienced this in our lifetime. Many people who drive or ride tend to be very focused on the task at hand, tune out buildings or other things that they pass by, or they multitask by listening to music, talking with passengers, or are on their phone. These distractions have caused many problems on the road

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    should be monitored more frequently when on the road. Elderly drivers are a main focus because of their decreasing mental and physical abilities. According to Katherine Siggerud, director for physical infrastructure issues at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, There are no dependable tools or strategies to assess the two largest areas of concerning abilities in elderly people. The mental and physical capabilities of older drivers are an increasing issue that can affect how someone drives. States

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    “CRASH!” That’s the sound that you hear when someone’s drinking or texting while they are driving. While some people think that they are really the same thing, there are actually several differences between texting or drinking while driving.Both drinking and texting while driving are two things that shouldn’t be mixed. To begin, both texting and drinking while driving are very dangerous. When you text and drive, you aren’t paying any attention to where you are. Likewise when you drink and drive

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    One reason we should have self driving cars is because they are a lot safer than regular cars. According to a Business Insider article, “Driverless cars are designed to have almost a superhuman-like ability to recognize the world around them.” This shows that they are a lot safer than regular cars because it says they have a “superhuman ability” This is way better than just a regular driver. The way these cars work is by having cameras on all sides, so this “ability” is a reference to the cars getting

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    want self driving cars in the future. Would you want self driving cars when your child is grown up; this would be about in between good and bad about self driving cars “Pro/Con: It is time to hop in self-driving cars?” (By Tribune News Service). Self driving cars would be a big adjustment in the future and all. People think that self driving cars would be dreadful in the future, in this next paragraph we will talk about supporting the articles. This will be about the con of self driving cars because

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