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freeway, and your phone buzzes alerting you of a text message. You glance down for what seems like ½ a second and before you can swerve away from the truck pulled over on the side of the freeway BOOM you have hit the man standing outside of his truck killing him on impact. Was that text more important than a life? Could that text have waited until you’ve reached your destination? According to the California Office of Traffic Safety, texting or reading a text typically takes about 4.6 seconds. If you’re

world? The obvious answer would be driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Wrong. The main source of death for young drivers is currently texting while driving, not drinking or drugs, with almost twelve teenagers passing on every day in a messaging related auto accident. Bond: Link-to Audience: According to AT&T’s polls, 97% of teens know texting and driving is illegal, but they tend to do it anyway, because they don’t believe their gonna be one of the twelve involved in an accident. "Credentials"

Navy Seal ready to be deployed to Iraq. He was willing to sacrifice his life for this country. It wasn’t the war that took him from his family nor was it a bullet or a bomb, it was a text message that read “Where R U?” that ended his life on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. It only takes a few seconds to send a text message, but it also only takes a few seconds for a person’s life to be over. As use of cell phones increase, more and more people are experiencing similar incidents. Texting or phoning

for anyone to realize that cell phones have negatively affected how people communicate with each other and how they build relationships. The last and most important negative factor that cell phones have and everybody seems to take part in, is text messaging. There was at first instant messenger on computers which required the person to be online and at the computer to talk to others who are also online. Cell phone companies have taken that idea and turned instant messenger into a never ending spectrum

Distracted Driving According to a study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI), sending or receiving a text takes a driver’s eyes off the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, the equivalent of driving blind at 55-mph for the length of an entire football field. (National Highway, 2016). It’s critical that driver’s in Idaho become aware of the dangers of distracted driving. But what would be the best way to help everyone become aware of this problem? Distracted driving occurs when car

Distracted Driving According to a study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI), sending or receiving a text takes a driver’s eyes off the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, which is the equivalent of driving blind at 55-mph for the length of an entire football field (National Highway, 2016). While driving that great of a distance, a plethora of things can come into a car’s path in just under 5 seconds, so it is critical that driver’s in Idaho become aware of the dangers of distracted

Graduate Student Graduate Student CSU Long Beach CSU Long Beach Abstract The use of short-messaging systems (SMS) is becoming more mainstream due to the exponential increase in cell phone usage and other mobile devices. From messages sent through Twitter to emergency notifications broadcast through mobile networks, the short-messaging systems is becoming more ubiquitous. In our paper, we will present the modeling approach for SMS that will lead to the Simple-Reliability

In modern day America we are living in an age of technological wonders. Technology has expanded at a mind-boggling pace within these last few decades. With this massive technology boom were experiencing, the simple question of whether technology has a positive impact or a negative impact on our society has become quite a controversial subject. To the majority of us the recent developments in modern technology are viewed as stepping stones of our human progress; while to others it is viewed as the

using phones while driving. 1. Introduction It has been proven that driving and using phones at the same time is the same as being drunk and driving. Accidents occur daily because of this case. The distraction like looking for a number, trying to text while driving also checking our social media and trying to find your phone in your purse can cause accidents. We try to organize our calendar checking emails try to multitask all at one and don’t realize that we are putting our lives or someone’s else’s

Smartphones Killing Conversations Have you ever got into a good conversation, but got interrupted by a phone call or a text message? The presence of a cell phone is enough to change the flow of a conversation, keeping it more shallow. We are becoming absorbed in smartphones that we risk losing our own identity. We constantly worry about missing a phone call or a text message from our friends or loved ones and continually switching to Facebook or Instagram to check updates and notifications, and