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    People texting and driving cause them or other people to spend hundreds to thousands of dollars. Whether it is on repairs or tickets or even hospital bills. 1 out of every 4 accidents in the United States are caused by distracted drivers ("Texting and Driving Accident Statistics - Distracted Driving"). Do you really know how dangerous texting and driving is? People texting and driving can cause many bad things but, can be solved by having more laws and higher fees. Distracted drivers can cause

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    believe that distracted driving is a problem. I also believe that teenage drivers are more of a risk than other adult drivers. The reason teenage drives are more risky is that teens don’t follow rules well, and they are not patient enough, teens make driving more dangerous than it should be. However, many adult drivers are risky and aren’t the best drivers, but their numbers of risky drivers don’t compare to the number of teenage risky drivers. Teenagers like to speed while driving. In the first

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    Distracted Driving Lexie Mendick The University of South Dakota Improvements in vehicle safety are a huge public health concern that impacts every individual behind the wheel of a vehicle. New technology systems developing are increasing the risk of injury in motor vehicles across the United States. Drivers are becoming more focused on the gadgets and multiple distractions in the vehicle, rather than the driving itself. Distracted driving can be considered as eating, using a phone, talking to

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    while driving vehicles. The occurrence of a vehicle disturbance not only causes harm to the drivers involved, but also puts the surrounding environment at further risk. Understanding the causes to distracted driving is crucial for the safety of Canadians, and can help prevent millions of dollars in damage. The invention of the car has increased in popularity within society, resulting in the creation of several different models of cars. Each new model has made attempts to address distracted driving

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    Stricter Distracted Driving Laws When we are in a classroom situation, we don’t think much of a phone going off in class, but when we are on the road, irresponsible use of cell phones can lead to endangerment of lives. Several people have before witnessed drivers distracted before. A person can be so distracted on social media, calling and chatting, emailing or texting that they can resemble drunk drivers. According to Delthia Ricks, “the number of teens who are dying or being injured as a result

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    Distracted driving is the act of driving while engaged in other activities. Many people would say that texting and driving causes most accidents and they’re right! Using cell phones while driving results in distracted driving causes 1 in 4 car accidents in the United States. That’s why cell phones while driving should be prohibited. Cell phone use while driving should be banned. I say this because studies done by US Legal, Inc. shows that talking on the phone is distracting and can increase your

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    Safe driving starts with your beliefs and attitudes. The safety features of your car can only do so much to protect you from serious injury in a car crash. The rest is up to you to avoid accidents by driving safely. The problem is that many people have distorted ideas about safe driving because of the abundance of misinformation out there, especially about distracted driving. Here are three distracted driving myths that stubbornly persist: People Can Multitask While Driving When the brain is split

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    Every morning I start my car and leave for school. Every morning on m drive there I see people on their phones. Distracted driving has become such a problem, that when I see it I am no longer phased. I even forget how much damage and pain distracted driving can cause. As a teenager, I fell invincible nothing can hurt me because I have my whole life ahead of me, but that can change in one split second. After reading One Split Second I was feeling many emotions. The first feeling was an overwhelming

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    teenage girls were on their way home when the driver of the vehicle was distracted and things took a turn for the worst. The enjoyment of their break quickly came to an end when the girls 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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    Whether you drive a car or ride a motorcycle, driving/riding defensively is the key to avoiding a crash caused by other people. The proliferation of tech gadgets has made distracted driving as big a danger to public safety as drunk driving. Although distracted and drunk driving are vastly different, both cause serious driver impairment. While spotting a distracted driver is as simple as looking for a cell phone held close to the head, other gadgets are kept out of sight such as dashboard mounted

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