Texting And Driving Persuasive Essay

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    Every year the percentage of car crashes caused by people texting and driving rises. You should never text while driving. There are many deaths and fatal accidents from people taking their eyes off the road for five seconds to read a text. Texting and driving is becoming a bigger issue as technology becomes a larger part of our lives. Texting while driving has caused many car crashes in the past. According to textinganddrivingsafety.com in 2011 about twenty percent of all the car crashes involved

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    Texting while driving is extremely dangerous, more than 39,000 people were injured in Florida last year from driving while distracted. This reckless driving puts more than just the driver at risk, of the crashes last year 214 people died. Of the dead, 198 were the drivers. All distractions while driving need to be avoided whether it is texting, snapchatting, or even doing makeup. Driving demands a person’s full attention. Although there are so many crashes and injuries, there is a solution, just

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    Emily Lampp Marla Thompson Persuasive Outline 5/8/17 The Topic: Texting while Driving Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to avoid texting while driving so they will not get injured or injury someone else. Thesis Statement: All of us have driven a vehicle before are and based on my survey results almost all of you have been distracted while driving, if not texted before. Today, we will learn about some of the outcomes of texting then we will discuss some of the solutions to permit these outcomes

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    Imagine, your loved one is driving on the road on their way home from work. Their phones “dings” indicating that they just got a text message. They pick up their phone to read the message and then look back up at the road to make sure they are still driving straight. They look back down at their phone to start typing their reply to the message. Five words into the message they look back up at the road to see a another pair of headlights on an 18 wheelers heading straight towards them. Before they

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    surrounding ones. There is no class on prevention, but the leading demographic is adolescents. It is texting and driving. There are individuals you know that has texted and driven. Parts of your community who are against texting and driving but, will proceed to do it, but, you would never guess so. Furthermore an A. T.T survey revealed that 98 percent of the cell phone related distracted driving demographic find it is threatening to their safety. Adults do it as well as teenagers. A further A.T

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    about driving while distracted. II. My specific purpose is to persuade my audience Texting and driving is risky and will lead to injury maybe even death. III. The central idea is to consider other pedestrians while texting and driving. Introduction Increasing awareness on negative outcomes of texting while driving nationwide, to inform the audience of the risk they are taking while texting and driving. A: 1 out of every 4 car accidents in the United States is caused by texting and driving B:

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    passionate about, Texting while driving. Many people do not understand what texting while driving consists of. Texting while driving does not primarily mean typing a text message but is also composed of reading, emailing, phoning or making any similar usage of your cell phone while driving your car. Texting while driving has been seen as extremely dangerous. Not only are you putting yourself in great danger but you are putting everyone around you in great danger. Texting while driving increases the

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    audience that texting while driving is a dangerous task they should not partake in. Central Idea: Texting and driving is a hazardous plague on the United States that is most likely illegal, distracting, and endangers all those around you. Introduction In today’s culture, we can receive information with just the click of a button from a device in our pocket. Texting is an easy and fast way to communicate and give information to other people. Unfortunately, people choose to text while driving, endangering

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    Introduction: Driving while driving has become a major problem across the country. We are losing too many mothers, fathers, son, and daughters due to drivers being distracted with their cells texting. Nineteen states including the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) have banned it. The Transportation Department prohibits truckers and bus drivers from doing it. Former President Obama had outlawed the practice for all federal employees, and the Department of Highway Safety believes it should be

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    Texting while driving has become a major problem in the United States over the past few years. Though most people will argue that it does not impact them very much, texting and driving have very serious consequences that can change one’s life in just a split second. Texting while driving puts many driver’s lives in danger daily. Multiple people feel that staying connected to the outside world is more important than focusing on the road ahead, although it is not. It can harm others on the road who

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