Texting while Driving Texting while driving is the act of composing, sending, reading text messages, email, or making other similar use of the web on a mobile phone while operating a motor vehicle. This action happens millions of times every single day and often results in death. The following incident is purely fictional: “Three teenaged girls are driving down a busy two-lane road somewhere in Great Britain, talking and laughing. The driver of the car is sending a flirtatious text message to a…
PARENT-TEEN DRIVING AGREEMENT I _________________________________, acknowledge that I am being given permission to drive a car by my parents. I am aware of the responsibility that driving entails, and am voluntarily entering into the following agreement with my parents. _____ I understand that being given permission to drive is not a right. My parents are under no obligation to let me drive, and they may take away this privilege at any time. I understand that just because I meet the State’s…
a driver’s license at the age of sixteen is merely too young. Teenagers are incompetent about being on the road, which increases the chances of putting others at risk because they have not developed a strong level of maturity and experience. The driving age among teens should be increased because facts prove that teenagers cannot handle the physiological and physical challenges that approach them on the road. Most experts, along with the National Highway Traffic Safety, agree that inexperience…
extra precautions are always in order. Automobiles: People and their vehicles are the biggest dangers in the park by far. Excessive speed and not paying attention cause the most injuries and deaths each year on the roads throughout the park. When driving, obey all road signs and pay attention to the road ahead. Use extra caution when walking near roads and in parking lots.…
phone. Today a new type of danger comes with cell phones. This would be texting and driving. Everyday somebody in the world are losing loved ones due to texting and driving. This takes your attention away from the road and the other people and objects around them. Anything can happen when you take your eyes for the road for more then 3 seconds. Do you really trust not just teens, but anyone texting and driving around you? Teens and young adults think they are invincible and can do what they…
slower reaction time. In more than 48 percent of the fatalities in 2010, they occurred because of speeding and 42 percent with alcohol playing a role. The good news? You can eliminate those factors by taking less risk with speeding and not drinking while driving. Before hopping on a motorcycle, remember that the models of today have greater power and speed than the models from 10 to 20 years ago. Even if you have ridden motorcycles a lot in the past, you should never underestimate the…
on shotgun and he was giving me the directions. I had had a bad feeling while I was driving. I was nervous. I was feeling cold. My stomach was making rumbles. I did not know what was happening with me. Maybe I was feeling it because I was doing something wrong, because something bad would happen. I did not know. Nevertheless, I played attention to my best friend’s instructions, and I was driving slowly. After driving for almost 30min my best friend asked me to enter into an unpaved street. The…
Lowering and raising the driving age has been a debatable topic for many years. People that want to raise the driving age are saying that kids are immature because they are younger, which is totally unrealistic, because the driving age should be lowered. If the driving age is lowered, there could be safer driving, and because teenagers would be more independent, as most parents hate the hassle of trying to chaffeur the teenagers everywhere. There is a problem in society with stereotyping.…
An estimated 20,000lives have been saved in the past twenty-five years, but yet politicians are not wanting to budge on the driving age in the United States. It is estimated that triple the number of lives saved due to the change in drinking age will be saved if the driving age was to be raised. It takes a lot of persuasion to change a hard headed politicians mind. What usually gets them to is a series of crashed involving young adults, and then, jut maybe, they will think of other ways to…
Teenage Driving: Do or Don’t? People can get a driver’s license from the age of 15 in the US. Car accidents are extremely common, and a lot of them can be fatal. Is it a good idea to let teenagers drive? Well, let’s take a look at some facts. A leading cause of car accidents is distracted driving. This involves the driver talking on the phone or talking. More than 50% of teens have admitted that they talked on the phone while driving! Teenage drivers are also the leading cause of distracted…