abide by them or even know of them. All drivers may be different, yet they all fall in one of four categories: Grandmas, Speedsters, Teen Drivers, and Rule Followers. The first category is the Grandma Drivers. To identify Grandma Drivers simply search for the sluggish cars followed by a line of angry vehicles. One does not need to be elderly to be a grandma driver, they just need to drive at an exceptionally slow pace. This class also includes first time drivers, moms driving their precious kids around
drunk and driving. More than 7 million people say that their focus is not affected by distracted driving. Teen Traffic fatalities have stayed the same even though the alcohol-related accidents have dropped. Teenage distracted driving is on the rise. Examples of distracted driving are; putting on makeup, eating, playing with the radio, changing clothes, shaving, etc.. Over eighty percent of driver admit to driving while doing other things besides paying attention to the road. Somebody
Like how many people you can drive around, what times you can drive. After driving for 12 months with your restricted license and if you don't get in any accidents you are eligible to get your full license with no restrictions . Good things about teens being able to drive are that their parents don't have to drive them around anymore. Because parents are tired of being their
growing epidemic in America. Distracted drivers are making America’s roadways dangerous to drive on. In 2013, 3,154 people were killed in distracted driver crashes. Texting while driving makes a person twenty-three times more likely to get in an accident (“AT &T”). If the chances of crashing increase so much just from becoming distracted by your phone, why do so many people text and drive? 93% of teens think texting while driving is dangerous, but 43% of teens do it anyway (“Driving”). Teenagers think
Administration, at any given moment across America, approximately 660,000 drivers use cell phones or manipulate electronic devices while driving. II. Need A. In 2013, John Barton, deputy executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation, reported that data collected in a study
problem that has put young adults and teens at risk. With the advancement of technology, it is difficult for young teens to keep their eyes off of their smartphones. There are a plethora of distractions it creates from phone calls, text messages, and any notification it makes. It is really difficult for people to put down their phones and not be focused on driving; it becomes a bad habit overtime. Simply put, the cell phone causes many disruptions for teens and young adults while operating a motor
Driving Under the Influence Every minute many people lose their lives in the world. A large amount of those deaths are caused by drunk drivers that is something that is inevitable and drinking is totally futile. Drunk drivers are devious when they drive on the road and create a lot of pandemonium on the road. How many people will have to die before we realize how dangerous drunk driving is? There are many reasons to why people drink and drive. Some people just drink to have fun and don’t really
or their parents what counts as a distraction, the typical answer in this day and age is texting. Texting is the most common distraction among youth drivers, but it is important to turn attention to other commonplace distractions so the serious problem of distracted driving among youth drivers can be solved. As a passenger, I have seen young drivers nearly falling asleep behind the wheel or being excessively excited when with friends that they either don’t focus on the road at all or focus on too
Jamileth Soto Cause and Effect Mrs. Akers November 12, 2015 Distractions While Driving There are about 200 million drivers in the United States, and 27 percent of those drivers are under 20 years of age or are barely beginning to drive (Facts and Statistics par. 3). Distractions are one of the top reasons why a car accident happens and many drivers don’t take into consideration how dangerous they really are. Being distracted while driving has resulted in many fatal and serious injuries The main
leads to distactions. It has been proven threw test that texting while driving can be more deadly than drinking and driving. Test also show that a drivers braking distance are much worse when the driver is texting than when the driver is drunk. “The US Department of Transportation identifies texting as the most dangerous driver distraction, leading drivers to take their eyes off the roads, hands off the wheel, and minds off the task of driving” (Petrie 1). Laws alone are not enough to deter distracted