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Oral Presenatation- On Text messsaging while driving.?

Oral Presenatation- On Text messsaging while driving.? I want to talk about Text messaging While Driving.Can anyone tell me if this is enough information should I include anything else. I live in NYC. I got only 3-5 minutest to talk about it. Any opinion would be great. THANK YOU. Text Messaging While Driving SOURCES: www.switched.com www.nytimes.com www.news.com/ I’m doing my Oral Presentation on text messaging while driving. Driving while texting is dangerous and illegal in many places. Sending SMS messages while driving is just plain suicidal. People must really not value their vehicles, their own personal safety or the safety of others to drive while typing a text message on a numeric keypad with a car in motion. If you really must text or talk on the phone without a handset, pull the car off of the road and stop.I think texting takes more concentration than just talking. So Text messaging while driving should be banned and everyone who is coughed text messaging while driving should be punished. According to the ABC, On April 2006 study found that 80 percent of crashes, and 65 percent of near crashes, are caused by distractions from putting on makeup to writing and eating. Many states, including New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, have already placed restrictions on cell phone use while driving and, in May 2007, Washington was the first state to specifically ban texting. Since texting is more prevalent among teenagers. Driving While Texting is a growing danger. In various accredited published studies, some 46 percent of drivers ages 16 to 17 admit to texting while driving. One study by Nationwide Insurance suggests DWT is generational, with 37 percent of people age 18 to 27 saying they text message while driving, while just 14 percent of those ages 28 to 44 and two percent of drivers ages 45 to 60 admitted to it. Text Messaging while driving is dangerous, For example: In June, a group of five teenage girls were driving to a vacation home along a road in upstate New York when their sport utility vehicle swerved into oncoming traffic and slammed head-on into a tractor trailer, killing all five of them. police say was caused by three factors: her inexperience at the wheel, driving at high speeds and the text messaging that occurred while she was driving. Two minutes before the accident was reported, the driver had sent a message to one of her friends. Months after a horrific highway crash killed five high school graduates, a state senator is proposing a ban on text messaging while driving in New York.It's a good thing that NY is considering the banning of texting while driving. In New York, much like speeding and other moving violations, driving while texting is one of those offenses that asks police officers to use their judgment. In general, police have indicated warnings will be given in most cases, with citations going out to those caught texting in heavy traffic or anyone causing an accident. Under the proposal, those nabbed texting while driving could be hit with fines of up to $100 - the same penalty that applies now when police catch drivers talking on cell phones. A Solution: The smart folks at Virtual Management, Inc. thought so and went about developing the Electronic Virtual Assistant (EVA). EVA offers a live transcribing service which can send and receive e-mail or text messages via voice mail. The system reads all-important e-mail or text message back to you on a hands-free kit. It will also back up to its database any data given or received by voice over the phone for a period of 10 years. "When you're driving and you want to respond [to a text message or e-mail], most people will thumb [type] a response, which is a little dangerous. With EVA you can dictate a message and it will be sent as an online WAV (digital audio) file as an e-mail attachment. More than 158 billion text messages were sent in the USA in 2006, says USA Today, quoting CTIA-The Wireless Association figures. More than a trillion were sent worldwide, says an Ontario business school. EVA says its sales have grown by more than 300 percent since December 2006.

Public Comments

1. It looks good to me. I think you're fine with the time limit, and as long as these are facts that you have sources for, you should do very well in your oral presentation.
2. I only saw one error in spelling on paragraph 2....otherwise it's a nice piece!! "messaging while driving should be banned and everyone who is COUGHED text messaging " you mean CAUGHT..right?
3. Check your spelling -- there are a few errors, like 'coughed' instead of 'caught'. I'd lead in with the 2nd paragraph (According to ABC), it seems to be a stronger lead. Then follow up with your opinion. Don't need the first sentence at all (I'm doing my presentation . . .) unless required by the teacher. If you have the extra time -- and the nerve! -- try a quick 10 second intro of pretending to text on your cell phone while turning a corner, complete with squealing tires, crashing noises & a look of horror on your face. THEN, start your presentation. That will get their attention, for sure! Good luck!