Source: "Texting Addictions."TeenHealthFX, Atlantic Health System, 2016,www.teenhealthfx.com/answers/hot-topics/texting-adictions.html. Accessed 28Nov. 2016. / Topic: Texting While Driving
Article: “Texting Addictions”
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The article here…
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Research also suggests that texting while driving is particularly problematic for teens. For one thing, teens are newer to driving – their relative inexperience with driving makes them particularly vulnerable when distractions like texting are put into the mix. Secondly, research indicates that the more teens that are in a car, the more likely the driver is to be texting.
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Drivers younger than 20 had the highest distracted-driving fatality rate among all age groups last year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. / Paraphrase:
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-Research: texting while driving is a big problem for teens:
- Teens are inexperienced drivers so if they are texting while driving they are more open to being harmed.
- - Information collected suggests that a teen driving will probably text more while driving the more passengers are in the car.
- More young drivers, under 20 years of age, died due to distracted driving.
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My Ideas:Questions… Thoughts… Additional Research you need to conduct… Why is this a good source?
The statistics in this paragraph are frightening!!! Teens are not realizing the seriousness of texting while driving.
Why is this information important? Why did I choose it to take notes on?
This information demonstrates how teens, because they are inexperienced, are more likely to end up in an accident. I chose this because research into the problem and statistics are important to show the actual impact of texting while driving.
HOW WILL I USE THIS IN MY ESSAY OR PRESENTATION?
I will probably use this in the first several slides to show how serious this problem really is. It will be important for my audience to really understand that the consequences can mean life or death.
WHAT QUESTIONS DO I STILL HAVE? What should I research further?
- What kinds of injuries have been documented?
- Do more accidents happens when teens text while driving locally or on the highway?
- I wonder if teens get enough education on how bad it is to text while driving.
Vocabulary I had to look up with the definitions:
vulnerable: weak, defenseless
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Why is this information important?
Why did I choose it to take notes on?
HOW WILL I USE THIS IN MY ESSAY OR PRESENTATION?
WHAT QUESTIONS DO I STILL HAVE?
What should I research further?
Vocabulary I had to look up with the definitions: