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Step One: Attention o Attention Getter:  How many of you have ever used your cell phone while you’re driving? I believe most of you.  But do you that 1 out of every 4 car accidents in the U.S. is caused by texting and driving? (Edgar Snyder Associates)  Kevin Gerrard once said, “Accidents do not happen, they are caused.” (LinkedIn, August 19th, 2015) o Identify a Clear Central Idea: texting while driving is very distracted and dangerous behavior. Today I want to persuade you all to stop texting while you’re driving. o Relate the Topic to the Audience: most of us have our own cars and cell phones. In the modern society, everyone depends on texting to connect with their friends or work. Most people can’t leave their phones alone even when they’re driving. o Establish your Credibility: all my friends have same problems of texting while driving. I’ve experienced enough scary when I sat by their sides. One time my friend Lauren hit the sidewalk when she’s texting while driving; another time my friend Nikki almost hit a person on the road. Every time I can feel the dangerous situation we were in. o Preview the Body of the Speech:  Problem and statistics of texting while driving.  Solution – putting your phone aside while driving  What will we achieve when we stop texting while driving? And what we may suffer if we keep texting while driving? Step 2: Need/Problem Step o Texting while driving is very distractive  There are three main types of distraction:  Visual: taking your eyes off the road;  Manual: taking your hands off the wheel;  Cognitive: taking your mind off driving. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, March 7th, 2016)  Texting while driving combines all three types of distraction.  When you’re texting, you will look at your phone instead of the road; you will grab your phone instead of the wheel; you will concentrate on your text content instead of driving. o Tragedies caused by texting while driving.  Kill other people

Example: Becker Minn, a 17-year-old teenager, ran a red light at an intersection because she was texting while driving and didn’t notice the red light. This caused the death of a father and his young daughter who are on their way home. (CBS News, October 20th, 2015)  Kill yourself  In California, a girl named Amanda Clark survived in her first accident in 2006 when she was distracted by texting. She hit another car and flipped three times. However, this accident didn’t give Amanda warnings, she kept texting while driving. One year later, Amanda lost control of her car while on a highway. Cell phone records indicate she was texting at the time. And she died from her second texting and driving accident. (Opposing Views, Nicholas Roberts, April 11st, 2016) o Statistics of car accidents caused by texting while driving  In average, 9 Americans were killed every day from car accidents that involved distracted driving, such as texting.  341,000 car accidents in 2013 involved texting.  Using cellphone while driving would increase 23 times of the risk of a crash. (The Huffington Post, June 8th, 2015) 

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Step 3: Satisfaction/Solution Step o The solution of this problem is stopping texting while you’re driving.  You can wait until you reach the destination  If it’s an emergency text, find a safe place to pull over  Let your friends know you’re driving. No one wants to put you in the risk.  “The only time you should text and drive is when what you have to say is more important than your life.” (Anonymous at Texas State University, September 7th, 2015) o Social support  Justin Bieber joined Anti-Texting While Driving campaign. (Billboard, July 12nd, 2011)  Distracted Driving Laws: Beginning by Washington state, 46 states at North America have banned text messaging for all drivers. (Governors Highway Safety Association, November 2016)

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Step 4: Visualization o If you can stop texting while driving.  Better concentration.  Safety  Responsible for your passenger.

“Under Florida law, anyone who allows a person to ride in their vehicle as their passenger has a duty to that passenger to exercise ordinary and reasonable care in the operation of their vehicle and to keep that passenger safe.” (South Florida Injury Accident Blog, Alan Sackrin, December 30th, 2014) o If you keep texting while driving.  High risk of getting car accident.  Put your passenger and other drivers into risk.  Break the law.  Florida has the “Florida Ban on Texting While Driving” law. (The Legal Examiner, Nicholas Primrose, January 19th, 2016) Step 5: Action Step/Conclusion o Restate the problem: Texting while driving is very distractive behavior. It may increase the risk of car accident and cause serious damages. o For your own safety, you should stop texting while driving. If you don’t care about your own life, you should think of other people’s safety as well. No one should pay for your fault. Stopping texting and driving would keep others’ safety. 

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Bibliography Primrose, Nicholas. “Tougher Texting & Driving Bills Introduced in Florida Legislature.” Legal Examiner. January 19, 2016. http://orlando.legalexaminer.com/uncategorized/tougher-texting-driving-billsintroduced-in-florida-legislature/.

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Garza, Stacy Gail. “Stay Alive, Don’t Text and Drive.” Odyssey. September 8, 2015. https://www.theodysseyonline.com/stay-alive-dont-text-and-drive.

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Sackrin, Alan. “Car Accidents: Driver’s Duty to Passengers.” South Florida Injury Accident Blog. December 30, 2014. http://southfloridainjuryaccidentblog.com/2014/12/30/car-accidents-driversduty-to-passengers/.

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Governors Highway Safety Association. “Distracted Driving Laws.” November 2015. http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/cellphone_laws.html.

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Ford, Rebecca. “Justin Bieber Joins Anti-Texting While Driving Promotional Campaign.” Billboard. December 7, 2011. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/469276/justin-bieber-joins-anti-textingwhile-driving-promotional-campaign.

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Schumaker, Erin. “10 Statistics That Capture the Dangers of Texting and Driving.” The Huffington Post. June 8, 2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/08/dangers-of-texting-and-drivingstatistics_n_7537710.html.

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Media, Render. “Girl Dies from Her Second Texting and Driving Accident.” Opposing News. April 11, 2016. http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/girldies-after-texting-and-driving-second-time.

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“Minn. Teen Charged in Fatal Texting While Driving Crash.” CBS News. October 20, 2015. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/texting-and-driving-minnesota-teenkills-father-and-daughter/.

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CDC. “Distracted Driving.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. March 7, 2016. https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/distracted_driving/.

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Gerrard, Kevin. “Accidents Don`t Just Happen. They Are Caused.” LinkedIn. August 19, 2015. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/accidents-dont-just-happenthey-caused-kevin-gerrard.

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Snyder, Attorney Edgar. “Texting and Driving Statistics - Distracted Driving Drives up Risk.” Edgar Snyder & Associates. https://www.edgarsnyder.com/caraccident/cause-of-accident/cell-phone/cell-phone-statistics.html....