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    Texting while driving is the most dangerous of all cell phone related tasks. Texting and driving can be proven to be more dangerous than drunk driving. Drivers who are texting while behind the wheel have a 23% higher chance of causing a crash.

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    Texting while driving is the most dangerous of all cell phone related tasks. Texting and driving can be proven to be more dangerous than drunk driving. Drivers who are texting while behind the wheel have a 23% higher chance of causing a crash.

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    Texting while driving is the most dangerous of all cell phone related tasks. Texting and driving can be proven to be more dangerous than drunk driving. Drivers who are texting while behind the wheel have a 23% higher chance of causing a crash.

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    I. Introduction
    A. Background(ProvideBackgroundinformationforyourtopic)
    1. HookIfyou'vebeendrivingforalittlewhileandnothing'shappenedto
    youyetandyou'vebeentextinganddrivingyouthink,'Ohnothing's
    goingtohappen.'Butallittakesisanaccidenthappeningwithoneofyour
    friendsorGodforbid,somethinghappeningtoyou,toreallygiveyoua
    wakeupcall.
    2. BackgroundStudiesshowthatdriverswhoretrieveorsendtextmessages
    arefourtimesmorelikelytobeinanaccidentseriousenoughtoinjure
    themselvesand/orothers.
    Talkingonacellphonewhiledrivingcanmake
    ayoungdriversreactiontimeasslowasthatofa70yearold.
    Ofallcell
    phonerelatedtasksincludingtalking,dialing,orreachingforthephone
    textingwhiledrivingisthemostdangerous.AccordingtotheNational
    HighwayTrafficSafetyAdministration,textingwhiledrivingis
    comparabletoconsumingfourbeers.
    3. ThesisStatement
    Textingwhiledrivingisdangerousbecauseit1)Isa
    seriousthreattosociety,2)Isshowntobemoredangerousthandrunk
    drivingand3)Itisconsideredbreakingthelaw.

    II. Bodyofresearchpaper
    A. ThesisSupport#
    1. Textingwhiledrivingisadangerbecauseitisathreattosociety.
    a. Teendriversages16to19arenearlythreetimesmorelikelythan
    driversaged20andoldertobeinafatalcrash
    b. In2012,3,328peoplewerekilledincrashesinvolvingadistracted
    driver,comparedto3,360in2011.Anadditional,421,000people
    wereinjuredinmotorvehiclecrashesinvolvingadistracteddriver
    in2012,a9%increasefromthe387,000peopleinjuredin2011
    c. (adddetailasnecessary)

    B. ThesisSupport#2
    1. Textinganddrivingcanbeproventobemoredangerousthandrunk
    driving.
    a. (FIRES)
    b. Morethan3,000teensdieannuallyfromtextingwhiledriving,
    comparedtoabout2,700fordrivingundertheinfluenceofalcohol,
    accordingtoastudybyCohenChildrensMedicalCenterinNew


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    HydePark.
    c. Driverswhoaretextingwhilebehindthewheelhavea23%higher
    chanceofcausingacrash.
    d. (adddetailasnecessary)

    C. ThesisSupport#3
    1. Textingwhiledrivingisillegal.
    a.
    Furthermore,itisimportanttorememberthateveninplaces
    withoutspecificlawsagainsttextingwhiledriving,doingitstill
    mightbreakthelaw.
    b. Punishmentsincludefines,whichgrowwithrepeatoffenses,along
    withpointsagainstthedriver'slicenseinstateswhichusepoint
    systems.
    c. Inanylawsuitsstemmingfromanaccident,evidenceoftexting
    whiledrivingmay
    provenegligence
    orrecklessness,whichoften
    determinestheoutcomeofanautoinjurylawsuit.
    d. (adddetailasnecessary)

    D. CounterargumentTextingwhiledrivinglawsarepointless.
    1. Mainidea
    Eventhoughtextingwhiledrivingisknowntocause
    distractionbehindthewheel,makingtextingwhiledrivingillegalwould
    notsolvetheproblem.
    2. RebuttalTextinganddrivingshouldbeillegalbecauseitisabig
    problem.

    III.
    Conclusion
    A. Textinganddrivingshouldnotbedonebecauseitisathreattoothers,more
    harmfulthantextinganddriving,andisagainstthelaw.
    B. TieThesistopicstogether
    1. Textingwhiledrivingisadangerbecauseitisathreattosociety.
    2. Textinganddrivingcanbeproventobemoredangerousthandrunk
    driving.
    3. Textingwhiledrivingisillegal.
    C. Concludingthoughts


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