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Persuasive Speech: Don T Text And Drive

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Speaker: Hi, My name is Emerson Curran. I am a part of a program called “Don’t Text and Drive. You can go from LOL to TTYL in an instant.” This is a public service announcement to promote and hopefully convince adolescents and teens to stop texting while driving. Did you know that 341,000 accidents were caused due to texting in driving? Also every day in the United States nine people are killed in accidents that involve texting while driving. Texting while driving puts your health at risk. One simple text could cause an accident that could put you or others in critically condition and could even be fatal. You could get paralyzed, have brain damage, and even die just from one simple text message. Using a cellphone while driving increases
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