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...Evidence overwhelmingly indicates that texting makes driving??€”an already dangerous activity—much more accident-prone. A study released by Virginia Tech found that the risk of an accident increases 23 times. A casual test by Car and Driver magazine, performed in actual cars, found that drivers who were texting reacted far more slowly than when under the influence of alcohol...
Emma M. Lind ’09, a Crimson associate editorial chair, is a history and literature concentrator in Winthrop House. She has sunk her talons into driving??€”among other things—and admirably refuses...
...iPod—and whatever it would mean to mp3 something, it’s not obvious I’ve ever done it.Still, history suggests a great diversity of ways in which we’ve attached verbs to technology. When the car was invented, ‘driving??€™ was borrowed from the owners of carriages, and to travel on an airplane was naturally termed ‘flying.’ ‘Phone’ and ‘telephone,’ long-standing fixtures of language both, appear to be falling...
...public transportation system never stops running. Cheap, diverse, and affordable, I can travel the same distance in anywhere from 22 minutes to an hour for between $2 (subway) and $9 (train at rush hour). So, why do many commuters choose the more expensive option—driving??€”when parking costs $10 to $40 per day and the car is slower, especially if you spend both rush hours in traffic...
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