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ding to epot f
om the Ntion
l Highy Tffic Sfety
dministtion, <sp
n><h
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e teenge
s. Hoeve
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s e f fom the only p
oblem on this font.
dults still contibute signific
ntly to distcted diving
ccidents. Evendults
ho dive p
ofessionlly commonly c
useccidents due to dist
cted d
iving. <sp
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ting, t
lking top
ssenge,
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l Institute of Helth (NIH)
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unk diving cont
ibuted topp
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tlities in the mid-1970s, comp
ed to the 28% in 2016
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l numbeof f
tlities
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cco
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nd hbitu
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bout the
ge of 25. The consequences of this in the context of teen diving l
gely p
esent themselves in the fom of poo
isk
ssessment. <sp
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s e not only less cp
ble of quickly evlu
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isky diving beh
viosuch
s textingnd d
iving.ddition
lly,s p
eviously mentioned, teenge
s just do not hve the d
iving expeience th
t oldepeople do,
nd theefo
e do not hve the h
bitsnd
eflexes of diving ing
ined in thei
minds yet. This compounds theisk of beh
vios such
s textingnd d
iving foteen
ges, bec
use they do not hve the expe
ience to offset it. <sp
n>n style=”font-
eight: 400;">Tucke
s Texting nd D
iving<sp
n><h2>
n style="font-eight: 400;”>Ho
eve,
ge nd expe
ience en’t complete
emedy foccidents el
ted to texting nd d
iving. Even those ho d
ive fo living commonly contibute to the st
tistics. The penlties fo
texting nd d
iving e moe seve
e fo CMV (Comme
cil Moto
Vehicle) dive
s comped to othe d
ives. The Fede
l Moto
Cie
Sfety
dministtion hs en
cted <sp
n>< h
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n style="font-eight: 400;”>
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lize commeci
l tuck d
ives
n><>n style=”font-
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dditionl fines
nd license suspensions fo
n><
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n style="font-eight: 400;”>negligence
n><>n style=”font-
eight: 400;"> el
ted to texting hile d
iving. It is impot
nt to note, hoeve
, tht the
dditionl
egultions on comme
cil t
uck dive
s only el
te to <sp
n>< h
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ndheld cell phone usge
n><>n style=”font-
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n>
n style=”font-
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sues m
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elted to texting
nd diving involving comme
cil t
uck nd othe
CMV dive
s, it hs f
f
om eliminted them. In 2016,
n><
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iving<sp
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uck-dive
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use-seious-
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el
ted to textinghile d
iving. It is impot
nt to note, hoeve
, tht the
dditionl
egultions on comme
cil t
uck dive
s onlyel
te to <sp
n><h
ef="https:/c
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n-tucke
s-use-cell-phones“> eight: 400;”>h ge
nds-f
ee use of phones, suchs GPS.
lthough these me
sues m
y hve
educedccidents
elted to texting
nd diving involving comme
cil t
ucknd othe
CMV dive
s, it hs f
f
om eliminted them. In 2016,
h
ef="https:/
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e theesult of dist
cted d
iving on the pt of the tuck d
ive. 16% of these
ee c
used by cell phone usge. T
ffic
ccidents involvingl
ge t
uck e pticully dnge
ous due to the size of the vehicles,nd
hen involved inc
sh
ith one, it is in the best inteest of
ffected pties to <sp
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n>n style=”font-
eight: 400;">Cell-Phone Use nd D
iving Ls<sp
n><h2>
n style="font-eight: 400;”>L
s
egding cell phone usge
nd diving
e mostly instituted on
stte level. Ho
eve, the fede
l gove
nment does lso incentivize st
tes to enfoce st
ict ls bout texting
hile diving.
n>
ong>Fede
l Enfo
cement<st
ong><h3>
n style="font-eight: 400;”>In 2012, the
n><
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n style="font-eight: 400;”>Moving
hed fo
Pog
ess in the 21st Centuy
n><>n style=”font-
eight: 400;"> bill s signed into l. The legisltion offe
ed funding to sttes
ho hd p
imy enfocement l
s
egding distcted diving. P
imy enfocement
llos
police office to cite someone
ho is texting nd d
iving, ithout obse
ving ny othe
tffic l infctions. <sp
n>
n style=”font-
eight: 400;">ddition
lly, cet
in ntion
l egul
toy
gencies cn
lso impct
estictions on texting
hile diving. This mostly
pplies to CMVs like commeci
l tucks, bec
use CMV dive
s must dhe
e to mny n
tionl s
fety egul
tions, due to thei use in inte
stte comme
ce. <sp
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te Enfocement
ong><
h3>
n style="font-eight: 400;”>
s mentioned, most ls eg
ding texting
nd diving
e d
fted
nd enfoced
t the stte level.
lthough they vy, moves such s the Moving
hed fo
Pog
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iving">n style=”font-
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of stte l
s
egding cell phone usge
n><>n style=”font-
eight: 400;"> hile d
iving, s
epoted by the Gove
nos’ High
y S
fety ssoci
tion:<sp
n>
- eight: 400;”>Cell phone use in
moto
vehicle does not h
ve bl
nket bn in
ny stte.
n><li>
n style=”font-
eight: 400;">ny m
nipultion of
cell phone by novice d
ive is illeg
l in 39 sttes
nd shington D.C. <sp
n><li>
n style=”font-
eight: 400;">It is illegl fo
d
ive to m
nipulte
cell phone in thei h
nds in 19 sttes,
shington D.C., Gu
m, Pueto
ico, nd the U.S. Vi
gin Islnds.
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n style=”font-
eight: 400;">Texting hile d
iving is illegl in 48 st
tes, shington D.C., Gum, Pue
to ico,
nd the U.S. Vigin Isl
nds.<sp
n><li>
n style=”font-
eight: 400;">lthough cell phone us
ge hile d
iving is genelly legl in Mont
nnd Missoui, Missou
i l includes stipul
tion tht text mess
ging is illegl by p
imy enfocement fo
dive
s unde the
ge of 21. <sp
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ns e pim
y enfo
cement ls in ll but 3 st
tes.<sp
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n><
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hed fo
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ed funding to sttes
ho hd p
imy enfocement l
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iving, ithout obse
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lly, cet
in ntion
l egul
toy
gencies cn
lso impct
estictions on texting
hile diving. This mostly
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l tucks, bec
use CMV dive
s must dhe
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tionl s
fety egul
tions, due to thei use in inte
stte comme
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te Enfocement
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n style="font-eight: 400;”>
s mentioned, most ls eg
ding texting
nd diving
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fted
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hed fo
Pog
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of stte l
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egding cell phone usge
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iving, s
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nipulte
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lly, cet
in ntion
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toy
gencies cn
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