Texting and Driving

Texting and driving is a form of distracted driving.  Many teens who get behind the wheel text and drive.  This is horrible.  Here are some facts.

• 5 seconds is the minimal amount your attention is away from the road
• Texting and driving makes you 23 times more likely to crash than while not texting and driving
• The number of 18-20 year olds who text or talk behind the wheel: 13%
•  Americans between the ages 16-17 who has a cell phone: 82%
• Teens who text and drive are only in the lane they are in 10% of the time
• 55% of drivers who are young say it is easy to text and drive
• 48% of teens have seen their parents text and drive
• 1/5 of all drivers confess to surfing the web while driving
• 3,331 people were killed in crashes caused by distracted drivers
• 11% of teens under 20 have been in a fatal accident from being distracted
• Texting and driving is ranked as the most dangerous distraction
• A drivers' steering ability decreases by 91% while texting
• Only 4 states are actively trying to ban texting while driving

Here is a video.  I own nothing.

Sources:

http://www.textecution.com/fast_facts.php

http://cas.illinoisstate.edu/sites/wznd/2012/10/08/quick-facts-about-texting-and-driving/

http://www.onlineschools.com/in-focus/driving-while-intexticated

http://www.distraction.gov/content/get-the-facts/facts-and-statistics.html

Child Abuse Facts

Child abuse is when children under the age of 18 are abused (hit, kicked, ect.) by their parents or another adult.  You probably already know what child abuse is, so I won't go into detail about it.  Here are some facts.

• about 5 children die each day because of child abuse
• Most children who are neglected and abused are under the age of 18 months
• About 40 million children under the age of 15 will be abused, neglected, or violence worldwide
• 79.4% of kids who died from child abuse were under the age of 4
• 3.6 million cases of child abuse in the US are reported, and there are 6 million children involved, each year
• For every child abuse incident that is reported, about 2 incidents go unrecorded
• A report of child abuse is made every 10 seconds
• Families with 4 or more children have a higher rate of child abuse
• 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 5 boys will be sexually abused

Adults who suffered child abuse as children are more likely to:

• 14% of men and 36% of women who are in US prisons were abused as children
• 25% more likely to experience teen pregnancy
• 30% more likely to commit a violent crime
• 25% more likely to do drug use

 

Here is a video about child abuse.  I own nothing.

Sources:

http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/agencies/police/community/abuse.html

http://visual.ly/get-facts-child-abuse

http://www.mercyhome.org/child-abuse-and-neglect-facts

http://www.safehorizon.org/index/what-we-do-2/child-abuse--incest-55/child-abuse-statistics--facts-304.html

http://www.compassion.com/poverty/child-abuse.htm

http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-child-abuse

How to: Create a Blog

Well, this is a blog, so why not be the first "How to," is how to create a blog!  So let's get started!
You will need:
A Problem
A blogging website
Facts
Friends (optional)

A blog is basically where you express a problem or anything else.

Your Problem
What problem will you address?  Some ideas are: Puppy mills, bullying, homelessness, or disasters. You can talk about a main topic, or many topic, like my blog.  Be creative!

Websites
There are many websites where you can start a blog.  Ask your parents first.  Some may make you pay, or you can pay for upgrades.

http://www.blogger.com/home (what I use!)

Blog.com

http://www.blogflux.com/

http://wordpress.com/


You can work with friends wit your blog.  You can have a friend search for information.

Facts
You can find facts almost anywhere on the Internet, but be careful.  Anyone can make a website and fake facts!  Wikipedia is a definite no-no for info.  Dosomething.com is a great website to find facts and help out.

Resources:

Dosomething.com  

Info You Need to Know

Hello!  I will post How to Help out things (like make things to sell) on my normal posts on this page and another page called, "Ways to Help." so you can navigate my blog easier.

Smoking

You have probably heard about smoking.  You may know someone who smokes.  Here are some facts about Smoking.

• About 8.6 million people in the US has at least 1 serious illness caused from smoking
• Smoking is the cause of 1 in 5 deaths in the US
• Every day, about 3,450 teens in the US try a cigarette.  About 25% will become addicted 
• More than 80% of adult smokers started before they were 18
• Tar stains smokers' fingers and teeth
• About 70 of a cigarettes' chemicals can cause cancer
• Some toxins found in cigarettes:
• Rat poison
• Toilet cleaners 
• There are 1.1 billion smokers today
• It is estimated that it will increase to 1.6 billion at 2025
• About 10 million cigarettes are bought each minute
• 1 in 5 teens 13-15 smoke cigarettes
• Someone dies every 8 seconds related to tobacco 
• 10% of all infant deaths are from expecting mothers smoking
• Every hour, some one dies from smoking in the US
• More deaths are from smoking than HIV, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle accidents, suicides and murders combined
• It takes 8 seconds for nicotine to reach the brain 

But smoking doesn't affect only affect the smoker.  It also affects the people around them, which is called second hand smoke.  Here are some facts.

•  Every year in the US, about 2,000 infants die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) by tobacco related items
• About 3,400 Nonsmoker Americans die each year
• Children with parents who smoke can have asthma, increased chances of colds and ear infections, and SIDS

Here is a commercial about smoking.  I own nothing. 

Here is another video from someone who smoked.  I own nothing.

So, please help people who smoke.  Help teach the dangers of smoking.  

Here are my Resources.

http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/about-smoking/facts-figures/general-smoking-facts.html

http://www.smokingstinks-aaco.org/fastfacts.htm

http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/tobaccostatistics/a/tobaccofacts.htm

http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-smoking

Abortions

Abortions: You've maybe heard about it, maybe not.  But basically what an abortion is when a fetus, a baby inside the mothers' womb, is killed before it is born.  There are many ways it can happen.  Here are some facts:

• In the U.S., there are about as many abortions daily as people killed in 9/11
• 50,000,000 babies have been killed since the Roe vs. Wade case
• 51% of women who have abortions are under 25, 18% of them teens
• Half of all abortions have been of women who has already had at least one abortion
• 1/3 of all women will have an abortion before 45 years of age
• 39% of deaths in 2005 were abortions
• Every 24 seconds, a baby is aborted in the US
• 24% of all yearly deaths are from, yep, abortion
• 1 in 5 pregnancies end in abortion
• The number of abortions in the US each year is roughly equal to the number of US soldiers killed in any war the US have been in combined    

Here are some ways abortions are done.  

• Dilation & Curettage: a curettage is placed in the womb.  The baby's body is cut and extracted, often by suction.
• Dilation & Evacuation: the baby's body is twisted by forceps and removed.  The head is crushed and removed.
• Suction Abortion: a suction curettage is placed in the uterus.  The baby's body is sucked out by suction.

Here is a video from YouTube.  I own nothing.

Click here to go to Abort73. 

Abortion is so bad.  Please help those who cannot speak up for themselves.  

Here are my Resources I used:

 http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/19-facts-about-abortion-in-america-that-should-make-you-very-sick

http://www.abortionblackout.com/abortion-facts?page=6

http://studentsforlife.org/prolifefacts/abortion-facts/