Name: Julie Anne Rohrbach
Title: Wear Your Seatbelt!
Topic: Young adults wearing seatbelts
General Purpose: Motivate
Specific Purpose: Motivate my classmates to wear their seatbelts when they are in a car
Organizational Pattern: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence
Introduction/Attention step
I.
Attention getter: Three years ago, wherever you went in South Jersey, you
would see this sticker on almost every car. Today, wherever you go in South
Jersey, you still see this sticker on most cars. In my last speech, I talked about
a car accident that killed four boys near my house. Now I want to share with
you the emotions that were felt during the time of the accident. I was at work
when the accident happened. One of my coworkers got a text message that his
best friends were in a car accident and they had been killed on impact. Soon
after, all my other friends started to get these same text messages, were
instantly in tears and had to leave work early. My best guy friend had to stop
working and sit outside for two hours because he was crying. Another one of
my coworkers played football with these boys and was scheduled to work that
night but he was crying so much, he had to have his sister call out for him.
Imagine being at work and getting a text message that your best friends were
dead because they did not wear a seatbelt.
II.
Audience Relevancy: A car accident can happen to anyone at anytime. That is
why it is an accident.
III.
Credibility: I have always worn a seatbelt because my parents are ER nurses
but a lot of my friends do not. I am that friend that makes them wear a seatbelt
when they are in my car.
IV.
Central Idea: Everyone should wear their seatbelts when they are in a car.
V.
Preview: Today I will be sharing with you why young adults not wearing their
seatbelt is a problem and a simple thing you can do to fix this problem.
[Transition: First, let us talk about why young adults not wearing their seatbelt is a
problem.]
Need/Problem Step:
I.
Young adults not wearing their seatbelt is an increasing problem and too many
of them are dying from it.
A. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for people ages 10-24
(Centers for Dieses Control and Prevention 1).
1. 22 percent of these unintentional accidents are car accidents (Centers
for Dieses Control and Prevention 1).
2. You are thirty times more likely to die in an accident if you are not
wearing a seatbelt (Motor Vehicle Safety 1).
B. According to a 2011 Volkswagen survey, young adults think they are too
cool or invincible and do not need to wear a seatbelt (Seatbelts 1).
1. They would rather be cool than safe.
[Transition: Now that you see young adults are not wearing their seatbelts, let us talk
about something you can do to fix this problem.]
Satisfaction/Solution Step:
I.
There is one very simple, easy solution that you personally can do to fix this
problem; wear a seatbelt.
A. If you are not used to wearing a seatbelt, breaking this habit can be hard.
1. Something that can be done is to put a note on your keys that will
remind you to put your seatbelt on.
B. It may take some time to get adjusted to wearing the seatbelt.
C. Another thing you can do is encourage your friends and families to do the
same.
1. Do not move your car is they are not wearing a seatbelt.
2. Believe me, they will thank you if for some unfortunate reason you are
in an accident and the seatbelt saved their life.
[Transition: Now let’s visualize a world in which young adults wore their seatbelts and
more of them survived car accidents.]
Visualization:
I.
The world would generally be a better place.
A. The people not wearing their seatbelts are young adults that have bright
futures ahead of them; they just made the wrong decision at the wrong
time.
B. Who knows maybe the kid that was just thrown through his windshield
would have found the cure for cancer or landed on Mars.
C. If young adults continue to not wear seatbelts, the future will consist of a
lot more funerals than celebrations.
Action/Conclusion Step:
I.
Summary Step: Too many young adults are losing their lives because they are
making the choice not to wear a seatbelt when they are in a car.
A. Problem: Young adults are making the decision not to wear their seatbelts,
are getting into accidents, and dying.
B. Solution: The solution to this problem is to make sure you wear your
seatbelt and encourage your friends and family to do the same.
II.
Action: It is time for you to make the choice to wear a seatbelt.
A. If you do not wear a seatbelt and want to get into the habit of wearing it,
write your self a note and put it somewhere you would see every time you
get into a car.
B. If your friends or family do not wear their seatbelts, do not drive until they
put it on.
C. Something as simple as putting on a seatbelt can save your life and the
lives of your friends and families.
D. It is all up to you to make that decision.
III. Closure Statement: The next time you get into a car wear your seatbelt. Do not make
your community make stickers for their cars with your initials on it or have your friend’s
sisters call them out of work because they are crying. Wear your seatbelt and improve
your chances of surviving in a car accident, it is the least you can do for your friends,
family, and community. Make the right decision.
Presentation Aid
I chose to use this picture as a visual aid because it will show that the accident near my
house was real and the deaths of the four boys still has an impact on my community;
three years later. Also, they would still be alive if they were wearing their seatbelts.
Works Cited
"Injuries and Violence Are Leading Causes of Death: Key Data & Statistics."
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"Policy Impact: Seat Belts." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers
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<http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/seatbeltbrief/index.html>.
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