Driving is an important part of both the transportation and funeral industries. Unfortunately motor vehicle crashes are the number one cause of death for teenagers. Driving is a dangerous activity, and many risk factors can make it more deadly. One of the most common is distracted driving. According to the CDC as many as one in five car crashes that involve injury are caused by distracted driving. Luckily the state of vermont has taken prudent legislative action to prevent distracted driving. Although more could always be done, the legal and educational steps taken by the state of vermont are sufficient to deal with the threat of distracted driving. Vermont has joined a growing number of states that ban the use of phones and other handheld devices while driving. Although opponents claim that bans are difficult to enforce and therefore ineffective, evidence does not bear out their claim. Studies show that texting and handheld device bans reduce do indeed traffic casualties. Bans that classify texting and handheld device use as primary offense reduce all casualties by of 7%, and casualties among young drivers by up to 11%. Vermont's anti texting and driving law is of an type that is extremely effective, Vermont's ban bars all drivers from texting, and young drivers from handheld device use. By …show more content…
Vermont's program bans driving with other teens in the car, which can be a major distraction. Although opponents may claim that vermont's graduated licensing program does not go far enough, programs similar to vermont's have been highly effective. Graduated licensing programs elsewhere have reduced fatalities among 16 year olds by up to 11%. Unlike other programs Vermont does not allow drivers to opt out through drivers ed. Vermont's graduated licensing program shows that the state has does enough to reduce distracted driving fatalities
These sort of programs have shown immense help in the number of fatalities on the road today. Along with these kinds of programs there have been several laws put in place that ban cell phone use while driving. In Syracuse, N.Y. there have been strict laws against handheld cellphone use and texting and driving, and they have been extremely effective (Copeland, 1). Law enforcement saw over 70% of texting driving put to a halt. Transportation secretary Ray LaHood said, “Over half a million people are said to be injured, and thousands more are killed in distracted driving accidents” (Copeland, 1).Another very effective campaign that will probably soon be known world-wide is “Phone in one hand, Ticket in the other”(Copeland, 1). Most people in todays world would be familiar with the “click it or ticket” phrase that has allowed people to be reminded to put on your seat belt. Just as this campaign reminds people to wear a seat belt the “Phone in one hand, Ticket in the other” is designed to remind drivers that it is far too dangerous to be interacting with your phone while driving (Copeland,
There are approximately 5,400 deaths per year that are linked to distracted driving, and thousands more were injured. (U.S. Department of Labor). Those fatalities are our neighbors, close friends, and even family. How can we prevent this from being so prominent? How can we make the roads a safe place to be again? These questions have many different answers, but many prove to be un-effective. I believe that the best and only way to resolve this issue is to implement tougher laws on cell-phone use in vehicles, and educate our youth to the best of our abilities on the dangers of distracted driving.
Car crashes have been and are the number one cause of death for teens. (1) Many feel that the development of their brain is not advanced enough to handle driving. Impulse control is the last thing to develop in the teen brain and doesn’t reach maturity until their early 20’s. Irresponsibility is also a problem with teens. The CDC states that teens are more likely to drive too fast, get distracted and underestimate hazards. This is especially true of males. (1) Each year, more than 5000 teenagers die in motor vehicle accidents. The rate of motor vehicle accidents, both nonfatal and fatal for 16 year olds is almost 10 times higher then drivers 30 to 59 according to the National Highway Safety Administration.(3)
One day Chandler Gerber 23, of Bluffton collided with an Amish buggy back in April of 2012. A three year old boy and a five year old girl were killed. A 17 year old boy who was in critical condition died several days later. Chandler was sending a text that said “ I love you” to his wife when he caused the accident. Drivers who were texting were 23.2 times more likely to crash to those who weren’t texting (Cell Phones and Texting). The increasing amount of crashes caused from texting and driving and growing and becoming more of a problem. Distracted driving is an increasing problem in the United States resulting in many accidents, but a solution to the problem would be banning cellphones while driving.
Buzz; Buzz. *teen picks up phone* next thing you know the family is planning the teens funeral or trying to figure out they are going to pay for the hospital bills. Many people could argue that the texting and driving law should be for everyone, this includes adults and elderly people. I believe that the law should only include teenagers because it effects them at such a young age. It will train their brain not to pick up that phone every time it goes off. Almost every teen now and days grew up with a phone, thee adults however did not. Teens are so us to just picking up their phone whenever it goes off. Adults should know better not to text and drive, they shouldn’t need a law that states not to text and drive, teens however they need that
There is a current social issue that is killing many people today: texting and driving. It is very tempting to immediately check your phone when it notifies you when you receive a text message. Ignoring the sound of your phone while driving is very important for safe driving. It is not only affecting one person, it also affects the area or people around you. I believe texting and driving should be illegal because there has been many accidents due to this distraction.
Statistics show 16- to 17-year-old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger, which is due to distracted driving. Taking your eyes off the road for 2 (two) seconds, at 60 mph, means you have driven blindly for half the length of a football field. The risk of fatality is 3.6 times higher, when they are driving with passengers than when alone. For many years, the correlation between driving behavior and age has interested highway safety researchers and administrators. It is general knowledge that the greatest risk of motor vehicle crash...
“John died in his sleep. He was warm, comfortable, and doing 70 miles per hour on the motorway”(Fatigue:THINK!:Roadsafety. (N.d.). Retrieved from http://think.direct.gov.uk/fatigue.html). Should drowsy driving be mandated as a criminal offense in the state of California? Few people realize the explicit dangers of drowsy driving. Consider the following scenario: Darkness surrounds your car on the drive home after a late night at the office. There is no light on the two-lane highway except for occasional flashes from the headlights of oncoming traffic. Your eyelids are heavy. You yawn. Your head begins to bob. As you shake your head from side to side trying
To put it plainly, death is inevitable. However, fatalities among car crashes is among the most preventable situations we encounter today. Contrary to what many believe, texting and driving is not the only hazard among the road. Believe it or not, the elderly have posed as a serious threat among fellow drivers. To keep dangerously incapable folks off the road, the Texas Department of Public Safety, should lower the age from 79 to 65 to require people to personally visit the facility for a vision test and also mandate a driving test triennially under all circumstances for people over the age of 65. By doing so, there would be a decrease in automobile casualties, and decrease of dangerous drivers on the roads. ¬
Whether it is a text massage from love one or a bite of a sandwich, it is not so important than a human life. Distracted driving is an epidemic, so more tough laws should be implemented. The law for distracted driving should be tough just like a driving under influence. Distracting driving is a killer on the road, it should be banned because, it is the number one killer of the U.S. teenager in the road, not only the teenager in the road, but also cause a collision which is often fatal, and some incident were driver or one who involve on an accident became disable. Distraction is an involvement of driver where his or hers eye or mind are engage and performing on other things rather than driving, such as while talking on
Each different state has their own respective laws regarding policy and punishment when it comes to texting while driving, all of which are not strong enough to force people to put their phones down. Every state should have the same exact laws against texting. Due to these facts, it is imperative that the United States’ government takes strong action against the rising war on texting and driving. Making it a requirement to download applications and ensuring that our country understands the horrific danger that can occur simply from typing “hey whats up”
Imagine that you’re a parent and your child has gone to the movies with a couple of friends, but it’s almost twelve o’clock and your child hasn’t responded to calls or text messages from you. You start to panic because your child could be hurt, lost, somewhere they are not suppose to be, or in danger. If you had installed a GPS tracking device in your child’s car, you would be able to know exactly where they are and how fast they are going no matter if they call or text you back. This is why I believe that every parent should be permitted to installing a tracking device in their child’s car.
The fact is driving is a privilege and should be taken as such. Many states have enacted tougher driving restrictions for teens or so called graduated licenses, where they must complete so many hours of driving and many of those they are not allowed to have any distractions such as other teens. Are they working though? Unfortunately it does not seem that way. For the year 2012 data shows that the deaths of drivers aged 16 and 17 increased 19%. (New Study; Teen Driver Deaths Increase in 2012) Not good news. Maybe it is time for more substantial changes. Maybe parents should really think and decide if their teen is ready to drive; are they really mature enough to handle the responsibility of not only their own lives but those around them. And maybe it is time for states to consider raising the legal driving age to one that save lives.
Each day in the United States, over 8 people are killed and 1,161 injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver (Distracted Driving). There are a few different
People are constantly fixated on their phones, checking social media and texting and they seem to have become accustom to doing this wherever they please, whether it be at dinner, at work or in the car. The use of a cell phone while driving is extremely dangerous and destructive to not only the driver, but also everyone driving around them. Every year, twenty one percent of fatal car crashes involving teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 were the result of using their cell phone while behind the wheel. This statistic is expected to grow as much as four percent every year. But, texting and driving is not just a problem among teen drivers. One-fifth of adult drivers in the United States also report sending text messages while driving (“Cell Phone & Texting Accidents”). To help fight this problem, the government needs much take a stronger stance and try to stand up against texting and driving to make the idea a bigger deal and implement harsher punishments, as well as stressing the damaging effects of texting and driving to children and teens early on in