The invention of the cell phone has changed the lifestyle and the way people communicate. Despite their effective way of communication, the use of cell phones while driving results in negative effects to driving performance. Driving while talking is a problem because it is the cause of many accidents. The solution is to make cell phone use while driving illegal, and creating phone applications that will make it more difficult to text while in a vehicle. Furthermore, operating a cell phone on the wheel is on the verge of being banned by law in every state, and some have accomplished this as a solution to the problem. Cell phones should be used with caution at all times and not when operating a motor vehicle. It is a huge responsibility to drive It is simpler said than done since many will not do it. Increasing police presence on area roads can deter individuals from using the phone while driving. Fines being enforced for those that talk on cellphones while driving. If drivers are pulled over by police and they are ticketed then they will likely be discouraged from talking and driving at the same time. Intervention and education about the hazards of talking and driving can be a deterrent as well. Letting drivers know the risk of injury or even death behind the wheel can discourage drivers from using cellphones. Harsher penalties for those who previously got fined and didn 't follow the law the second time. “The penalty for violating the cell phone ban the first time is a $20 fine, while subsequent convictions are punishable by a $50 fine or more”(Burger, Daniel, and Yu 171). Simply putting your phone on speaker is no longer good enough. If you are holding it in your hand, you can get a citation. If they put these laws into place then that eliminates the drivers being distracted on the road and it decreases the number of accidents. Alternatively, technology inside the cellphone can also help against the urge of talking while “One way of eliminating driving distractions is to install a no texting app onto cell phones. Several available apps automatically send calls to voice mail and silence texts when inside a moving vehicle”(New Approaches To End Texting While Driving 16). Silence could also help with the temptation of checking messages or emails. The less you hear your phone, the less tempted you 'll be to respond while you 're driving. This also means not being able to use the phone to check the time or date. The steering wheel of a car is used most effectively when two hands are on the wheel. Talking on the phone does not allow two hands on the wheel. Therefore, the government should completely ban the use of cell phones while driving, which would not only decrease the number of traffic injuries and deaths, but will also make the road a safer place to drive. Additionally, it does not matter if the cell phone is held up to your ear or being used through a hands free device, it distracts your attention and does not allow you the alertness that driving
People are distracted enough as it is without have their cell phones attached to their ears while driving. The topic of using a cell phone while driving has been debated for many years, because there are two types of people with two different opinions. On one hand people have things that require their attention at all times, and on the other people cannot give their full attention to the road and fellow motorists if they are using their cell phone while driving.
The several effects of distracted driving are deadly. Andrew Lavallee points out that “texting while driving is unsafe. Not only are a driver’s eyes off the road, one or both hands are off the wheel.” “We think it is incompatible with safe driving” (qtd. in Lavallee). “Study upon study showed that talking on a cellphone was far more dangerous than she’d realized – that a driver on a phone had the same reaction speed as someone legally intoxicated, that those talking on a phone behind the wheel are four times as likely to crash” (qtd. in Hanes). Stephanie Hanes also mentions that, “Unlike a conversation with a passenger, the electronic conversation takes a driver into a virtual space away from the road.” Subsequently, this causes severe problems and deadly
It’s time to have an honest look into using phones while we drive. We don't understand why we continue the behavior, and it’s killing us. Distracted driving is leaving tragedy behind on American roadways while there is more likelihood of meeting a “texter’ than to meet an intoxicated driver. Accidents occur when people talk on cellphones or send text messages while driving. According to an article published by the CDC “Injury Prevention and Control: Motor vehicle Safety” “Some activities—such as texting—take the driver’s attention away from driving more frequently and for longer periods than any other distractions.” The CDC reports that younger, inexperienced drivers under the age of 20 may be at increased risk; they have the highest proportion of distraction-related fatal crashes. There is a lot of media about teen drivers texting, emailing and using popular social media while driving Distracted driving is far from just a teen issue, there is no age limit on this growing epidemic. Looking down at a phone for just mere seconds while driving at highway speeds is the same as driving the distance of a football field without eyes on the road and what's taking place around you. Multitasking is often encouraged in many things we do, however when it comes to operating a motor vehicle, multitasking shouldn't be an option. While laws and programs have helped and have risen awareness to the problem people find ways to cheat the system. The technology world is working hard on devices that jam cell phones while a motor vehicle is in operation. Technology will be our only chance at reducing the injury and death from our ever so popular cellular devices. Technology brought us here and now its up to technology to reevaluate and change...
Like many things if you tell someone to not do something then they’ll turn around and do it. “Over the past several years, even while new texting laws are taking effect globally, texting and driving rates have only increased.”(Abolish Driving While Texting Laws for Safety; drive-safely.net) People seem to think that the world will end if they don’t check their phones every five minutes, and if you must check your phone do it at a stop light. Another very efficient way to still answer people back while driving is giving your phone to the passenger or using Bluetooth instead of taking a hand off of the steering wheel or tilting your head to your shoulder. If need be at the next stop light send a quick text to whoever it is telling them that you are driving and will get back to them later. “There aren’t enough police on patrol to catch everyone who’s breaking the law. Taking personal responsibility for our own actions is the key to all of this” says US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. (TWD;
82% of Americans own cellphones and 52% of them have admitted to talking on there cell while driving. If you don 't think thats bad 34% say they have texted and drove. Plus 1 in 5 drivers say they have searched the web while driving. 77% of young adults say there very confident while texting an driving and 55% say its easy. This shows that were to comfortable with it, because we did it once and nothing bad has happened so we continue to do it (Texting). Its becoming a bad habit and needs to stop, there numerous ways to prevent using your phone why’ll driving. First you can give your phone to a passenger in the car, or they now have apps now they all you have to do is enable it and no one will be able to reach you until you turn it off. If you decide to keep your phone on and on you, have one someone in the car answer or look at the message for you. Also to completely get it out of your sight lock it in the glove box, truck or deep pocket so there’s no temptations of getting ahold of it (Coleman). If none of this helps and you still have the urge to go on your phone, pull over put the car in park and do what you have to do. Start thinking about any text or calls you need to make before you even start your car, that way you don 't feel the need to do it while driving. The simplest thing of all that you can do is to silence your
...ivers to protect are self from oblivious and preventable actions. We can do this by turning are phones off or stopping the use of handheld devices and use speaker phone or just wait till we arrive at are destination. Driving requires full concentration and having a cell phone and texting causes detraction when you are supposed to be alert.
Several individuals need to be constantly sending messages to their friends and family members with the use of a cellphone while driving. More and more drivers have the urge to use their cell phones while driving. This dangerous mixture can result to be even deadly. “As one researcher concluded, a cellphone draws attention away from the routines that would provide a good representation of the driving environment” (qtd. in Seppa 3).
This paper examines the dangers that arise when cell phones are used at the same time as operating a vehicle. The paper will explore the following question of why this is a problem and why the research is important. The variables investigated are the use of cell phones while driving, whether speaking or texting, and the accidents and fatalities caused from the distraction. Data of the accidents and fatalities caused by drivers distracted by their cells phones is stated to research and further explores the age group and gender of the people involved into the accidents to uncover patterns. Possible outcomes of the implementation of laws prohibiting cell phone use while driving are discussed as well as the sampling measures used to survey and research the variables.
Messaging or utilizing a mobile phone while driving is extremely unsafe to yourself and the general population encompassing you. One reason the greater part of individuals are against this activity is on the grounds that it causes an incredible measure of auto crashes each year. (Copeland) While driving, grown-ups and young people can't fight the temptation to get their phone and send a content or react to one. At the point when the driver hears the vibrate or ring, nothing can prevent them from checking the warning on their telephone. When the driver's eyes meet their cell gadget, their emphasis out and about is drawn away.
The use of cell phones while in a vehicle in motion should be banned throughout the United States. Texting, searching the internet, talking on the phone is a very big distraction, and could cause someone to get hurt or even worse killed and the current teenage generation thinks talking on a cellphone while driving is second nature. It’s a known fact that the use of cell phones while driving can be deadly. It only takes one split second for a person to look away from the road to cause an accident. So-called distracted driving crashes claimed 5,474 lives and led to 448,000 injuries across the country last year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The use of mobile phones while driving are a major destruction to the drivers, it is definitely no different from a mother trying to nurse a baby at the back sit. A good percentage of road accidents has been attributed to driver destruction. (David and William, 2001) There are evidence of cell phone related road carnages and this remains to be a concern. In 1999 a girl was killed by a driver when he got destructed by a phone, same case reported last year and even the death of a state corrections officer on North Carolina. However much drivers say they have a right to use their mobile phones, they should know of the destructions it causes when
According to Ian Mulgrew, a journalist/author from Canada, many accidents are blamed on distracted driving and most of the distractions are caused by cell phone usage (Mulgrew). This shows that accidents are being caused by texting and driving. A majority of people have busy lives that leaves them to get things done while on the road. Texting or using a cell phone while driving is very hazardous to yourself and the people surrounding you. Most people are against this action is because it causes many car accidents every year. Did you know that texting while driving is one of the longest eyes-off-the road time of distracted driving activities? According to DWI, text messaging makes a crash up to 23 times more likely. While other activities like, dialing, talking or listening or reaching for a device is less likely. While driving, adults and teenagers cannot resist the urge to pick up their cell phone and send a text or respond to one. When a
Talking on the phone while driving is a distraction that endangers people's lives. A driver only receives 50% of the information when talking to a passenger (Ewan, 2012). The driver reads the hand gestures and the facial expressions of the passenger. This gives them an idea of what the passengers are trying to saying. There is not much mental effort needed, because the driver can guess. Talking on the phone requires more mental effort, because the driver can not see the person they are talking to. The mental effort used to talk on the phone and driving increases the risk of a mistake happening. Using a hands-free phone is only 7% less of a distraction than a handheld cellphone (Mead, 2013). The talking on the phone is the distraction, not the handling and dialing of the phone itself. Researchers have found people who splitting their attention between the road and the person they are talking to causes mental stress leading to accidents. Hands-free ce...
It is a huge responsibility to drive a car and one which should not be taken for granted because it is associated with the lives of others. By speaking on cell phones while driving, such a responsibility is treated with impunity and the dangers ignored.
Over the last few decades, the use of cell phones has become a very common tool. Furthermore, Technology has certainly advanced, and the cell phone is becoming the most preferred mode of communication. The demand for a cell phone is growing every day. In addition, the use of wireless technology is affordable, and anyone can buy a cell phone at a reasonable price. They come in all shapes and sizes. They range from black to bright metallic white. American public use of cell phones is increasing everyday. As the number of people using cell phones increase, the use of cell phones while driving will also increase on our streets and highways. At the same rate, motorists still converse on cell phones and write text messages while driving. Motorist will also engage in other activities apart from driving. For example, drivers will text when driving, and they will dial numbers. Drivers will receive calls and converse with the recipient for long periods. Again, driving demands your full attention, and your concentration needed when talking on the phone. However, it means that the driver has to divert his attention to the conversation, which leads to less concentration on the road. On the contrary, one can therefore connect motorist’s accidents and cell phone usage while driving.