Cell Phones: Why Have Another Distraction?

Nearly 6,000 people are killed connecting to the outcome of cell phone use while driving, according to Edmunds.com (7). Texting and talking on the phone throughout the time that a person is driving can have deadly consequences, but people still don’t seem to want to give up risking their life. There are many issues that can happen while on the road related to the usage of cell phones. It is important to stop people from looking at their phones while driving, because it is extremely distracting and not safe. Even hands free devices are not as safe as they seem to be. There have to be consequences for people using their cell phones while driving in order to improve the people’s safety. According to Edmunds.com, cell phones are known as distractions everywhere in the world and have created several concerns to several countries (9).

Cell phones are very helpful technological devices as long as they are not used as distractions in the car. Therefore, they should be used to drivers’ advantage.

First of all, I believe that driving while holding a handheld cell phone should be illegal. One of the reasons is you can very easily get distracted while driving. The death roles around the world are unbelievable, because of the amount of deaths we have came across. When drivers are using a handheld cell phone their less likely to pay more attention to the road. Their is drivers every day that get distracted while driving, in my opinion those who use cell phones will be more distracted by their cell phone than they are to other drivers. If your phone is ringing an it is out of arms reach it can cause you to swerve into other vehicles when you go to reach for it or answer it. Sometimes your phones ring tone can be a distraction, the

In 2011, at least 20% of auto collisions involved cell phones. That adds up to 1.3 MILLION crashes (according to textinganddrivingsafety.com). Everybody in this room either drives or is in a vehicle on a daily basis. Whether you’re the driver or the passenger, the one behind the wheel should not use their cell phones at all while driving.

“A distracted driver may fail to see up to 50% of the available information in the driving environment. You may look but not actually “see” what is happening. Focus of the driver is not on the road or traffic and it becomes difficult to handle phone and vehicle at one time. Cell phones during driving also reduce the mental capacity of drivers as they fail to concentrate on minor or major activities happening around them. Cell phones distract drivers' attention resulting in comparatively slow response to traffic signals and other related traffic events. Studies have shown the fact that breaking reaction time is also slower while talking on a cell phone during driving. The perception, vision, general awareness, and concentration of the driver are impacted while communicating on a cell phone during driving. Especially during bad weather or driving on slippery roads, drivers engaging in conversation pay less attention to these areas increasing risks of fatal accidents.

For all of these reasons, hand held devices should not be used while driving. If someone wants to text and drive they should know how dangerous it is and how they are taking someone else life. It is also not important to stay connected during every hour of the day. If people would see the danger of hand held devices while driving, less car accidents and roads would be

Since cell phones became popular, there have been significantly more distractive driving accidents on record. A tiny little phone, small enough to fit in your pocket, can cause major accidents on the road. Mobile phones have had many negative effects while driving. Overall, using cell phones while driving should be illegal.

Lastly, being on a phone greatly affects people's driving. If being on the phone did not affect people's driving there would not be a death toll of at least eleven people everyday due to being on the phone. As a society, everyone needs to stop and think about that. What if it were someone kin to us in the eleven dead a day? Would it still not affect driving skills? It takes on average to look at your phone five seconds. That is the length of a baseball field. “On average there is 263.6 million cars on the road”;(transportation) therefore, meeting someone on the road is very likely. Not to mention in fifty five miles how many nature related things there are to pass. That just adds to the list of things there are to hit. It is definitely not safe to be on your phone while driving.

Once a driver gets on their phone, they also may decrease in speed because they are not focusing on the speedometer, which could lead to other drivers becoming agitated. Then the other drivers may exhibit road rage which could become dangerous to others on the road. A driver’s focus should always remain on the road. If one is on their phone they cannot see or hear what is happening around them. A driver being on the phone while driving is one of the biggest distractions drivers today face.

Driving while using cell phones is a risk in itself. Just think about what you are giving up here. you are giving up your safety, your family's safety, someone else's safety, and most importantly, your are giving up your life or someone else life. While you are driving, you should be focusing on one thing, which is the road. You can put yourself at risk of having an accident that might cost you over 100 dollars of fixing a wrecked car. Nearly 330,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving. 40% of those accident lead to permanent

Texting and driving has become a raising epidemic. Some states have made it illegal to use a handheld phone while driving. Using a phone while driving may led to many car accidents and deaths. That being said, making phones illegal to use while driving is a safe and smart law because it can be physically prohibiting, a distraction, and dangerous. First of all, using a phone physically requires them to use at least one hand. When driving a car, to have the best control, two hands are needed on the wheel. If they are driving on the interstate, at seventy miles an hour, with only one hand on the wheel because one hand is holding their phone, and then they hit something and are unable to control the car. They could loose control and

Its been about a hundred and thirty-nine years since Alexander Graham Bell made the first phone. The cellphone was made to replace the phone and its has become poplar. The progression of test messaging and social media sites through the more advanced technology has more people on their phones, becoming one of the largest distractions. Whether people think they can safely type on their phones while driving or just do not think there is any real danger in the act is a misconception. Being on the phone while driving is dangerous and needs to be

First of all, driving while using a cell phone distracts the driver. Many wrecks occur because of people looking at their cell phones. Answering a cell phone while driving can cause the driver to drive off the road. All drivers should have two hands on the wheel at all times and using a hand-held cell phone prevents that.

The use of cell phone is very dangerous for drivers while driving. The drivers are supposed to be alert and concentrated to their ambient surrounding. The use of cell phone catch their attention and make them less alert to their surrounding which can lead to serious destruction. The use of cell phone is more dangerous than the use of alcohol while driving. Because it took half a second longer for a cell phone users to react than a normal person and one third of a second longer than a persons in drunken condition.

When a cell phone is used while driving, it distracts the attention of the driver, leading to car accidents. While using a cell phone many people tend to miss traffic signals, because they are not really concentrating on driving. The process of dialing or answering the phone can make them lose control of the vehicle as well. Even though the driver is looking at the road, he or she can easily get distracted by the conversation. This can result in fatal accidents.