Make the Choice "Phone in one hand ticket in the other"(television advertisement) the cell phone causes many distractions in the world today. It really does not matter what you are involved in it may be driving, at work, at school, and or just trying to take care of your children. When that cell phone rings, there you go looking for it. Almost forgetting what you are being involved in doing. In cases, that you are behind the wheel of a vehicle this situation can be vary dangerous. Sometime you can make other drivers angry on the road just for the simple fact that you are not obeying the law, or that you are just not paying attention and creating other hazards on the road for other drivers. Driving while talking on the phone has been proven to be very dangerous. “The highway safety researchers estimated that cell phone use by drivers caused around 955 fatalities and 240,000 accidents over all in 2002.” (Richtel) When people talk on the phone while driving, they not only endanger their lives but everyone in the vehicle and on the road. Its like a domino effect it not only affects you when you make the wrong decision it will affects others that are involved immediately and going into their family, friend, and loved ones. Oritz 2 Cell phones are a danger on the road in many ways. Two new studies show that talking on the phone while traveling, whether you’re driving or on foot, are increasing both pedestrian deaths and those of drivers and passengers, and recommend
People can get injured or even get killed, because one person was on the phone while driving. Talking to someone in the car is not as dangerous as talking on the phone. When you talk to someone in the car they can see what's going on, and make sure you are not going to crash. When you are on the phone, the person you are talking to cannot see the road. You can easily get into an accident because it usually takes people 4.5 seconds
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 have become an essential part of many peoples’ lives as they are one of the main sources of communication. People are able to complete many tasks using their phones, such as making phone calls, sending and receiving e-mails, text messaging, and even snapping photos. Cell phones are not only beneficial, but they are impactful in many ways. As many positive uses there are for cell phones, cell phone usage can be undoubtedly precarious while driving. Cell phone usage while driving is many times done irresponsibly and can put the driver at risk of getting injured. In addition to the driver getting injured, innocent pedestrians could also potentially lose their lives or be crippled due to a texting person who was driving at the same time. According to The Federal Communications Commission, “over 8 people are killed and approximately 1,161 are injured daily in incidents reported as distraction-affected crashes in the United States.” Texting while driving has become the number one distraction of drivers and main cause of car crashes. These crashes could result in hundreds of thousands of people either losing their lives or experiencing life-changing injuries. Although cell phone usage is an effective way to communicate with others and to complete certain tasks, it has become problematic for drivers in recent years as it increased the risk of injury and death while driving. For these reasons, texting while driving should be illegal and punishable by law.
Does talking on the phone while driving affect the driver? Drivers shouldn’t be able to use phones while driving because it can be extremely hazardous for not only them but their passengers, or others traveling along the same road. If changing a radio station is considered a major distraction to drivers, how is it not a distraction to look down to find your cell phone? Cell phones, have been known to cause wrecks that can even result in fatalities.
When your in a car what is it that your focus should be on: your car, the cars of others, the road, watching out for pedestrians, or watching for lights and signs? Well driving is all those thing put together and to add a phone to the mix is to many things for a single person to concentrate on. Some state have made it illegal for people to drive while using a hand held device and, I believe that is the right decision because while people are on their phones while driving they can: run into other car or hit pedestrians. Have you ever seen a car that's run a stop sign or light? Chances are you have and some of those times people are running late for something and don't notice it but i bet most times its because a person was too busy talking on their phone or even texting.
Despite an effective way of communication, using cell phones during driving results in the distracted attention of driver increasing road safety concerns.
The majority of accidents involve drivers distracted by hand held or hands free cell phones. Cell phone use while driving is dangerous because it increases car crashes, poses a higher risk of danger, and it affects a driver's driving performance. In 2013, the nation's biggest cell phone companies launched the first joint advertising campaign against texting and driving. Verizon, Sprint, and T-mobile, united behind At&T’s “It can wait” campaign. Distracted driving is dangerous not only to the driver but to everyone in the car.
Unless the dangers of cellular phones are seemed to surpass the advantages, we should not limit their utilization in cars: rather, we ought to educate people in general about the hazards of driving while calling and litigate immature mobile clients under laws on careless and imprudent driving. A. Hook
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
Saving lives is the number one motive of avoiding using mobile phones while driving. Research indicates that people are more likely to get involved in an accident, which could potentially lead to death if the act of multitasking, in this case driving and texting is in progress. For instance, in a study that was carried out in a higher institution of learning in a time frame of about 18 months, university students that were making use of a complex driving simulator came up with the conclusion that people who use mobile phones when driving are eight times more likely to encounter a car crash than those who do not (Park, 2017). Other research studies show that about 36 percent of young people have been involved in an almost crash scenario because they or someone close to them was using a cell phone while driving.
The invention of cell phones is an overall positive technological advancement in the 20th and 21st centuries. The use of cellular devices while driving, however, is dangerous. Because driving while using a cell phone is hazardous, many states have banned the use of handheld cell phones in motor vehicles. This law should be supported because the prohibition of handheld cell phones in motor vehicles results in safer, more focused drivers, and the development of hands-free cell phone products such as Bluetooth. The disadvantage is that drivers are now unable to use cell phones while driving, even in an emergency situation. Since their creation in the late 20th century, cell phones have become one of the biggest distractions to people while
In 2011, one million car accidents were caused by texting and driving. Some might say that cell phone bans are not okay, because drivers do all sorts of distracting activities. Like eating, listening to music, and reading billboards so it does not make sense to ban one thing. However, it is conversations on the phone that takes people’s attention from the road. Conversations that require more thought cause more distraction. The longer the call, the more the driver concentrates on the call instead of the road.
Although cell phones have not been around for a very long time, they have become a key part of our lives. People use their cell phones for just about everything such as: texting, talking, schedule planning, internet surfing, etc. Sometimes we can even do two or more of these things at the same time. Unfortunately, people are also choosing the wrong time to be using their cell phones: while they are driving. As a society, we have become so focused on how much we can do at one time that we are willing to risk our personal safety as well as the safety of others because we can’t put down our cell phones.
In today’s society we have all become attached to our cell phones. When someone’s phone rings they automatically just jump to answer it, whether it be by texting, answering a phone call, sending an e-mail, or even responding to social networks but as long as they are just sitting in a doctor’s office, at a restaurant, or at a park lives are not endangered. Now the scary thing is cell phones have become a huge part of our lives that people are willing to do all these things while driving. How scary is that? Driving alone is already such a dangerous action we take and when cell phones are added into the picture the danger aspect bar rises tremendously. Cell phones while driving are a huge distraction and can lead up to treacherous hazards
alone every year. The issue of driving while talking on a cell phone has become serious enough that five states have passed laws prohibiting this type of act and making it a primary offense to do so. Not only are drivers talking behind the wheel, but many have admitted to engaging in even more potentially dangerous behavior with their phones such as text messaging and surfing the internet. A distracted driver is a dangerous one. If you are focused on a conversation and your eyes are not on the road, drivers cannot be expected to make a quick and safe decision should the need for one arise. The behavior of a driver while using a cell phone has been compared to that of one driving while under the influence. Studies have shown that those who use a cell phone while driving are four times more likely to be involved in a crash than those who don’t.