Negative Effects Of Cell Phones

According to Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, in 2013, 3,154 people were killed in a car crash involving a distracted driver, and 9,967 people were killed in car crashes involving alcohol. Texting and drinking while driving are both dangerous. Both actions while behind the wheel can cause a driver to lose focus of the road, both also have many legal consequences; however, in today’s world texting is becoming more common.

We all are probably aware that texting and talking on the phone is a distraction to all drivers and can be very dangerous. Also, we all know there are many other distractions besides texting and driving, and any type of technology can cause a driver to be distracted. Forty-one percent of all drivers use their hands to text in the car while driving, according to Greg Gardner (52). It can cause people to forget about pedestrians or their surrounding areas. People who are distracted often aren’t focused and don’t have both hands on the wheel. According to Bryan Wilson, people may say that cell phones are easy to be pointed out as a problem, but statistics show the damage cell phones can do to a person while they are driving (6). According to Simon Usborne, time spent not looking at the road while talking on the phone is 15% of the time (68). Also, while texting and driving the time spent not looking at the road is 30% of the time (Usborne 69). As technology improves more and more people may feel the need to use their cell phones while driving. According to Melissa Healy, cell phone use can be as dangerous as drunk driving (42). Tests should be done to compare the various ways of sober people under the influence driving also to compare the impact of texting and driving. This would give us a better understanding of just how dangerous driving and being on our phone really is.

A distracted driver is anyone who diverts their attention from driving by either talking or texting, talking or performing any other multitasking activity on a mobile device while driving. on a mobile device eitherRegardless if the device is a hand-held hands on or hand-freeoff or multitasking while driving. All distractions are dangerous, but text messaging is the most hazardous because it requires visual, manual, and cognitive attention from the driver (Distraction.govDistracted Driving, 2013). Regardless of the ageage, sex, or expertise of a driver; a distracted driver is a danger to society. When we drive distractedFor the distracted driver, the result is the same, and it is just an accident waiting to happen. The fact is that, and the growing number of life changing accidents is inis on the rise. This practice does not only affect the driver but “all distractions endanger driver, passenger, and bystander safety” (Distracted Driving, 2013).

Many statistics can prove how texting while driving is a serious problem, and a majority of the drivers do not realize the risks. Other drivers know the dangers and risks of texting while driving, but do not have the appearance of caring. Although the amount of casualties resulting from texting while driving has decreased considerably, there is still a shocking number of deaths and casualties from this issue. The number of casualties and deaths from texting while driving have surpassed the number of drunk driving incidents. Drunk driving deaths a year amount to about 2,700 lives while driving and

“In 2013, 3,154 people were killed and an estimated additional 424,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers.” If you are distracted while driving, death and injury may be very likely to occur. When you text and drive, you are not available to focus 100 percent on the task at hand. All it takes is once glace down at your ringing cell phone for an accident to occur. No one wants to get into a crash, it is not something on our radar. No one believes that if you look at your phone for 1.2 seconds, you could die. However, you could. 3,154 people lost their lives due to distracted driving. I do not believe all of those victims

There are many dangers when both drinking while driving and texting while driving. In this essay the two will be compared and contrasted to find why people do them even with the dangerous consequences. Drivers think they can text while driving and also drink while driving because they think they can get away with it because nothing has affected them in the past while doing it. Michael Austin states, “Texting, also known as SMS (for short message service), is on the rise, up from 9.8 billion messages a month in December ’05 to 110.4 billion in December ’08”. What does it mean to all drivers to text and drive,

Texting requires visual, manual, and cognitive attention, which heavily increases the chances to be involved in an accident when taken away from the focusing on the road. In 2014, 3,179 lives were taken because of distracted driving and 431,000 were injured. Many lives are claimed or injured due to careless awareness of surroundings. Not only do drivers who text while driving on a normal basis are put themselves in an extremely threatening situation but possibly breaking the law depending on their place of residence. 43 states have chosen to ban this practice along with Washington DC.

Texting while driving is the leading cause of death for teenagers. More than 3,000 teens die each year in crashes caused by texting and driving. Almost 2,700 teens are killed in drunk driving accidents. It is said that at any given point throughout the day, about 660,000 drivers are attempted to use their phone while driving. And about 330,000 injuries occur each year from texting while driving accidents. Eleven teens die every day due to texting and driving. In 2013, 10% of all drivers ages 15 to 19 involved in fatal accidents were reported to be distracted at the time of the crash. As cell phone use and driving becomes a national problem, and the chances of being involved in a car accident with a distracted driver increase. About 1,300,000

From One Second to the Next is a documentary directed by Werner Herzog that showcases the lives of four people who were struck by tragedy when they were traumatically involved in a texting and driving accident. The main purpose of this documentary is to warn viewers about how perilous texting and driving at the same time can be not for just teens, but also for adults. The four subjects that were involved in the fatal accidents comprehensively explained the incidents in detail and how their lives were emotionally and physically affected after the demoralizing aftermath of the texting and driving accidents. The first subject is Xzavier, a young teen and a victim who became paralyzed after a driver was texting and driving at the same hit him, another subject is Chandler Gerber (a driver who accidentally crashed

In 2002, there were 12,405 deaths caused by driving while intoxicated. Nine years later, there were 9,296, a full 25% less. Accidents caused by driving while distracted, however, has risen over 22%, going from 2,600 fatalities in 2002 to 3,331 in 2011. “…the NHTSA reports that texting while driving is currently responsible for approximately 1.6 million accidents every year – about 25% of all driving accidents.” When one looks at these numbers, it is quite difficult to

Driving is a serious thing, and texting while driving is not only a threaten to the drivers themselves but also a menace to the passengers and the pedestrians. According to Medical Daily, it is said that “The number of pedestrians and bicyclists who have been killed by distracted drivers has risen significantly in the past several years — up to 50 percent more in 2010 than in 2005”(http://www.medicaldaily.com/distracted-drivers-cause-pedestrian-deaths-rise-50-texting-talking-phone-or-eating-wheel-264077 ). The fatality rate of pedestrians killed by inattentive drivers is surprisingly and unfortunately increasing. The author also mentions in this article that texting while driving is a main distraction. Driving is a tremendous responsibility, but many drivers take on the responsibility lightly.

Texting and driving can result in a major or minor car accident. Stop Texts Stop Wrecks says, “In 2013, ten percent of fatal crashes, 18 percent of injury crashes, and 16 percent of all motor vehicle crashes were reported as distraction-affected crashes.”The percentages increases year after every year as new drivers are attentively focused on texting while they are driving. The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute found

Did you know that nearly 1,300,000 people die a year from texting and driving? Yet, people are still doing it today. Texting and driving is a very dangerous thing. The fact that texting and driving can cause accidents, risking your life and others’, and delay and distraction leads to the idea that people should stop texting and driving.

On average a person who is texting while driving is 23 times more likely to get into a car accident and 4 to 5 times more likely if they are talking on their phones. (Distracted Driving, n.d, p.3) This all continues to suggest the dangers behind being distracted by a device enough to cause substantial

The risks of texting and driving are rising each year and the amount of deaths is also rising. In 2011, at least 23% of automobile accidents were caused from texting and driving. That is an equivalent to 1.3 million crashes. While a person is texting and driving, they are twenty-three times more likely to get in an accident than if they were not using their phone. A lot of the time, teenagers get in an accident while texting, but they are not the only people that cause the accidents. Thirteen percent of drivers between the age of eighteen and twenty-one admitted to using their mobile device during the time they got in an accident. Eighty-two percent of drivers between the age of sixteen and eighteen have cell phones, fifty-two percent said they have talked on their phone while driving, and thirty-two percent have admitted to texting while driving. The numbers of young drivers are rising, and it needs to end (DWI: Driving while Intexticated).