Why Banning the Use of Cell Phones While Driving Should Be Mandatory Nationwide

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 large number of accidents, whether severe or not, usually occur within a blink of an eye, and most these accidents are caused by using the phone while driving. The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year. Some may say that their families may call for something urgent and they have to answer. Although it may be urgent but answering may put the driver in such a bad situation that he will not be able to help the person calling. Remember, a crash resulting from texting and driving can happen to

C. Using a cell phone while driving is far more distracting than talking with a passenger in your car because it requires additional cognitive resources.

1.6 million crashes per year; nearly 333,000 injuries caused by these crashes (Snyder & Associates, 2015). The NTSB reported that, in 2008, driver distraction caused 16 percent of all fatal crashes, and 21 percent of crashes resulting in an injury (Genachowski, 2009). This totals 5,800 deaths and 515,000 injuries in the year 2008 (McLaughlin, 2013). What causes these horrific events? Texting and driving. Texting and driving has become a major issue in society today. Teens, as well as adults have become hazardous behind the wheel because of the distractions produced by using a cell phone while driving. Texting and driving can be catastrophic in causing yourself and others to become injured, harming oneself because

First and foremost, the risk of using a phone while driving is a big chance of an accident more than what the people think. According to the Harvard study “Texting while driving and other forms of distracted driving are responsible for more than 1 million crashes, 400,000 injuries, and 3,000 deaths in the U.S. each year—and those numbers are likely to increase with the proliferation of in-car infotainment systems. (Center for Health Communication)” In a Harvard study asserts that is every day some families in the United States have missing father, mother, or kids and someday could be myself or someone of my relatives stays the next person of injuries or might be deaths, 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.

[Reveal Topic and relate to audience] We all know that texting and driving is one of the most dangerous thing we can do when we get behind the wheel, but still over 50% of American teenagers have admitted to using their phone while driving according to the article “Texting and Distracted Driving Demographics” on the website textinganddrivingsafety.com (Texting and Distracted Driving Demographics). I would like to clarify now before I begin my speech that when I say texting and driving, I am talking about any use of a person’s cell phone while they are

Drivers assume that hand free devices are safe to use. The main advantage to avoid using cell phone during driving is ensuring safety of driver, vehicle, and other people driving on the road. By making conversation, it is pertinent to highlight that hands-free phones have also similar negative impacts during driving; both distracts attention, although hands-free cell phones do not require manual

Almost everyone with a driver’s license has heard about distractions causing motor vehicle accidents. Distracted driving is indeed the culprit, but the calamities that occur are not accidents. Unpredictable events qualify as accidents, the consequences of distracted driving are predictable and since car crashes are predictable they are preventable.

Talking on the phone while driving can cause many accidents. Nearly 330,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting or talking on the phone while driving (Cell Phone Use While Driving Statistics). Texting while driving has caused one out of every four car accidents in the United States. Drunk driving is less likely to cause an

The Editors "Should Cellphone Use by Drivers Be Illegal?" Room for Debate Should Cellphone Use by

I. The general purpose of my speech is to inform my audience about driving while distracted. II. My specific purpose is to persuade my audience Texting and driving is risky and will lead to injury maybe even death. III.

D. Thesis statement: Today I will persuade you into thinking that texting while driving is too dangerous.

According to this article, “Does banning cellphone use while driving reduce accidents?” by Tom Benning. It talks about how banning cellphone use while driving does not reduce accidents like most people would think.

Central idea: Cell phone use while driving a vehicle should be banned nationwide because it distracts drivers and thereby causes accidents.