The Ban of Cell Phones While Driving Essay

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    Cell phones have changed driving habits. Many things that have changed are things such as death from accidents with cell phone use while driving, and/or serious injuries caused to those involved in serious accidents. It might take five seconds to check your phone that five seconds with no eyes on the road. Exactly why is that dangerous? You might ask, Well because a lot could happen in five seconds a crash, death or a really bad injury. 'Talking on your phone while driving' is the main problem

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    Under the Influence: Cell Phones and Driving Cellular phones have become widely and easily available since the mid -1980s and their use has increased amongst the most emerging countries since then. Due to high-tech expansions, innumerable changes have been done on the mobile phone devices; therefore improving its efficiency. There are 6 billion people throughout the world whom have access to a cellular phone, whether it is for personal use or business. The average American spends 619 minutes a month

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    on Our Cell Phones While Driving 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

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    Keatra Brown NSU ENG Mrs. D. Adams March. 20,2015 Banning Cell Phone Use While Driving When we are on the road wreck less driving can be caused by a number of situations, which ultimately is all related to the driver being irresponsible. Many of us have witnessed drivers so distracted by their cell phones that they often resemble drunk drivers and we 've all seen the commercials of the distracted drivers who look down to read that one message and now suffer permanent brain damage or have ended

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    Today, we use our cell phones for just about anything and everything to include; texting, talking to our loved ones, and connecting with the rest of the world via social media. Cell phones have become a natural way of life to where we pick up our phones and use them like second nature. However, the dangers present themselves when we get behind the wheel of a car and carry these habits of cell phone addictions with us. If all states ban the use of cell phones while driving, then there would be a reduced

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    automobiles be prohibited from using cellular phones? Drivers should be prohibited from using cell phones, because cell phones are a distraction. Let's look at some history concerning the usage of cellphones while driving, 2000–Present Policymakers take steps to rein in cellphone use by drivers. 2000 Wireless industry association runs ad campaign highlighting danger of distracted driving and urging use of hands-free devices. 2001 California lawmakers reject ban on hand-held cellphones by drivers; wireless

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    Texting and Driving should be made Illegal A majority of accidents occur when people use their phones and become distracted while driving. Some people feel that telling someone they can’t use their phone while driving, is like telling them they can’t listen to the radio while driving. Using your phone while driving distracts you and takes away most of your attention for focusing on the road; Because of this, using cell phones while driving is very dangerous. The impacts and effects associated

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    distracted by a phone call, email, or text message? I feel that texting while driving need be made illegal in all cities in every state because there are so many deaths as a result to texting while driving. After some research to find out how many states have passed a law to ban texting while driving shows that only thirty-nine states have the ban. Eleven states have a partial ban or no ban at all. After uncovering all the information needed to understand how many states have the ban, I really think

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    You are driving through a green light when you look to the right and see a driver flying through a red light. Hitting you, causing your friend in the passenger seat to die on impact. Though the driver who hit you was texting while driving, the law declares the disaster an accident. At the end of most texting while driving accidents a person is injured or killed. Accidents occur due to a person multitasking therefore not giving their full attention to the road in front of them. There should be a ban

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    States, there are many states and cities that have passed laws where individuals should not use hand-held phones or text while driving, however, none of these laws actually restricts a person from using a phone while driving. The National Safety Council reported that each year an estimated of 1.6 million car crashes are due to people using their cell phones while driving (Texting and Driving Accident Statistics, 2017). One of the biggest reasons that car accidents occurs is because the driver was

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