Cell Phone Usage While Driving A soon to be family of three just moved into a new city; after the first tiring day of work the husband was eagerly going home to see his pregnant wife, when all of a sudden he received a call from his spouse, who informed him that her water had just broken while she was driving to the supermarket. In a panic, the husband went to his GPS app and typed in hospitals nearby. Being distracted visually, manually and cognitively by operating his cell phone, he missed the stop light and was t-boned by another truck. This one situation shows the positive and negative outcomes of using a cell phone while driving. The wife was able to successfully communicate to her husband by calling him. On the other hand, the husband used his phone for a good cause and it resulted in him crashing, which according to “the National Safety Council...cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year” (“Texting and Driving Accident Statistics”). After researching, there is an understanding that cell phone usage while driving, such as calling, texting, using your …show more content…
After researching, we understand that there are several positive reasons for using a phone while operating a vehicle, such as calling in an emergency, answering urgent text messages, getting the correct directions, and listening to audio that isn’t on the radio. Those positive reasons however, can have negative outcomes as well, including crashing, and being visually, manually, and cognitively distracted. While on the road, if anyone does use their cell phone for any reason while behind the wheel, it has been proven to be helpful and destructive. At the end of the day, the driver has the choice to use their cellular device while on the road, either in emergency situations or unimportant
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These cell phones are a huge cause of many car accidents. Americans using their cell phones to text, call, or surf the internet while driving is the cause of up to about 80% of accidents (TextingnDriving par 1). So many people are seen using their phones while driving it is becoming impossible for police to gain control over the issue. People should not text and drive because, by altering their concentration it can result in dangers to themselves
There’s one thing many of us cannot live without. Or at least think we can’t live without; our cell phones. Many, if not all of us have cell phones. Over 6 billion texts are sent every day in the US. 25% of those text messages are sent while driving.
Using a cell phone while driving is dangerous and could be deadly. 1. The severity of distracted driving can range from a totaled car to devastating injuries or fatalities. Most drivers do not realize they are not only putting themselves in danger when they drive distracted. They are also endangering those around them as well.
Three of the high risk behaviors account for texting and driving including “eyes off of the road, at least one hand off the wheel, and mind off the driving situation” (Hollister, 2013). The three actions a person partakes in while texting and driving fall into the three major categories the Center for Disease Control established. Once people begin texting and driving, they no longer pay attention to their driving and only their phone or tablet. Distracted driving takes away the reaction time of a driver from avoiding a crash. Comprehending danger while driving takes multiple seconds.
Texting and driving can be extremely dangerous and anything the help decrease the risk of a life threatening accident will help. Having these tips to protect the driver as well as the passenger and even the other people on the road will make a big difference on the road. There are many solution to using your phone while driving and some of them are silencing the phone while driving to avoid any temptations to respond to a text or call, turn off the phone completely, or put the phone on the trunk of the vehicle. Staying safe on the road is the name of the game so the driver and the passengers can get from point a to point b
Even though modern technology is a large contributing factor to distracted driving, when implemented properly, technology has enormous potential to help drivers remain focused. Strategies that focus on this concept already exist. For instance, many smartphones have a driving mode where interactive features and the utilities of the phone are limited when it senses that it is in a moving vehicle. While this solution has ways to bypass it, such as being able to disengage driving mode, they at least serve to make an individual more cognizant of their usage of technology while driving. Further, this idea offers more potential resources that have not yet been broadly pursued.
Some states have now made it illegal to drive while using hand-held cell phones. By doing so it allows the driver to become more engaged into his or her driving. I see driving as a way to free yourself and not a way to be tied down to electronics or social media. It is proven that people who drive while using a hand-held device have a higher chance of getting into an accident. Making the use of hand-held devices illegal provides a safer experience for all types of drivers, it allows drivers to be more engaged, and it allows the driver to be alert to on going changes.
It makes all drivers 23 times more likely to be involved in an accident. 2. It is estimated that at least 23% of all car accidents each year involve cell phone use , that’s 1.3 million crashes. 3. Taking your eyes off
One of the greatest death causes while driving for many years was because of individuals driving under the influence of alcohol. However, alcohol is no longer the only reason why so many deaths are being caused out in the streets while driving. Society is so consumed by this one thing that even while driving it cannot wait. Those who are driving do not understand the danger they put themselves and others in when they give their attention away from the road and everything around them. This small device in the hands of people while driving has caused many deaths in our world.
General purpose: to persuade Specific purpose: to persuade my audience that the use of cellphone while driving has become a life threatening not only to the driver but also to other motorist and pedestrians. Thesis: Preview: -To discuss on how we can decrease the percentage of those who use their cell phone while driving. - To discuss the cons and the outcome of the use of cell phone while driving. A. Attention getter:
Since the early 2000 's, cell phone related car crashes have increased in number. Talking, texting, or merely glancing at a cell phone while being behind the wheel is a dangerous distraction while going 70, 50, or even 20 miles per hour. This is why I think that driving while using a handheld cellphone should be illegal. Talking on a cellphone is just as dangerous as texing, though some motorists would disagree, saying that talking on a cellphone is not as dangerous as texting, but they are very wrong. When a driver is concentrating on a conversation, they pay less attention to what is going on around them in favor of the voice in their ear.
Though laws have helped prevent cell phone use while operating a vehicle, cell phones still have only greatened the number of distracted driving accidents. Susan Henneberg is an author who focuses on writing about common issues in society. After hearing of a fatal distracted driving accident, she wrote of the accident, “The impact [of the crash] spun their car sideways into Shaw’s lane, and the trailing pickup truck plowed into the side of the Saturn, killing both men instantly”(Henneberg). Both of these drivers were physically hurt all because of texting and driving.
Driving is a dangerous activity. We are basically driving huge pieces of metal filled with combustible liquid. Not only that, at any given moment on the road, we are required to make split second decisions that could be the difference between life and death. And it’s very hard to make appropriate split-second decisions when you are staring at your phone
Every day drivers who choose to text risk their own life as well as yours. These are car accidents that don't have to happen. In 2011 23% of auto collisions involved cell phones, that's 1.3 million crashes. These can be easily prevented by turning off the phone while in the car.