Essay On Dangers Of Cell Phones

Have you ever wondered what you would do without your cell phone? The feeling of instant gratification when we check our social media and see the hundreds of positive responses or likes received from a vacation picture posted. We can send or receive a text message and insert those funny emoji’s we all like. We can check our emails and do so many other things with this handheld device. We are a society that has become so accustomed to having our cell phones with us at all times, and do not realize the dangers presented to ourselves and others around us. Especially while driving and manipulating a cell phone. We are not aware of the dangers we create for ourselves, passengers and other drivers. We all have experienced what it is like to be behind a driver who is texting on their cell phone. You are driving in heavy, trying to get to or from your destination. The driver in front of you appears to be swerving all over the place. They swerve onto the median and then into the next lane.

They compared and studied 49 adult participants, all of which ranged in the ages of 20-45, who were legally intoxicated versus the participants who were talking and or texting on their cell phones. The intoxicated participants’ blood alcohol was 0.08 percent over a 3-day period. Researchers found that the participants using their cell phones while driving, regardless of using handheld or not, their levels of impairment was significantly higher than the alcohol-intoxicated drivers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported the fatality rate for drinking and driving is continuously declining, and the dangers of cell phone use while driving is increasing. Every day in the United States there are 1,161 people killed by distracted driving, compared to every day accidents involving intoxicated drivers are only