We all know that almost all of us have mobile phones. Almost all of us are fond of communicating with our loved ones using our mobile phones, but do we really need to communicate with them even when we are driving? Does it even guarantee us safety? Each day, motorists are having trouble from the road. Most cases are due to using mobile phones while driving. Talking to someone on the phone while driving, pushing them to the situation that they lose focus on driving on the road. They might not even able to hear the sound of the horn while driving. Well, we really have a law for some motorists from texting while driving. But the question is, “ Is it really going to be easy to enforce this law here in our country?”. I guess it is not going to be easy for the policemen and traffic enforcers to enforce this law. As I can see, some traffic …show more content…
This includes multi-tasking while driving. According to a 2009 Nielsen study cited by O Magazine, “ there is a 77 percent of motorists admitting that they are texting, calling and sending e-mails while driving.” . In this study, the bottom line is every motorist should be reserving multi-tasking for when you’re at the office, home or you should leave it by completely out of driving on the roads. Another risk is when drivers take their sight out and shift their focus on driving on the road. Taking off their focus on driving gives them a higher percentage of having fatal accidents. They might crash and have injuries in some instances for every time they send mails, messages or when they receive calls. People who are involved in texting while driving on road puts other innocent people in danger. We need to inform and educate civilians about the dangers or tragedies of distracted drivers and to seek for us to identify and facilitate the Philippines’s development of legalized technology that will reduce cases of street accidents due to the drivers’ undisciplined actions while
If an argument starts, becoming upset will only cause your driving to be worse. Hundreds of accidents are caused daily by talking on the phone. Driving while emotional isn 't a good idea to begin with and adding cell phone use to the mix makes it even worse. In conclusion using cell phones while driving should be illegal in all states.
There should be awareness of the parents to tell their children texting while driving can cause many things. For example, injuries and death. There must be some punishment of the parents or the government for who use their phone while they are driving, as there is a speed
Texting While Driving In Texas Texting while driving seems to get many people into unwanted problems hence, it should be banned in Texas to get rid of unnecessary problems and killings. However, people still do not seem to get it and keep on getting distracted while driving by the calling of social life. Although they have tried twice, Texas' ban of texting while driving seems to always get vetoed. The citizens do not appear to realize how dangerous such occurrences can actually be.
It’s amazing how many people will still drive distracted, either by texting, talking on the phone, or even not paying attention to what is in front of them. Over 5,000 distracted driver crashes have occurred in Utah in a year. This has resulted in 3,000 injured and almost 20 deaths. Wouldn 't you think that would be enough to make people think and see what is happening? Texting or looking at your phone is now illegal in most states yet so many people still do it.
Recently Researchers discovered that 35% of accident in Canada caused by texting during driving. In this century the texting and driving is a major problem for teenagers and adult, that causes injuries and death. People who are busy managing their social life mostly they had forgotten that they are operating motor vehicles and little distraction can lead them to lose their lives and others. To help solve this major issue we need to descried people why its important to solve and what can have happened if don’t solve this issue.
The first solution to the problem of texting and driving is better knowledge about how it can be prevented before it even happens. Certain tools that could help would be videos, simulators, and phone tech assistance. There could be videos of someone who chose to use their phone while driving and the precautions of her actions and how they have greatly affected her life in the future. Simulations of how five seconds is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting. When traveling at 55mph, that 's enough time to cover the length of a football field blindfolded.
The problem at hand is that texting while driving could increase the occurrence probability of accidents for motor vehicle. The drivers should know all the laws about driving in any state they go to. Even the state could benefit of texting while driving law when someone break the law the person has to pay a fine.
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 have been arguments and studies that indicate hands free devices are distracting and drivers still shift too much focus from operating their vehicle. However, at this time, 18-wheelers are allowed to use hands-free devices because it allows them to keep both hands on the steering wheel. GPS systems track how long a trucker is on the road and can also operate as a hands free communication device. Penalties When truck drivers are not paying attention to driving, they are putting all of us in danger.
Texting and driving has caused many deaths among teens and others, and many families grieve every day, wishing that the worst action anyone can do while driving to become illegal. In the year 2009, 5,500 people died in texting and driving related accidents (Johnson, 2012). From then the numbers only go up because of the growth of technology. Since the issue has grown and causing more and more problems, laws need to change and become stricter to fit the new forms of
Unfortunately, I crashed into two cars in front of me and my car was damaged a lot, but Luckily no one got hurt. From that collision I started to leave my phone in the back or in a spot that I can’t reach while driving. Not all countries have banned using cell phones in the vehicle. The banning will only decrease collisions and not stop collision once and for all. People are still going to get away with using the cell phone and driving.
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
(Dreschel, 2014) b. Texting while driving not only threatens your life, but also everyone else on the road. c. (Statistic) Eleven percent of drivers aged 18 to 20 who were involved in an automobile accident and survived admitted, they were sending or receiving texts when they crashed. (Smith, 2014) d. (Fact) (statistic) Nearly half of US high school students aged ≥16 years old report texting while driving during the past 30 days. (O'Malley, 2013) e. (Fact)
All these distraction can lead up to a collision. 1. Implementing someone to not use his or her cell phone while driving will make you a hero because you stopped someone from the possibility of getting into a car collision. 2.
This crash is just one of the millions of deadly crashes caused by texting and driving that happen every year. Ultimately, use of cell phones caused this physical harm. As one could see, cell phones have and will lead to physical harm to people. In addition to the physical harm due to car accidents