Hosansky, David. "Distracted Driving." CQ Researcher 4 May 2012: 401-24. Web. 26 Sept. 2015. David Hosansky states that the use of cell phones and texting should not be allowed while driving. The increased uses of cell phones and texting while driving has become the center of safety conversations. In fact, there are more than 5,000 deaths related to the use of cell phones and texting while driving over the last decade. Even if laws were put in place it is believed that motorists would still find it hard to put down their phones down. Hosansky also gave an example on the hazards of texting while driving, especially among young drivers. There are very few states that have implemented laws restricting the use of cell phones or texting while driving. David Hosansky is a freelance writer in the Denver area. This article seems to have been written for the general public and thought to be informative. I found this especially helpful and informative in finding this is not just a local problem. Cheng, Cheng. "Do Cell Phone Bans Change Driver Behavior?." Economic Inquiry 53.3 (2015): 1420-1436. Academic Search Premier. Web. 27 Sept. 2015. Cheng Cheng states in response to concerns that distracted driving due to cell phone use has become a threat to public roadway …show more content…
safety, and that many states have passed laws that prohibit drivers from texting and talking on handheld cell phones. It was also stated that these bans do not reduce traffic accidents, this article asks whether the laws are ineffective in reducing usage. Data was also used from an experiment observed driver of cell phone usage combined with a difference-in-differences approach that exploits the within-state variation in the adaptation of the bans, it was also stated that prohibiting drivers from texting and talking reduces accidents by 60% and 50%. This suggest that the ban is effective in reducing this behavior, which leads to other factors and behavioral responses that counteract the reduction in observed usage. Cheng Cheng is an Assistant Professor of Economics who has a Ph.D., in Economics. In this article I believe it was written to informative and for the general public. Roberts, Shearon. "Politics & Economics: Distracted Drivers are Cause of most Crashes, Agency Says." Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition ed.: B.5. Apr 21 2006. ProQuest. Web. 26 Sep. 2015. In this article Shearon Roberts according to the fact that distracted drivers are the cause of 80% of all crashes and 65% of near crashes, a study conducted for the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute in 2003 and 2004. The study tracked 241 drivers of 100 vehicles in North Virginia and metropolitan Washington DC, recording driver behavior with the use of video and such devices as speed and radar sensors to monitor drivers in a natural setting. Doing this research has shown that there are able to link to particular types of behavior that leads to crashes. Charlie Klauer, a researcher also states that they found is that people are losing control of their vehicles more often than they had thought. Driver drowsiness is another leading cause of accidents, researchers found. Shearon Roberts is a writer for the wall street journal. His article is meant for the general public and is to inform them. Glazer, Sarah. "Cell Phone Safety." CQ Researcher 16 Mar. 2001: 201-24. Web. 26 Sept. 2015 Sarah Glazer states, Cell phones have burst into our lives and over 111 million users use them while driving.
Cell phones also pose troubling health issues. In addition, many local cities and states have prohibited the use of cell phones while driving, yet many more are considering the ban of cell phones while driving. Some in the industry say cell phones are no more dangerous than car radios, and the productivity and usefulness in emergencies outweigh the safety cost. Not to mention, there are concerns that prolonged cell phone use may cause cancer or other health related problems. Sarah Glazer is an American journalist based in London. She is a Contributing Writer for the Washington, D.C.-based
magazines. Dangers of Texting and Using Cell Phones While Driving This is important to me due to the fact that my family and I drive every day and we see how texting and driving affects us with drivers not paying attention to the road. I cannot count how many accidents we see on a daily basis due to the use of cell phones either texting or talking. And when I see the crashes I think that could have been my family. Here is a solution for the problem: although many vehicles nowadays have a Bluetooth feature allowing for hands-free calling, but is this enough with the urge of reading a text right at one’s fingertips? It is highly doubtful. In fact, even with laws in effect people still do text and drive; this law doesn’t really work, there must be another solution for this problem. Automobile manufacturers have tried to resolve this problem by putting a Bluetooth in almost every automobile. But look at it realistically that only works with calls and not texting so the problems still remains. This shows that laws have failed, auto manufacturers have tried and people do not care about the safety of others. It is a problem that continues without end unless NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) takes a more stringent stance. For example: one such change should force all cell phones makers along with auto makers to incorporate a safety feature into cars and phones that automatically disables either the text feature or altogether the use of the phone while driving. It is believed by incorporating this feature into cars and phones this would allow people to focus on driving, and not be distracted by their phones once again making the roads safer for other drivers. Over the years cell phones have become more and more popular among drivers who are afraid of missing a call or the latest news between friends. Yet, many drivers do not care about the hazards of texting and driving, thinking they can text and drive with no problem. While this is not true, many who do this either cause or are in a car accident because they were looking at their phone and texting.
In the article “Should Text Messaging while Driving Be Banned? NO!” the author shares exceptionally valid points for his argument and I believe that outlawing texting while driving would prove to be disastrous. Radley Balko wrote this article to explain the appalling outcome of banning texting while driving, however, he does not advocate that everyone should look at their phones with glee while operating a motor vehicle. We must also promise ourselves to never let the glowing screens of our cellular devices captivate our attention or be more important than safely operating a motor vehicle.
The several effects of distracted driving are deadly. Andrew Lavallee points out that “texting while driving is unsafe. Not only are a driver’s eyes off the road, one or both hands are off the wheel.” “We think it is incompatible with safe driving” (qtd. in Lavallee). “Study upon study showed that talking on a cellphone was far more dangerous than she’d realized – that a driver on a phone had the same reaction speed as someone legally intoxicated, that those talking on a phone behind the wheel are four times as likely to crash” (qtd. in Hanes). Stephanie Hanes also mentions that, “Unlike a conversation with a passenger, the electronic conversation takes a driver into a virtual space away from the road.” Subsequently, this causes severe problems and deadly
This paper examines the dangers that arise when cell phones are used at the same time as operating a vehicle. The paper will explore the following question of why this is a problem and why the research is important. The variables investigated are the use of cell phones while driving, whether speaking or texting, and the accidents and fatalities caused from the distraction. Data of the accidents and fatalities caused by drivers distracted by their cells phones is stated to research and further explores the age group and gender of the people involved into the accidents to uncover patterns. Possible outcomes of the implementation of laws prohibiting cell phone use while driving are discussed as well as the sampling measures used to survey and research the variables.
The ability to drive is one of the greatest privileges anyone is allowed to receive, and should not be taken for granted. Many people though do not take this into consideration, and will often fail to realize that their doing something wrong when they are driving. Texting while driving is one of the most common mistakes people do while driving, and is most responsible for many car collisions, and deaths. Over the years many people are now using their phones while driving, and many of those people are teenagers, that are just starting off driving.
Distracted driving something that is known too well, and can been seen on a day to day basis on the road. But what is the underlining cause, and biggest reason for the negative impact of distracted driving. The conversation addresses the issue of DD (distracted driving), convey that adults and teens need to educate themselves about distracted driving. To inform adults and teens, 3 main points will be addressed in this paper, what is counts as distracted driving, what is the culture of entitlement, and lastly address some data.
This is also why I think they should just ban all use of cell phones. “13% of drivers age 18-20 involved in car wrecks admitted to texting or talking on the phone at the time of the crash. 34% of teens say they have texted while behind the wheel of the car, while 82% of Americans age 16-17 own a cell phone. I know that while I am driving I put my phone on silent and put it in my glove box that way if I need it for whatever reason I can just reach over and grab it.”
Most people think of someone using their cell phone while driving when they hear distracted driving, but it it much more than that. Distracted driving is when someone who is behind the wheel get distracted by either taking their hands off the wheel or take their mind of driving, which can cause them to get into an accident (paragraph 2). Distracted driving is broken down into three main parts, manual distractions which is taking your hands off the steering wheel, visual distractions which is taking your center of attention off the road and cognitive distraction which is when your mind is not focused on driving and just starts drifting away (paragraph 3). Cell phone use is easily the biggest cause of distracted driving compared to eating, talking, and others because using your cell phone requires visual, manual and cognitive attention from the person behind the wheel and in a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Association, the amount of people who break the law and use a handheld device behind the wheel increases every single year. An estimated amount of more than, six hundred thousand people use their phone while driving. Distracted driving has quickly risen and developed in the past few years and is becoming an enormous problem. In a recent study, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), showed statistics of approximately three thousand, one hundred fifty
Texting and driving is a deadly issue in today 's generation. Using our cellphones while driving is a damaging habit among teens and adults. This habit caused many catastrophic accidents and deaths. Texting while driving has made the roads unsafe for other drivers. Many states recognize the immense threat resulting from texting and driving and have placed a ban on this epidemic. While many people realize texting and driving is hazardous others believe that the ban is useless and not strong enough of a solution.
There is a high percentage of people that spend a majority of their day sitting behind the wheel of a vehicle. Whether it is commuting to work, taking the kids to school, running errands, or simply going out to eat one may feel that their car has become a second home. With so much time spent behind the wheel, drivers become comfortable and incorporate distracting activities while trying to remain focused on the road. Our inability to put our cell phones away while driving is inexcusable. Drivers who choose to use mobile devices are endangering people’s lives and property with associated risks that are not acceptable. No one distracted driver is better than the next. Do to rising accidents
The use of cell phones while a vehicle in motion should be banned throughout the United States. Texting, searching the internet, talking on the phone is a very big distraction, and could cause someone to get hurt or even worse; killed and the current teenage generation thinks talking on a cellphone while driving is second nature. It’s a known fact that the use of cell phones while driving can be deadly. It only takes one split second for a person to look away from the road to cause an accident. So-called distracted driving crashes claimed 5,474 lives and led to 448,000 injuries across the country last year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [NHTSA]. (Mayerowitz, Scott, and Lisa Stark. par. 4)Yet people continue to talk, text and browse the internet while operating a motor vehicle.
Over the past two decades the use of cell phones has grown significantly and statistic from the past two years have proven that driving while on the phone or texting is becoming one of the leading causes of traffic accidents today. In 2011, a survey of more than 2800 American adults revealed that even thought they know that using a cell phone or texting while driving is distracting, they do it anyway, and teens surveyed admit that texting while driving is their number one distraction. "Each year, 21% of fatal car crashes involving teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 were the result of cell phone usage. This result has been expected to grow as much as 4% ...
When a cell phone rings in a movie theater or at a Library, we are annoyed, but at least our lives are not at risk of death. When we are driving, however, selfish cell phone users are more than annoying: They are putting our lives at risk. We have all seen distracted drivers texting and driving or talking on the phone they resemble drunk drivers, swerving in the lanes, or running red lights. States have passed bills to hopefully reduce the amount of texting drivers. Laws are needed because people who drive while using their cell phones are never really paying attention to what they are doing while driving which can end up getting someone injured or even worse dead.
Texting while driving should be illegal in every state due to many reasons of safety. A person 's life is far more valuable than any text message ever will be, no text message is worth the cost of risking the life of yourself and the life of others while behind a motorized vehicle. Being on the phone and texting while driving becomes more and more common on a day to day basis. Safety, well-being, and protection are all ways you can simply take care of yourself, but if you won’t take the time to do it no one will. Only you can help yourself when it comes to your safety and well-being, taking your eyes off of the road to look down, around or anywhere other than watching the road is putting not only yourself but others well at risk of an accident. Texting while driving can border your senses as a driver to not be able to respond when a car comes out of no where, or is even near you.
The majority of the people in the world owns a cell phone. At this point cell phones have become a part of everyday life. According to the article, “Adolescent Cellphone Uses While Driving”, “in 2014, an estimated 169.3billion texts messages were sent world wide.” (par. 1) This is important because it shows the extreme use of cell phones in our society. Cell phone use and texting has also become a way that teens forge social bonds and promote friendships. (“Adolescent Cellphone par. 1) The problem with all this cellphone use and texting is that people are choosing to text and drive at the same time. Texting while driving should be illegal in every state because driving requires alertness, texting and driving leads to car accidents and deaths, and teen drivers are inexperienced.
“Ma'am, your son is dead.” There is not a mother on earth than would like to hear this statement. “He got into a vehicle accident on the road.” How quick was that? Just an hour ago, the family was having dinner, laughing and discussing their day, not knowing that one of them would leave the family permanently, all because of a single mobile phone. Driving a car is the most dangerous form of transportation, though drivers find ways to expand upon this. Even some of the most law-abiding people on the road may or may not admit to pulling out their cellphone to check for a notification or text. Teens, while only starting their driving experience, are not always very careful. They go over the speed limit, fail to turn on turn signals, and do not