Having a PSA allows everyone even new comers to driving will know about the distracted driving incidents. Everyone can see the consequences that comes with distracted driving. Knowing about these consequences they will be focused on the road. There are many consequences that can come from distracted driving such as car accidents, tickets, injury and or even deaths. No one will want this to happen to them so they will listen to the PSA. Car accidents can lead to death. There are many accidents that have accrued leading to death because of a distracted driver. You or someone else can die from such a small thing. All because you wanted to change the radio, text a friend back, answer your phone and or pay attention to a passage. They made this
Distracted drivers in Illinois don’t perceive the dangerous of taking their eyes of the road. Distracted driving in Illinois is so dangerous because it takes a drivers attention away from the primary task of driving. One text message or Email is a distraction for a driver because their probably texting someone at the moment or are expecting a text from someone, and are eager to read the text message. “Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration tell that When texting, drivers took their eyes off the road for an average of 4.6 seconds” (Opposing Viewpoints). Talking your eyes of the road even for a minute is extremely dangerous, a fiasco can happen even if you’re driving around the neighborhood. Drivers think that they are perceived of everything while driving in a neighborhood, and no fiasco can happened. Some drivers are not perceive that young pedestrians (children) cross the streets without any reprimand, and if a driver at the moment is distracted a fiasco can occur. All distractions endanger driver, passenger, and bystander safety. Another way death can occur is in the expressway where millions of cars are driving through the expressway in a high speed lim...
These are all reasons that can lead to distracted driving. Star Tribune writes that there are too many motorists killed or injured on the road which is "a clearly preventable problem." By incorporating this specific detail, Star Tribune conveys how they want a change to happen. This establishes a concerned tone. The specific detail was not needed; however, the detail was incorporated to express the Star Tribune's apprehension towards distracted driving accidents. Star Tribune explains that a bill introduced by Republican lawmakers would make it illegal to use a handheld device while on the road. If the bill goes into effect, it would start as early as July "about half way through the busy summer driving season." Star Tribune integrates this specific detail into their editorial to again elucidate the trepidation they feel about car accidents. Summer is a busy season and the bill getting put in place would save numerous lives. Star Tribune also explains that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration created new guidelines which ask makers and developers of electric devices to design their products to cut back on distractions while driving. The modification would disable functions "such as playing videos, text entry or internet browsing" while the device is in moving vehicle. Star Tribune adds this specific detail to ponder some problems behind driving accidents. By acknowledging the problems, Star Tribune expresses why the bill needs to
Implementing stronger laws is an action step; it is not passive. The other ways were mostly passive, and not aggressive enough. This makes it so that there is a consequence even if they did not get in a wreck. The law must work harder to look down on this, and see it as the threat it really is. (U.S. Department of Labor). Another great way to combat distracted driving is educating our children and students better on the issue of distracted driving. (Idaho Transportation Department). Assemblies should be held, and I believe that students should have to take a test on distracted driving. In order to pass the class, they should have to create a presentation on the subject, and sign a pledge. This is a big issue, and it needs to be handled, and dealt with as such. The benefits far outweigh the costs. The benefits will be saving real human beings lives. The cost will merely be a little extra work, and a little extra
Distracted driving is such an increasing problem in the U.S. that there are laws against driving distracted. In New Jersey there is a handheld ban for all drivers and that is a primary law. There is a ban on all cell phone use (handheld and hands-free) for novice drivers. There is also a ban on texting for all drivers. This problem Is growing, drivers who are texting are 23.2 times more likely to get into a crash than people who aren’t (Cell Phones and Texting). Every driver takes their eyes off the road for approximately 4.6 seconds when texting. Driving is a new skill for teens, so doing multiple things simultaneously takes more effort for them than for more experienced drivers. Texting and driving can ruin families because when texting and driving there is a higher chance of getting in a crash. There are only 2 percent of people who can actually multitask successfully. Even though teens are more likely to try multitasking they are still part of the 98 percent who can’t do it safely. For example, Nebraska teen Emily Reynolds says...
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated about 9 people die every day in the U.S. due to a distracted driver. A distracted driver is someone who while driving, is being engaged in other activities such as texting, eating, and talking to the passenger. There are three different types of distractions while driving; visual distractions, manual distractions, and cognitive distractions. These types of distractions are very dangerous while driving and there are many things that can be done to prevent or control these distractions.
Have you ever been on a cell phone while driving or seen someone on his or her cell phone while driving? This is distracted driving at its finest. Whether you are looking at a text, changing radio stations, applying makeup, or anything else that takes your mind or eyes off the road is distracted driving. Distracted driving killed around 3,000 people in 2011 (Bauers). Car crashes are the leading cause of teenagers in the United States. If you don’t think you are distracted behind the wheel think again, many people think they aren’t distracted till something bad happens to them, like a crash, driving into a ditch, or running a red light and get a ticket for it. Distracted driving is a major problem and most people don’t know their distracted or what is a distraction to him or her.
Over the years, there has been much controversy as to how the national problem of distracted driving can be resolved. Distracted driving is quickly emerging as a major cause of death. Contrary to belief, by 2030, road traffic injuries are projected to be the fifth leading cause of death worldwide surpassing HIV, aids, cancer, violence, and diabetes (U.S. Department of Transportation, 2014). However, in Canada distracted driving laws are fragmented by provincial and territorial policies and should be implemented into the Criminal Code of Canada, due to the fact that major efforts to enforce and increase penalties have not changed the troubling distracted driving rates.
Whether it is a text massage from love one or a bite of a sandwich, it is not so important than a human life. Distracted driving is an epidemic, so more tough laws should be implemented. The law for distracted driving should be tough just like a driving under influence. Distracting driving is a killer on the road, it should be banned because, it is the number one killer of the U.S. teenager in the road, not only the teenager in the road, but also cause a collision which is often fatal, and some incident were driver or one who involve on an accident became disable. Distraction is an involvement of driver where his or hers eye or mind are engage and performing on other things rather than driving, such as while talking on
Most people can recollect their initial experience behind the wheel of a car. Their palms are sweaty and they might feel butterflies in their stomach as they are nervous for the exciting task ahead. Indeed, driving a car for the first time can be an extremely exhilarating and daunting job for most people, and the fundamental goal on their mind is to arrive at their destination in the safest manner possible. After several commutes, however, a driver begins to feel more comfortable. Consequently, I believe ease and relaxation are the roots of the issue when addressing distracted driving. A person loses focus after garnering a substantial amount of experience behind the wheel, leading to many negligent acts of which all drivers are guilty.
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.
According to distraction.gov, during 2013, 3,154 people were killed and 424,000 were injured in distracted driving accidents. For most people, this would scream that familiar “stop the texts, stop the wrecks” slogan. Sadly, not all distracted driving can be pinned on just texting or cellular device use. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defines distracted driving as any time “when drivers divert their attention away from driving tasks to focus on another activity.” That means eating, drinking, fixing your makeup, combing your hair, reading your map, or simply changing the radio station can be counted towards distracted driving. Those things and many others, just like texting can cause wrecks.
Each day in the United States, over 8 people are killed and 1,161 injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver (Distracted Driving). There are a few different
We as a society need to all take responsibility when we are on the road and avoid the many temptations and distractions surrounding us. Distracted driving is dangerous plain and simple. Some may be willing to take the risk because they have never had an accident while behind the wheel. But it’s
The main distraction of driving is cell phones. Most adults and teens will engage in texting and driving. Due to the major issue of texting and driving many campaigns have been launched, one being launched by AT&T “when it comes to texting and driving, it can wait.” This campaign has many drivers take the pledge to no longer use their phone when driving, there is an available app that will send out automatic messages to anybody that sends a while the individual is driving. When someone is driving at the rate of 55 miles per hour for only 4.6 seconds, it will equal the length of a football field, 100 yards. So, even stopping full vision from the road for a few seconds will still risk serious danger. Another cause of distracted driving is being exhausted or tired, doing so will cause a much slower reaction time. The slower reaction time causes many of the accidents that happen when people are tired. Another possibility is falling asleep behind the wheel even for a few seconds you could drift, or swerv into another lane and hit another car causing a major or fatal car accident. When taking driving classes, the students within the class will hear the saying “stay alert, stay alive.” The final major distraction of driving is eating and drinking. One of the problems of eating and drinking while driving is that it causes both a visual and manual distraction. When removing your eyes from the road many dangers will be
I believe Public Service Announcements (PSA) can not help reduce the number of distracted driving incidents. 82% of American teens ages 16 to 17 own a cell phone. 52% said they have talked on the phone while driving. 32% have texted behind the wheel. 80% of crashes are caused by people texting or calling on their phones. “It seems so common sense not to text while driving, but people are so connected to their electronic devices that they kind of forget themselves.” It takes less then three seconds of not paying attention to cause an accident and one second to stop it. No matter what Public Service Announcements say they can not stop stupidity, people will always do what they want and until they realize that themselves these incidents will never stop.