Have you ever been walking and gotten a message? If so, that one text could have killed you. Distracted walking has become a serious and dangerous problem in the United States. Some people think the solution is to make it illegal. Others think that it's just common sense to pay attention to your surroundings. Distracted walking is looking at a mobile device or listening to music while walking. Some cities are solving this problem by coming up with solutions. Honolulu Hawaii was the first city to pass a law against distracted walking. This shows that we don't need a law for distracted walking. No there should not be a law against distracted walking because it's not always just distracted walking that creates car wrecks. A report from the office of Ontario’s Chief Coroner found that seven out of 95 pedestrians killed in 2010 were distracted by a cell phone or MP3 player. That’s about 7%. The same study found that eight out of 95 pedestrian fatalities involved “encumbrance” by an activity such as walking a dog or pushing a cart. That’s roughly 8%, though there are no proposals to ban crossing the street with your dog. This piece of evidence shows that distracted walking is not always just looking at …show more content…
Jaywalking is already against the law, so if someone crosses an active roadway illegally, regardless of whether they’re on their phone, there’s an existing fine to cover that. A pedestrian obeying the walk signal has the right-of-way, and if they get struck by a car, the driver is in the wrong. This shows that there already are ways to prevent this issue. According to the national safety council people tend to understand that they are in danger of being hit and or injured by a car if they are walking while looking at there phone, they would rather look at their phone. This piece of evidence shows that people know that they are in danger, they just don't do anything about
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 sort of programs have shown immense help in the number of fatalities on the road today. Along with these kinds of programs there have been several laws put in place that ban cell phone use while driving. In Syracuse, N.Y. there have been strict laws against handheld cellphone use and texting and driving, and they have been extremely effective (Copeland, 1). Law enforcement saw over 70% of texting driving put to a halt. Transportation secretary Ray LaHood said, “Over half a million people are said to be injured, and thousands more are killed in distracted driving accidents” (Copeland, 1).Another very effective campaign that will probably soon be known world-wide is “Phone in one hand, Ticket in the other”(Copeland, 1). Most people in todays world would be familiar with the “click it or ticket” phrase that has allowed people to be reminded to put on your seat belt. Just as this campaign reminds people to wear a seat belt the “Phone in one hand, Ticket in the other” is designed to remind drivers that it is far too dangerous to be interacting with your phone while driving (Copeland,
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.
Distracted driving includes not only texting and calling, but also eating, navigation, and conversing with passengers. (Idaho Transportation Department). This is a serious problem, and danger to not only ourselves, but those around us. On any given day between when the
Research indicates that despite the common sense risks, few state laws specifically banning their use exist leading to the conclusion that this is a dangerous problem. While many states are moving towards straitening their existing laws or implementing “Distracted Driver” laws, the continued implications of allowing drivers to distract themselves is growing exponentially. For example, in the State of Maine, our legislature enacted a bill, which upon approval was added into law as Maine Title 29-A MRSA, § 2119 (Distracted). This law, which basically defined just texting as a distraction, did nothing towards curbing the use of major distractions while driving. Except for newly licensed, young drivers, there is no prohibition on cell phone use while driving in Maine; however, all Maine drivers are prohibited from texting while driving.
In fall 2008 Ryan Didone was with four of his friends, when he hit a tree with his car. He died at the hospital as 15 years old. Captain Thomas Didone works at the police department, and he is Ryan’s father. He never thought he was those parents who would get a phone call like that. If it could happen to him, it could happen to anyone. Ryan’s father was with his son, the day he was born, and he unfortunately had to be with his son, the day he died, and he never wishes that to any parents. It was an inexperienced, and immature driver and to high speed at night with some other kids. He was going too fast. Ryan gave serious trauma for the rest of the community.
When you think about distracted driving, you may think about teenagers texting or talking while they are driving; however, distracted driving includes much more than those two behaviors.
Distracted driving is something myself, as a driver, encounters everyday. From resisting to look at my phone, to seeing other people on the road using their phone and putting my life in danger. When I see people swerving because they’re distracted, it puts an image into my mind that I’ve heard too many stories about. People are dying because of a text, or a phone call, not to mention the plethora of other distractions on the road. I am declaring my independence from distracted driving because I care about my community, it could put me in harms way, and a life is way more important than a simple message.
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
Distracted driving: the practice of driving a motor vehicle while engaged in another activity. Anything besides focusing on the road can be considered distracted driving. Most people would think that the only real distraction while driving is the use of a cell phone, however, that is entirely untrue. There are people that give the term, distracted driving, a whole new meaning. People do everything from fixing their makeup to shaving while driving in their cars. Distracted driving is one of the leading causes of car crashes in the United States.
The article “The Ties That Bind Are Fraying” by Miller McPherson was about theorist who argues on how people in today world creating fewer connections with other peoples in society. However, some people have close friends and family’s member that they come in contact with. McPherson argues that people we have the most talk to about important information are very few compared to people back in the days. However, today’s generations have turned their back on community and the organization that creates a community. Also, people connected with are through family and people that have the same characteristics and values like they do.
The use of mobile phones while driving are a major destruction to the drivers, it is definitely no different from a mother trying to nurse a baby at the back sit. A good percentage of road accidents has been attributed to driver destruction. (David and William, 2001) There are evidence of cell phone related road carnages and this remains to be a concern. In 1999 a girl was killed by a driver when he got destructed by a phone, same case reported last year and even the death of a state corrections officer on North Carolina. However much drivers say they have a right to use their mobile phones, they should know of the destructions it causes when
Is making texting while walking illegal really the only way to prevent people from doing walking distracted? Some people may think that a law to prohibit this type of behavior is unnecessary, however other people believe a law is needed to make people stop this dangerous form of walking. I believe texting while walking should be banned because it is dangerous, has caused many injuries, and our brains cannot do it simultaneously. First, texting while walking is extremely dangerous. When we walk and text concurrently, we are four times more likely to do something life-threatening than someone who is not.
...ering the lives that have been lost in our roads. Personally, I recommend that driving and using cell phones at the same time should be against the law.
Texting while driving has become a known danger nowadays, but not very many people know that texting while walking can be unsafe as well.... ... middle of paper ... ... A. “Mobile Phones and Society-How Being Constantly Connected Impacts Our Lives.”