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Impact of cellphones in public places
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THE ISSUE Distracted driving is an issue we hear about constantly. Don't text and drive. Stop checking Facebook behind the wheel. Don't touch the radio behind the wheel. We are bombarded by these campaigns everywhere. But what about pedestrians? What about those people who walk down the street with their head down, staring at the words their thumbs are creating on a touch screen? We always hear about the classic trope in which one was on their phone, or distracted while driving and ends up driving into a mailbox, but what about the not-so-clichés such as crossing at a red because you were too busy asking your partner what was for dinner, or you were too busy asking your friend what the plan was to realise that you've walked off a bridge? These are both true stories unearthed by the research team at the University of Ohio, to show the true dangers behind distracted pedestrians (Nasar, 2013). According to the National …show more content…
But if pedestrians are the target market, it casts to wide of a web. Although it is a nice thought to inform toddlers, who would be considered a part of this large pedestrian umbrella, about the dangers of not paying attention to their surroundings, it would not fulfil the segmented audience whom would be of most importance. According to a study from Ohio University, most of those who ended up in the emergency room for being on their phone while walking were under 30. More specifically, they were between the ages of 16 and 25 (Robinson, 2014). For any campaigns, or stakeholders, this would be the target demographic. These people are typically connected online in multiple ways (i.e. social media) and use their devices from everything to directions to what to eat. This group is hyper connected, and have become reliant on their devices for day to day use. THE
According to Stephanie Hanes in the essay “Texting While Driving Is as Dangerous as Drunk Driving,” a driver on a phone and those talking on a phone are four times likely to crash. This statistic shows how dangerous using the phone or even texting is while driving. As technology has increased, so has the use of cellphone. Distracted driving has caused an increase in car fatalities and disasters. However, distracted driving can be prevented if drivers take precautions, but no matter what we do, trouble will always be spelling on the road.
In today’s day and age, there are so many excuses for distracted driving. Lives are put at risk every time a distracted motorist is on the road, and deaths have increased by a substantial amount in the last ten years. On Thursday, April 26th, 2014, one woman’s bad judgement cost her life (Hastings, 1). Not only was she affected, but her friends and family assuredly felt a pain in their hearts. In the few seconds it took Courtney Ann Sanford to post a few words on Facebook, it was enough to distract her from the road and to drive across another lane and through a median straight into a truck (Hastings, 1).
Sidewalks are different shapes and sizes, people tend to make their own decisions to which way they would want to go. Going through the motions on a sidewalk is similar as going through the motions of life. There are many turns that could get you to your final destination and turns that can also get you into places you would not feel so comfortable being. Staying on the right path and trying to get to where you need to go isn’t so hard but when you have other sidewalks with nice grass and big beautiful street lights that can be a very big distraction to the eye and that could cause problems in your life. Nice sidewalks sometimes don't always tend to continue a nice path so they can be very believing at first but when you make it to the end
Another negative effect that mobile phones impair is mental focus while driving. People who are driving have their minds on the task in front of them with their full attention on the road. So when a person is conversing on a phone their attention is split as he or she is trying to multi-task both talking and driving at the same time. An article written by Nathan Seppa, the cause of “split attention”, he noted that David Strayer a psychology professor and his team studied to understand what impairs drivers when they talk on the phone. They conducted an experiment with drivers to see the effects of how varies distractions compare to each other. Strayer’s team accompanied drivers and assign them different distractive tasks while they maintain their eyes on the road in order to assess the effects. In the team’s findings they found that one most distracting tasks was talking on a mobile phone, which caused a driver’s performance to decline significantly. The typical tasks that drivers should perform on a regular basis, such as observing traffic changes, looking in rear-view mirrors, and watching for pedestrians was reduced overall (Seppa). Not many people can multi-task a conversation and driving at the same time without some drawbacks. Another drawback to a person focus was “unintentional blindness”, described by Simons, as “looking at something and not seeing it” (Seppa). So a person who is talking on a phone can end up not seeing an object whether it is a car, a stop sign or a pedestrian that is right in front of him and her. Many experiments were conducted by professionals to understand how “unintentional blindness” can affect a person’s perception, but one notable professional, Simmons, conducted a test of this concept:
Between 2000 and 2011 there were 11,000 distracted walking injuries. There is a dispute about if there should be a U.S law about crossing the street, or walking, while having the eyes on your phone. Some people believe that there is no need for a law. Adversaries believe that there is a need for a law to get the road safer. Although some people believe that there is a need for a law, it could be argued that there is no need for a law because there could be other methods for preventing injuries.
I rear ended a car due to the action of distracted driving. Distractions while driving can include anything from the use of social media on a cellular phone, messing with a navigation system, brushing one's hair, speaking to the passengers, or eating a big mac. In my situation, I was toying with the music in my car. I was dissatisfied with the current song so I decided to switch it up. I was at a stoplight so at the time I thought it would be okay for me to change the song. But within the timespan of a blink of an eye, my foot went off the brake and I rear-ended the car in front of me. I was following the car way too closely so by the time I realized my foot had wavered I already made a mark on the car ahead of me. I wanted to fist bump to
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.
Serious crisis in America. Karly and Kelsey Richardson, two students at Grand Canyon University, decided to go to the Grand Canyon to see the sunrise around 2 am, but they never made it. On the way to Grand Canyon, the two sisters collided head on with a wrong way driver on Interstate 17 and all three died instantly. Keaton Allison, the wrong way driver, had a BAC level of .25 percent. In Arizona the “super extreme BAC level is .2 percent.
The smartphone boom among people of all ages has raised an alarm at a global level. Self-reliant people believe that they have multitasking skills and can manage to drive while texting, whereas most are of the view that such a driver gets distracted and accidents are bound to happen. Law enforcers have devised laws against using phones while driving to curb the dangerous situations that arise due to distracted drivers. While driving, unforeseen events including an animal appearing from nowhere might occur; if your attention is on your phone, your slow response might put the driver and the animal in a dangerous situation. Texting has become the favorite means of communication. The objective is to highlight the importance
As technology has advanced, putting a small computer in each of our hands, distracted driving has gotten out of control, with some government agencies banning cellphone use while driving, and many others considering such bans to improve safety. Accidents and deaths can and do occur because of distracted driving, and our smartphones can be a real problem. However, those same smartphones can help lower risks and promote car safety through the use of driving apps. Let’s take a look at a few and what they can do for drivers. Driving apps that improve car safety, reduce accidents and prevent injuries are readily available, and well worth using.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 5,376 pedestrians were killed in the United States in 2015, up from 4,884 the year before. Nearly three-quarters of those deaths take place at “non-intersections,” while 19 percent occur at places where pedestrians are meant to be, including crosswalks and sidewalks. To clarify the deaths include people on their phones and other related deaths. Authorities have identified a 33-year-old man who was distracted by an electronic device when he fell 60 feet to his death at San Diego's Sunset Cliffs on Christmas Day, says San Diego Lifeguards and San Diego news. In other words, this man did not know about the 60 foot cliff in front of him because he was staring at a device in the middle of nowhere with no one or nothing to save
Texting and driving is one of the big problems with technology obsession. According to The Federal Communications Commission, in 2012 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that driver distraction was the cause of 18 percent of all fatal crashes and also, The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute found that it is 23 times worse to text and drive than driving not distracted. All this is just making texting and driving more dangerous. According to Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press, although there are laws against it in some states, 98 percent of drivers who own cellphones admit that they knew it was dangerous and three-quarters of them admitted to texting while driving and two-thirds admit to checking their phone at a red
Car accidents have become the most common way for teens to die all due to distractions. There are many reasons on why a driver could be distracted including changing the radio, talking to passengers, eating, drinking, being sleepy and using a cellphone. Most teens today have cell phones, which is the biggest distraction. You may be walking down the hall and feel your phone vibrate, so you pull it out and respond to the text you received. While responding to the text, you bump into somebody and quickly apologize before getting on your way again.
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.”