...Banning Cell Phone Usage While Driving By A.D. Johnson SP 180 Principles of Public Speaking Banning Cell Phone Usage While Driving Cell phones have become almost an extra appendage. They have become such a large part of who we are until most people feel lost without them. Consider the number of people we see in the course of the day walking with their heads down, eyes focused on the phone or seem to be talking to themselves or texting or reading a text sent to them. It has become common place to hold a conversation while being fully engaged with the phone. Cell phones have become such an addiction until we use them even where they are prohibited. That call must be answered, that text read or responded to. Nowhere is this more prevalent than in a moving vehicle. Cell phones, while convenient, impair the driver’s ability to focus fully on what is going on around them. Use of cell phones while driving should be banned because it poses a danger, not just to the driver, but to everyone around them. Picture seeing a person driving while putting on makeup or reading a paper or vigorously dancing or even having a lively conversation with passengers. Most people would react negatively and agree that this is reckless behavior. Yet, this same group sees nothing wrong with talking on the phone or texting while driving. After all, it only takes a quick second to glance at a text—kind of like blinking and these days a lot of cars dial the phone for you, so it’s cool...
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...TITLE: Banning on cell phone usage while driving In this day and age technology is advancing every single day. Now in these times you look around as you walk down the streets everyone has a cell phone. With the amount of things you do with these devices they can become very distracting. From answering calls, texting, playing games, getting directions, etc... these devices some what become part of your life and you couldn't live without one like water can't live without it. With the increase in interest in these devices there does come a negative and that negative is they can be dangerous and use of them needs to be limited during certain activities. Use of a smartphone or cellphone while driving should be banned nationwide. Why you may ask it, well let me tell you it causes your reaction time to decrease, also cell phone use is a want not a need and finally it causes distractions to the driver. Can talking on a phone decrease your reaction time? Well folks it true your reaction time does decrease. How you may ask? Well a study done by the DMV shows that drivers who are focus on driving compared to those on a phone is about 3 times faster because by the time you let go of the phone to turn the wheel it too late. If both hands is on the wheel you could turn the wheel without that 3-5 second delay of letting go of the phone to grab the phone depending on the person it may take longer. The slower you are to react the more chance of a bad ending. This is just like if someone...
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...of Public Speaking Writing Assignment 6_06 I. Why banning the usage of cell phones while driving should be mandatory nationwide. A. The reason why cell phones should be banned is because it has caused a large amount of accidents. B. Cell phones cause more than half of the motorized vehicle accidents. C. The increase of cell phones has had a tremendous affect on the accidents due to distraction in using cell phones. Therefore, I believe they should be banned while operating a motor vehicle. II. III. The outbreak in cell phone use has become more and more common by teenagers and young adults. We have access to our cell phones all the time, while driving and we use them to check face book, messages, and emails. The result of the cell phones being such a big part of our life causes, a huge distraction while driving. A. Being distracted by cell phones is a huge problem in today’s society. B. There are too many people at serious risk because of the usage of cell phones. They are more prone to get in a wreck being on or use of the cell phones. C. Cell phones should not be used to check emails, chat, and update your profile to any social settings because of the dangers to others and us. IV. In conclusion, it is easy to say that banning cell phones while driving is mandatory, because of the deaths it has had already caused and injuries that people sustained from the usage of cell...
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...Title: Banning of Cell Phone usage Nationwide A. Being more aware of the role cell phone usage plays while driving. B. To get more states to rally together nationwide to get cell phones to become hands free while driving. C. Cell phone usage while driving has become increasingly danger over the past few years. Cell phone usage while operating a vehicle should not be tolerated. It is a very huge distraction which can often to lead to harmful or even fatal accidents. I. Introduction A. Did you know that cell phone usage while operating a vehicle is not banned nationwide? B. Millions of fatal accidents and deaths occur every day due to cell phone usage while driving. C. People nationwide should rally together to get cell phone usage while operating a vehicle banned. II. Body of Presentation A. Cell phone usage while operating a vehicle needs to be banned 1. Cell Phone usage is one of the biggest distractions on the road while driving. 2. If Cell Phone usage was banned nationwide it would make people think twice about operating a vehicle and using a cell phone at the same time. B. Fatal Accidents occur every day at the hands of a person using a cell phone while Operating a vehicle. 1. Families lose a loved one due to fatal injuries caused by people using their cell phone while driving 2. These accidents can be avoided if more people opt to be cell phone free while driving. C. Hold Information...
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...02-07-2014 I Believe and Persuaded the Use of Cell Phones Should Be Mandatorily Banned Nationwide To Prevent Unnecessary Distractive Driving Banning the use of cell phones should be made mandatory nationwide while driving because it is a one of the nations’ top killers in America. Driving while being distracted kills thousands of people every year. Yet many drivers think they are good at managing both tasks so they continue to text behind the wheel. A car travels approximately 100 yards in less than the 5 seconds it takes to read a text. Texting distracts people from driving properly by diverting their attention to their cell phone, instead of focusing on the road. Furthermore, studies show that texting is as dangerous as driving while intoxicated. Subjects are found to be mentally impaired while driving and chatting on a mobile device as when they are under the influence. These are the top reasons why I believe and am convinced that driving while on a cell phone should be banned in America. Cell Phone Usage as Top Killer in America National statistics show that cell phone usage while driving has become one of the nation’s top killers on our roadways today. According to the Texting and Driving Safety Statistics an average of 1,600,000 accidents are reported each year due to texting while driving. Nearly 25 percent of all accidents nationwide, 11 percent of which are teenagers ages 15-19, occur on a daily basis. (Texting and Driving Safety, 2010) Approximately 3,331 people...
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...should be stricter laws on using mobile hand held devises such as cell phones while driving. Whether it is talking, texting or looking for applications using hand held devises such as cell phones are very dangerous and stronger laws need to be put into place to detour the use of such devises. The Affects Law makers need to look at the stats regarding the accidents and accidental deaths that happen because of distracted driver. There needs to be changes made to the use of cell phone usage while driving to help keep people alive. Distracted drivers cause over half of the nations accidents. According to Gabrielle Kartsas (2014. Para, 6) of the USA Today the National Safety Council's annual injury and fatality report, "Injury Facts," found that the use of cell phones causes 26% of the nation's car accidents which is over 25% of all accidents. So the government needs to put stronger regulations on driving while using a cell phone. Some states have put regulations in to stop cell phone usage while driving. The GHSA (Governs Highway Safety Association) (2014, para, 4) says No state bans all cell phone use for all drivers, but 37 states and D.C. ban all cell phone use by novice drivers, and 20 states and D.C. prohibit it for school bus drivers. In the authors opinion a federal regulation needs to be put into place to stop drivers from using hand held devises while driving. If a driver must us their cell phone use a hands free devise. According to the CDC • 69% of drivers in...
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...Is It Dangerous to Drive and Use Cell Phones Michelle Roberts RES/110 May 4, 2010 Is It Dangerous to Drive and Use Cell Phones The technology of cellular phones has come a long way since the first cell phone was introduced to the public on April 3, 1973 by Motorola. This cell phone was called the “DynaTAC”. It weighed 2.5 pounds and only had three cell phone features dialing, listening, and talking and only had a talk time of 35 minutes that took 10 hours to charge. Although the “DynaTAC” was introduced in 1973, it was not put on the market until 1983.The cost of this cellular was $3,500. Today’s cell phones are much smaller and most of them weigh less than three ounces. They have a variety of features. To name a few; built in cameras, video capturing, text messaging, touch screens, and mobile web for less than a fraction of the cost of the “DynaTAC”. The price of cell phones today can run anywhere from $50 to $600. Studies done by Davis, Payne, and Mozee (2010) “Cell phones are now widespread, with more than 255 million wireless subscribers in the United States, comprising 84% of the population. In 2007, cell phone users spent 2.1 trillion minutes talking on cell phones and transmitted 363 billion SMS (“text messages”) over the course of the year.” With so many people using cell phones one can only imagine how many people drive while using their cell phones. Therefore, is it dangerous to drive and use cell phones? Should there be stricter laws banning or putting...
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...While drugs, violence, and gangs are big worries for parents, the most dangerous part of a teenager’s life is driving. Texting and handheld cell phone usage has been associated with car crashes. A teen driver is about four times more likely to be distracted by texting while driving than an adult. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), drivers under the age of 25 are two to three times more likely than older drivers to send text messages or emails while driving. It is obvious that distractions while driving can lead to accidents. In 2011, at least 23% or 1.3 million auto collisions were a result of cell phone usage. A 5 second texting distraction is all it takes for an accident to occur. The possibility of a car collision is 23 times more likely when texting, 1.3 times more likely when talking or listening, and 1.4 times more likely when reaching for the cell phone device. Cell phones are huge temptations for teens. About 13% of drivers between 18 and 20 years of age involved in car accidents admitted to texting or talking on their cell phones when they got in an accident. When using their cellphones, drivers do not realize that they drive out of their lane and become unaware of cars around them. In the age of iPhones and other advanced cell phones, there has been a significant increase in cell phone related accidents because users cannot only text and talk on the phone, but can also surf the internet. Statistics show that one...
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...BANNING OF CELL PHONES Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Afternoon, in our world today cell phones play an important part of our lives. I am here today to persuade you to ban the using of your cell phone while you are driving. I will give you some statistics that involves the using of your cell phone while you are driving whether it is talking or texting. In today’s world cell phones have become an important part in our lives. How many of you here today own a cell phone? How many of you have used your cell phone while you are driving? Please be honest and let me see a show of hands. As you can see pretty much everybody here is guilty. I myself am guilty of driving while talking and texting. As soon as our phone rings or beeps for a text message, we reach for our phone to answer. There is only one good thing about a cell phone and that is no matter where you are at you can always keep in contact with others. The using of our cell phone while we are driving has become such a distraction that it has become very dangerous. (2010, NHTSA) It is so dangerous that cell phone usage has been compared to drunk driving or driving under the influence of drugs. (2012, NHTSA) We all need to stop using our cell phones while we are driving. Accidents, injuries, and even death have increased tremendously. (2010, NHTSA) People are talking and texting on their cell phones and not paying attention to the road. We all need to support the banning of cell phone use and make the decision...
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...Cell Phone Use While Driving The new technology of cell phones has helped advance the world in which we live. There are over 100 million people in the United States that have and use cell phones. Driver distraction due to cell phone usage is a plague that is causing more and more car accidents every year. People quickly forget that driving is a privilege and not a right. What are different states doing about it? Should it be a concern of ours? Did you know that car crashes are the leading cause of death in the U.S.? The statistics of car accidents due to cell phone usage is a hot topic for lawmakers, cell phone manufacturers, and concerned citizens. A study by the National Safety Council found that 8 out of 10 people use their cell phones while driving and that 1 out of 5 text while driving. Cell phones are a factor in six percent of all car crashes which equates to 636,000 crashes, 330,000 injuries, 12,000 serious injuries and 2,600 deaths. These are shocking statistics that easily can be prevented by refusing to use your phone while driving. Research done by the Iowa Civic Analysis Network said, “National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that distracted driving contributes to 25% of all police-reported traffic accidents. The most common distraction is cell phone use, which increases the likelihood of an accident by approximately 300%.” One of our problems as Americans is that we like to multi-task. On average Americans spend twenty five minutes...
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...To Ban or not To Ban the Use of Cell Phones while Driving? Many places nationwide are now seeing the dangers of the use of cell phones while driving is on the rise. Not only is it a danger to the person using the cell phone, but anyone around the user. It only takes a fraction of a second to lose control of a vehicle; and who knows what can happen in that fraction of a second. Will a life be lost? Will two or more lives be lost? We know what can happen to an extent, but let’s not find out what the full extent is. We need everyone, including the Government, around the nation to really see the pure danger and horrible outcomes of cell phone usage behind the wheel. The first reason why we need to ban cell phone usage behind the wheel is because it is a huge distraction to the driver. The driver is not fully focused, alert, or at their full awareness when they are using their cell phone. Secondly, this so called distraction can or will lead to some sort of accident. Whether that accident is fatal or leaving the other person in critical condition. Thirdly, that last reason we should really ban this act is because the drivers are purely reckless. These drivers can be compared to drivers that are under the influence due to their lack of judgment and their ability to focus on the road. I’m sure that people are quality of looking at a text or answering their phone while driving, but my intention is to try to get everyone aware of the dangers of this action, and to hopefully get people...
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...Society is becoming more connected to cell phones than ever. It’s true that cell phones make life easier. We are able to check our emails with it, receive phone calls, send text messages, hear music and take photos. However, cell phones and driving have become a massive issue that has redoubled these past years. This issue has been around since cell phones first came out. Everybody has their own point of view; however I believe that using cell phones while driving should not be allowed. My reasons for believing in this are that drivers are focusing too much on the screens of their cell phones instead of the road and phone usage can increase the time it takes for a driver to react. The main reason for most accidents in today’s society is cell phone usage while driving. Cell phones cause distractions in many ways. For that reason, anytime a driver takes away their hand off the wheel the higher is the risk to cause an accident and sometimes a fatal one. In the end, of my research about this issue I found this website where people share there “texting & driving” stories. I read some of them and they are all very touching and some even fatal endings. It makes you think how fragile life is. One minute we are here the other minute we look at a cell phone and we are gone. Distracted driving is a dangerous behavior not just for the drivers, but also the passengers and the no occupants. According to, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) statistics showed that in...
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...Arad Radfar Mrs. Aliona Buresh September 30, 2015 Cell Phones and Driving In today's society, cell phones has become more powerful and popular like never before. As a result, people started using their cell phones everywhere such as parties, meetings, classrooms and even while they are driving. Even though texting and driving is not dangerous by its self, it can distract the drivers from focusing on the road. Some people believe, when a driver receives a text massage, the best action that he/she can take is to stop the car and then start replying to his/ her messages. The three main reasons of not using the cell phones in cars are, it can reduce drivers reaction, it increases the number of accidents and it is becoming more popular. To begin with, a regular drivers tends to focus on the road while he/she is driving. On this situation the driver is focused 100% on the road. But, as drivers start texting or talking to their phones their focus on the road can decrease by 30%. That is because whenever people start multitasking they just need to focus on one task more, in these situation, driving, drivers tend to pay more attention to their phones rather than the road. “A drunk person can drive better than a person who is texting while driving” said by Dr. Johnson. According to a BBC News conference, more than 80% of people use their cell phones while they are driving. Accordingly, the number of accidents are increasing rapidly each year. In addition, according to another BBC News...
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...CELL PHONE USAGE THESIS STATEMENT: Cell Phone usage while driving has proven over and over again to be the leading cause in traffic accidents. It has also been a key factor in the communication skills in receiving and delivering urgent message before reaching your destination. I. INFLUENCES OF CELL PHONE DRIVING AND COMMUNICATION A. Using cell phone make drivers have less control of vehicle 1. Talking on the phone decreases awareness of road 2. Talking on the phone requires division of attention on the conversation and driving B. The need for communication 1. Delivering of important message 2. Receive urgent phone calls II. BANNING THE USE OF CELL PHONES WOULD DECREASE ACCIDENTS A. Different state laws regarding cell phone/Statistics 1. No talking on the phone unless it is on speaker 2. Have no restriction 3. Cell Phone have made our lives more convenient 4. Reflexes of a person that talk on cell phones while driving B. Safety Suggestion 1. Pull off the road for extended phone calls 2. Tell the person you are talking to on the phone that you are driving 3. Ask passengers accompany to do the talking 4. Keep calls short 5. Only use the phone when you need to CONCLUSION: Even though we offer safety suggestion when using a cell phone while driving, it is not enough to keep the safe cell phone drivers away from the dangerous ones. We as citizen need to be collective voice that lets our government know...
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...Sayan Chakraborty. Mobile phone usage patterns amongst university students: A comparative study between India and USA. A Master’s Paper for the M.S. in I.S degree. April, 2006. 53 pages. Advisor: Diane Kelly Mobile phones are one of the most common information access devices with almost 31% of the global population having access. This exploratory study investigated usage patterns of, and attitude about, cell phones among university students in a mature market (United States) and a rapidly growing new market (India) by surveying students in each country. Key findings from the study include similarities in the usage of phones to communicate with others and in the perception of mobile phone usage in public settings, and differences in the use of text messaging and opinions regarding driving and mobile phone usage. Overall these results suggest students in India use mobile phones differently from their American counterparts. In a developing market like India, mobile phones may be the primary and only phone to which students have access. Headings: Information science / International aspects Multiculturism Surveys/Knowledge Management India United States University students MOBILE PHONE USAGE PATTERNS AMONGST UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN INDIA AND USA by Sayan Chakraborty A Master’s paper submitted to the faculty of the School of Information and Library Science of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements...
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