The use of cell phones has become an essential communications tool. It has become a part of society’s everyday lives. Although it can offer a bit of insurance when we need it, it can also be harmful towards you and others. Cell phones have caused car accidents, are bad for teens and also induce bad behavior.
As cell phones have become popular so have cell phone related accidents. Cell phones cause distractions to a driver attention. A part of the distraction is the need to psychically handle the phone. Reading text messages and answering the phone causes the diver to take his/her eyes off the road and look at the screen of the cell phone. This causes the drivers thoughts to be diverted to the conversation at hand which causes car accidents. One could say use of cell phone while operating a vehicle is just as bad as driving while intoxicated.
Cell phones cause distractions for many teens. We all know that many teens love to chat. They also tend to chat when they are bored, or when they do not want to do homework. Teens with cell phones spend a lot of time texting or talking. A lot of teens are prone to walk and text while crossing the street; this causes them not to be aware of their surroundings which may cause accidents to occur. Teens having cell phones can be cost effective for parents as well; many teens run over their minutes or text usage which causes there bill to very high.
Many people have used cell phones in corrupting ways. The use of cell phones does not stop at talking or texting but is also used for taking pictures. It has become disruptive to public privacy. Perpetrators snap photos of people who do not know that they are being targeted. Victims never suspect that the person next to them has any intentions of misusing the photos taken.
I firmly believe that cell phones are highly defective. Though the use of cell phones has become a necessity