...2014 Why Should Using Your Cell Phone While Driving Be Banned? It is no question that the number of cellular device users is dramatically growing in the United States. Between the years of 1995 and 2010 cell phone subscriptions increased by a whopping 82%. In turn, people are no longer confined to their location. We can essentially communicate with anyone, anywhere, and anytime thanks to the cell phone, including while driving. While we can all agree that cell phones are much more convenient than the days of the home phone, cell phone pose a major safety threat when used while operating a motor vehicle. If you’re using a cellular device while driving not only are you causing your brain to multitask, it has been proven to be just as dangerous as driving while intoxicated. Here’s the shocking part! Even though most people are aware that the use of a cell phone while driving is just flat out dangerous, they choose to do it anyway; did I just describe you? Many people have the ability to multitask, in fact most of our jobs require some degree of multitasking. However, multitasking while driving is extremely unsafe as operating a vehicle requires full undivided attention. When multitasking our brains will pay more attention to one stimuli over the others, for example, texting while watching T.V. In that moment you are typing a text your brain will naturally pay more attention to texting than it will to the T.V. in the background. While you still may be listening your attention...
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...We live in a world where people frequently try to multitask, figuring they can accomplish more this way. Often, multitasking is harmless. Some tasks, such as driving, though, require your full attention. Multitasking while driving equals distracted driving and should be avoided. Cell Phones In Illinois, as with most states, texting and driving is illegal. Along with that, hand-held cell phone use while driving is banned in our state, and it is illegal for drivers under 19 to use a cell phone at all (except in an emergency) while driving. While hands-free devices can be used in Illinois, they can also cause a distraction. When possible, avoid using your phone at all while driving. If you know that you will be distracted by it, turn it off...
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...be banned while driving Paragraph 2: Using cell phone would make drivers have less control of the vehicles, however some people are able to multitask without causing any danger. Topic sentence and details: • Some people can multitask and they are capable of handling phone while driving. • Using cell phones makes the driver drive slower on the road, especially during rush hours. • Not all conversations are about negative news • People have to divide their attention between the car and the conversation. • People can peek up speed easily and not notice the traffic around them. • Bad news thru phone might cause loss of control Paragraph 3: Drivers using cell phones while driving have a less ability of concentrate on the road the danger surrounding the vehicle. Driving and using a cell phone are two different activities, therefore they cannot mix with the ability of the driver to concentrate. Topic sentence and details: • Short calls cannot cause any distraction. • Urgent calls need to be answered. • Collisions occurred while cars where coasted on the side • Drivers need to watch out for pedestrians since there are the number danger on the road • Drivers need to coast on the side of the road if answering a call and make sure that the place where they are its safe for the traffic. Paragraph 4: Banning the use of cell phones would decrease collisions Although the law banned drinking and driving, there are still collisions caused from drinking and driving, which it’s...
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...actually paying attention to everything around you at the same time. But you're actually not.” Therefore, what is done is shifting the focus from one thing to the next. Miller compares this to talking on the phone and writing and email, which is nearly impossible. “You cannot focus on one while doing the other. That's because of what's called interference between the two tasks,” Miller stated. “They both involve communicating via speech or the written word, and so there's a lot of conflict between the two of them.” In a lab at the University of Michigan, researchers used an MRI scanner to take photographs of the test subjects' brains as they attempt to multitask (Hamilton, 2009). During the test, Daniel Weissman, the neuroscientist in charge of the experiment, explained that a man lying inside the scanner would be performing different tasks, depending on the color of two numbers he sees on a screen. “On the other hand, if the digits are a different color — say green — then the subject decides which digit is actually printed in a larger font size,” Weissman stated. The tests could get very complex and tricky, especially when told to move...
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...texting while driving? According to a new study, you have no idea how bad you actually are. Researchers at Ohio State University asked college kids to complete two visual tasks similar to driving and texting, and compared their performance with students attempting one audio and one visual task similar to talking on the phone while driving. The texters not only performed worse than the talkers—no surprise—but they also rated their performance better. "Many people have this overconfidence in how well they can multitask, and our study shows that this particularly is the case when they combine two visual tasks," says Zheng Wang, lead author on the study and assistant professor of communication at Ohio State. The results are in line with previous work that suggest that drivers overestimate their ability to multitask. The participants attempting two visual tasks had to complete a pattern-matching puzzle on a computer screen while typing walking directions to a person over Google Chat, an instant-messaging (IM) system. Students were told the person needing directions was another student named Jennifer. The students tasked with the combined audio and visual tasks had to complete the same computer puzzle while verbally giving directions to Jennifer using Google Talk, a voice chat system. The students were also asked to do the computer puzzle with no distractions. The two multitasking scenarios can be compared to what drivers face, says Wang. People who text while driving are combining...
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...Multitasking: Does this skill speed up our work? When applying for a job that deals with fast-paced working environment, there is almost always a required interpersonal skill in the job description that says “Should have excellent multitasking skills” or “Must have ability to multitask” that has not been given sufficient attention by employers, employees, and job seekers. Hence, to explore and understand the term “multitasking” more, it is important to look at some definitions. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED Online) defines multitasking as “perform[ing] multitasking; […] executing a number of tasks concurrently” (“Multitask”). Also, according to Sanbonmatsu, et al “Multi-tasking involves concurrent performance of two or more functionally independent tasks with each of the tasks having unique goals involving distinct stimuli (or stimulus attributes), mental transformation, and response outputs” (1). By reviewing these definitions, this particular skill seems like a practice people habitually do very often nowadays, such as reading a book while listening to music or writing e-mails while chatting over the phone. Therefore, we, as job applicants, might confidently apply and assure employers that we are very good multitaskers without knowing the risks behind multitasking itself. Moreover, employers neither have sufficient awareness of the effects of multitasking on their resources nor have enough knowledge to justify this skill being included in specific job description...
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...Texting while Driving How many devastating stories have you heard about texting and driving killing someone?After hearing the stories, did you put your phone away? Did you stop texting while driving? Mostly anyones answer would be a simple "no." Texting and driving has become a fatal problem that could cause death and we must enforce a solution for it. Some states though, disagree and don't see it as a problem. There is never a valid enough reason to text while driving and risk yours and others lives. Can that text wait? It always can. The risk and regret is never worth it. As technology goes up and people are now texting more than ever, there is no doubt that texting while driving has become even more common. It has become a national epidemic. In 2011, at least 23 percent of car crashes involved cell phones. Texting while driving puts not only the driver in danger, but also everyone on the road. Texting while driving is a big temptation for teens and some don't even see it a problem. They justify it with all different kinds of things. Teens are obsessed with socializing and though they have seen the danger of texting while driving, they can't seem to find enough willpower to put their phones down. According to United States Department of Transportation, texting while driving makes a driver twenty three times more likely to crash. Using a phone takes the driver's concentration away from the road which can cause swerving and crashing putting you and others at risk for...
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...I. Texting and driving intro 1. Why it’s bad 2. Why it’s a distraction 3. Different types of distractions II. Texting and driving paragraph 1 1. Texting and driving 2. Music and driving III. Texting and driving paragraph 2 1. Consequences 2. How to fix the problem IV. Texting and driving paragraph 3 1. How victims can injured in a wreck 2. How victims can be killed in a wreck V. Texting and driving conclusion 1. Why it’s dangerous 2. How can it stop Texting and driving is a dangerous thing in our generation today. Both cars and phones have come a long way, and are increasing every day. Due to this increase and demand in both cars and phones, there is a bigger risk of texting and driving in our generation. We need to figure out a way...
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...Gabrielle King English 1101 Instructor Bennett Tuesday, December 8th Distracted Driving You feel the buzzing in your pocket and pull out your cell phone to respond to the text. While looking down, you run into a few people. After a few quick apologies, you continue on your way. You are talking on your phone in the hallway, you bump into something and start saying “Sorry” but it happens to be a trash can. Something catches your eye on a shelf at the grocery store and you run into someone. All you have to give is a few more quick apologies. Sometimes in life, “sorry” acts as a magic word and can mend everything, and then there other times, “sorry” undoes nothing. Will “sorry” help when you crash your parents’ car because you needed to respond to a text message? What about when you kill someone’s child because you had a conversation going on the phone and ran a stop sign? Will you say “sorry” to that kid’s parents and expect things to get better? And if you had an accident because of the distraction of talking to your friend in the passenger seat, what would you say to her if you got to see her again? “Sorry you had to go to my funeral”? “I apologize for making you live with that horrible memory for the rest of your life”? “Sorry cannot begin to fix some things and preventing those things from happening by acting responsibly is the best you can do. People should not drive when talking to a passenger, using a cell phone or when they have distractions of any kind. Talking...
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...prefer to divide people in two groups; people who masters to multitask, and those who can’t. Almost everyone place themselves in the former group, thereafter they put the rest of the people in the latter. But of course most people are lying. I personally take advantage of multitasking daily to a certain extent, yes, practically all the time – in a certain level. And my perception of multitasking is the same as http://www.google.no/ ‘s perception on what multitasking is; it’s simply to have the ability to do several different things at once. But something that should be mentioned here is that no one can really multitask. It's when we think we're multitasking; we're only jumping from one thing to another. This way of doing things is addictive and can of course eventually cause us difficulties among our ability to concentrate. With other word; it is physically impossible for a human to do two things at the same time. Then, I don’t mean that it is completely impossible to do two things at the same time; such as talking while walking, or smiling while dancing. No, I mean that it is impossible to multitask - to do two things at the same time - as long as the two things that should be done at the same time, requires a lot of concentration and attention to be done correct. I guess you yourself are able to distinguish between which tasks that requires a lot of concentration, and which requires less. Whether you're driving a car while talking on the phone, or if you write e-mails during meetings...
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...After reading “The Myth of Multitasking,” I found multitasking to have a negative impact on the quality of how work is done. Rosen expresses many reasons why multitasking has a negative impact on today’s individual. When it comes to a 21st century average adult, being busy is just how it works, which is why we feel so pressured to multitask all the time. Though in this day and age, deadlines are always around, it doesn’t give us an excuse to allow ourselves to do inefficient, low quality work. Even without the pressures of society, multitasking still is not the way things should be done. Rosen expresses many reasons why multitasking has a negative impact on today’s individual. From her many sources about multitasking, to how she approached...
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...today that we as a society apparently would not know how to communicate without it. While this form of communication can be great in its ability to communicate without speaking, it also has a potentially fatal downside for those who text while driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, over 3000 people were killed in 2011 because they were distracted while driving (NTSHA, n.d.). A major source of this distraction while driving comes from the usage of cell phones and texting. While there are many skeptics out there that would argue that there are ways to multitask while driving, there is an overwhelming amount of data that supports the idea that it is not only dangerous, but potentially fatal, making it something very hard to create a good argument against. Most individuals are aware of the dangers of driving while being intoxicated, but what about driving while intexticated? Intextication, according to California Highway Patrol, “an individual becomes disconnected with their surroundings because they are mentally occupied with their cell phone” ("New approaches to end texting while driving," 2013). By looking at the overwhelming number of distraction-related accidents, it would seem as though people would be capable of realizing that it is not worth the risk to text while they are driving. Most people would feel that it is safe to assume that texting while driving is not a good thing to do, but the interesting thing is that over 40% of Americans...
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...forgetting things is possibly due to the inability to tune out distractions. Finally! There is a scientific research to prove your grandmother’s wisdom “Finish one thing, and then do the next. But do them both well.” The experiments of David Strayer, a cognitive psychologist, have shown that our brains do not two things at once (let alone three); instead we rapidly switch from one task to another. It puts a heavy burden on attention, memory, and focus. The very concept of multitasking is a myth. This type of research has already led to stricter driving laws. In my opinion, it can also lead to a different approach to parenting and education. In a modern world, children since very early age learn to multitask: eat while watching TV, study while listening to the music, etc. They often overload their brains. The rise of ADD and other attention deficit disorders in recent years may possibly be caused by that. So, most of us can’t multitask. However, the scientist found 2% of people he studied have exceptional abilities. Using brain imaging, Strayer has discovered that their brains are especially efficient; one neural network involved in attention has less activity than an ordinary person’s would. It’s suggested by another researcher Adam Gazzaley, a neurologist at UCSF, that these people have exceptional cognitive control. They don’t let their brain get flooded by stimuli; they selectively let them in by regulating attention. So, the better you are at ignoring distractions, he found...
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...Multitasking is having a large effect on children, in both the classroom and there daily life. Few studies have been developed to focus on how multitasking affects children as they get older. The sources also relate specifically about how multitasking affects children in school and there daily lives. By multitasking while studying your brain functions different then if you were only focusing on one thing. There is a strong lack of knowledge learned when doing this. Also studies have show that many children find less time to interact with their parents because of the large amounts of time multitasking have found. Because of today’s popular culture kids are trying to multitask to much and its affecting them in school and in there family life. Doing very simple tasks such as ironing some clothes and listening to a radio is as simple as multitasking can get. But when children use there electronics to become multitaskers it’s a completely different story. They become so fixated on what they were supposed to do, that they have to double the amount of time just to finish what they started. Doing homework while instant messaging, listening to music, and watching television becomes more of a concern for parents everyday. Family life is becoming a concern for children and how they act around there family member. A specific study by Anthropologist Elinor Orch, director of UCLA’s center on everyday lives of families. Because of the large scale of multitasking with...
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...Why banning the use of cell phones while driving should be mandatory nationwide A. General Purpose: Persuade B. Specific Purpose: Persuade the audience with the dangers of using a cell phone while driving. C. Central idea: Our cell phones have become a part of our daily lives, where we multitask more than ever. Taking photos, texting, listening to music, Facebooking, instagram and even uploading things online are also part of the distraction. The use of cell phones while driving is harming the lives of so many families. There are accidents everyday because of the use of phones and many other distractions while driving. People need to take responsibility behind the wheel. The law is the most powerful tool that we have to stop the use of cell phones while diving. I. Introduction Its proven tha driving amd using the phones at the same time is the same as being under the influence and driving. People are too busy looking for phone number, answering text messages, taking pictures and updating statues while driving instead of paying attention to the road which causes accidents. Accidents Happens daily because of this. A. Key point #1 Have the law for texting and driving be reinforced. B. Key point #2 Have capaigns and Aids against texting and driving. C. Key point #3 Safety is first; the safety of your family, Friends and others is more important than a text or a phone call. II. Body of the Presentation A. Main Point #1 1. Supporting material...
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