...well as send text messages.There are many laws being established to try to prevent distracted driving from happening, although they can’t completely stop it. No matter what age the driver is, under no circumstance should they be texting while driving. Texting or using a cell phone while driving is very hazardous to yourself and the people surrounding you. One reason the majority of people are against this action is because it causes a great amount of car accidents every year. (Copeland) While driving, adults and teenagers cannot resist the urge to pick up their cell phone and send a text or respond to one. When the driver hears the vibrate or ring, nothing can stop them from checking the notification on their phone. As soon as the driver’s eyes meet their cellular device, their focus on the road is drawn away. In 2009, 5,474 lives were taken and 448,000 people got injured from car accidents from being distracted while driving, says the government. (Copeland) The lives of innocent people are being taken every day due to a simple distraction. Car crashes are four times more common to take place while the driver is on their mobile device over any other causes. (Mulgrew) Different states have particular views on the laws put into effect about texting while driving. The state of Utah has a law established stating that if a driver is...
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...Introduction Texting has become a detrimental tool that has provoked social interaction and intimacy. Every year, more and more people are using text messaging to communicate with their peers. In 2000, 14 billion texts were sent monthly. In 2010, 188 billion text messages were sent or received with zero sign of reduction (cite). Text messaging has become the normal way to interconnect with others. Text messaging is portable and can be used anywhere. People read and send text messages in class, on the bus, at work, in the washroom and sometimes during dates. Text messaging has become the primary way in which people communicate. It allows us to instantly communicate with peers, but withdraws us from face-to-face interaction. In today’s society, text messaging is corrupting our social interaction and intimacy with others. Before text messages were involved, the best way for social interaction was face-to-face conversations. Nowadays, text messaging is used for everything. Studies have demonstrated the negative affects text messaging has on social interactions. Text messaging effects children and youth social interaction. Adults do not rely on messaging as often to communicate with others. However, having intimate conversations via text messages has damaged relationships. ( make a thesis) Damages Text Messaging has been a successful tool for today’s society. The benefits of text messaging illustrated the importance it has with our friends, partners, and jobs. However, text messaging...
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...The Dangers of Texting and Driving Drivers should not be able to use their cell phones when driving a motor vehicle because it is dangerous for the driver and others who are driving as well. The use of cell phones takes the driver's attention off the road. They should not be used while driving because it jeopardizes the driver’s life along with pedestrians and others on the road. Texting and driving causes fatal wrecks, is a leading cause of death among teens, and is illegal in most states. The usage of cells phones can cause wrecks and are often fatal. Those who partake in texting and driving are endangering others as well as themselves. Texting causes late, delayed reactions. Drivers need all of their senses, such as hearing and sight, to drive. Studies have proven that texting and driving puts the driver at a four time’s greater risk of crash. Texting and driving causes loss of concentration and one single mistake can lead to injury and even be fatal. If the driver of a motor vehicle closes his eyes for five seconds, going at a speed of 55, the driver would have traveled the length of a football field without looking at the road. Even though texting makes communication fast and easy, it should not be used when driving. Texting and driving is the leading cause of death among teenagers. Almost fifty percent of teens admit to texting and driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, texting and driving is six times more dangerous than driving...
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...Texting and Driving By: Sarah Bento One of the most common, tempting, deadly distractions for anyone behind the wheel is cellphones. One in four American drivers admit to texting while driving, and 40% of teenagers between the ages of 12 to 17 years old say they have been in a car where a teenager used a cellphone in a dangerous way. Although teens and others may not realize it, any cell phone use, whether hand held or hands free, while driving is dangerous. In fact researchers have found that it quadruples the crash risk. Just the act of dialing a cell phone can increase crash risks by three times. In a naturalistic of truck drivers, Virginia tech researchers reported a 23 fold increase in risk of a crash or near crash when any drivers were text messaging. As of may 2012, 10 states, The district of Columbia (DC), Guam, and The Virgin islands have instituted a hand held cell-phone ban for all drivers, with all but two of them making it a primary offense. Text messaging is banned for all drivers in 38 states, The district of Columbia, and Guam with all but three of them making it a primary offense. An additional five states prohibit text messaging by novice drivers. Since the number of states enacting very distracted driving laws is very fluid, be sure to check web resources that follow movement in state safety traffic laws, such as the governors highway traffic safety association, before providing these numbers. Recent research from the insurance institute for...
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...There is a new rising threat that is taking the lives of many people around the world, texting and driving. Using a cellphone while driving does not only put your life on the line you also endanger everyone else on the road, not only do you take your eyes off of the road you take your mind off of driving and start thinking about texting. When you take your eyes off of the road you may start to drift into other lanes or even fly through a stop sign an hit an vehicle. If you could only wait for a few minutes to look at your phone you could save yourself even another life. That is why I stand before you today There are some devices that can be used to cut down on cellphone use while driving, like a Bluetooth device which is installed in your car. Or a hands free headset. Although these devices may not be cheap they will help reduce the amounts of accidents caused by cellphone use while driving. Because if you don’t put it down then there are laws which prohibit the use of a cellphone being used in a moving vehicle such as senate bill 390 which prohibits having the device in immediate physical possession, if it is in your hand then you will receive the great joy of paying the fine of $50 for your first offence and $100 for the second offence, then $200. On top of all of this a $100 fine for a moving violation while using the device Ask yourself is a text really worth it? Is it really worth the value of one’s life? Is it worth my life? If a text is really that important to you...
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...It is simple to answer a phone call, text or navigate the web yet it is not the most responsible thing to do behind the wheel. Visual, manual and cognitive are three types of distraction and texting takes up all. Texting on your cellular phone makes you an irresponsible driver. “I’ve seen it firsthand, it does cause accidents, it’s dangerous and it’s irresponsible,” a former police officer commented (Marino, 2012). Driving a vehicle requires full responsibility and one who is not willing to take the precautions on it should not be issued a drivers license. The consequences range from receiving a ticket to having a fatal car accident. All of these distractions can always wait; they are not worth paying a ticket, taking someone’s life or losing your own. Keeping your eyes on the road is the most important thing to do when operating a vehicle. Five seconds off the road traveling at fifty-five mph is like driving an entire football field without looking (Marino, 2012). Five seconds sounds so insignificant yet can be your biggest regret. Many things can go wrong in those five seconds; it simply takes one second for you to rear-end the car in front of you. People do not realize they are operating a weapon with a blind fold when they are looking away. In order to take rapid initiative to prevent an accident visual focus on the road is required to know what is happening or about to happen. Manual distraction adds to the irresponsibility of a driver. Majority of the people drive...
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...CASE # 1 THE PERILS OF TEXTING 1. Which of the five moral dimensions on the information system identified in this text is involved in this case? In my opinion in this case we can see many things involved, one of them is the Information rights and obligations, because it is true that the people have many rights and freedom for doing what they want, but it is true also that all of us have the obligations to keep control about ourselves while we are driving and expose others life; and the obligation in this case is not text driving and enforce laws. Just the beep of the message is distracting and people started to think about the recent conversation or message. With the accountability and control the ethical position or the right thing is to pay the harm to individual, collective and property rights, because other people will suffer the consequences and the only way to apply the law and keep a good system quality and the quality of life that everyone deserve. 2. What are the Ethical, social and political issues raised by this case? In this case many states have banned texting while driving so the Ethical, social and political issue have agreed that is the only way to reduce cars accidents, but the problem still and it is to deal with the individual in the ethical, social and political level; which is different for each person and depend on their education, the other thing is there are interest opposed in to do the legislation as usual is with politic. 3. Which of the...
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...get to places quicker than by taking a bus with many stops or walking. Also having the ability to text others on their cell phones speeds up the process of communication. People who own cell phones try to combine texting and driving to make personal calls or for business matters. While driving they check their emails or even go on the Internet! Texting while driving is a highly controversial issue and is discussed constantly all around the world. As a result of texting and driving, many more car accidents occur each day and because of this, research has been conducted about why people text and drive, the dangers of texting while driving, the statistics, laws in New Jersey, and ways to prevent texting while driving. Not only can texting and driving be dangerous for yourself, but it can be dangerous for others around you. When first getting your driver’s license, you are taught to keep your eyes on the road. You are taught to drive with no distractions and to concentrate on what is ahead. After becoming comfortable, drivers soon realize that they can do a lot more than just have two hands on the wheel and drive. Nowadays it is very common to see drivers glancing down at their phone or even holding it up to the steering wheel. Is this because drivers are addicted to texting while driving or is it a matter of just no self-control? Atchley’s study “Why Do We Still Text and Drive” stated, “If you are addicted to something you make irrational decisions.” For example, if you are an alcoholic...
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...Motivational Sequence) Patrick Lannan (Fall 2012) Texting & Driving Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience not value their lives more and not text while driving. Central Idea: Today, I will discuss reasons why you should not text and drive, the consequences of what can happen when you do text and drive, and some statistics showing the injury and fatality rate of this dangerous act. Introduction I. You are simply driving along a curvy two lane road on the way to a friend’s house. You hear the ding of your cell phone notifying you that you have received a text message. Regardless of the treacherous road you say to yourself, “I can answer it. I do it all the time.” You proceed to type out you’re response to your friend’s, “Where u at?” text message, when suddenly you hear the piercing noise of screeching tires and the blast of a heavy truck horn and you look up and realize you have no control over what is going to happen over the next couple of seconds. This is just an example of what can result from texting and driving. II. Texting while driving has now become one of the most popular distractions that take the driver’s eyes off the road. III. Think to yourself, what if someone in your family or someone who is dearest to you was killed by a driver who was simply sending a text message. Was that text worth losing someone you love? IV. Today I will attempt to persuade you to stop texting and driving. Body I. Texting while driving can cause death A. In 2009, 5,474...
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...texts, that number has only risen in the past several years. This can only mean that the danger of a car crash because of texting has also increased. Texting while driving is becoming more dangerous every single day and the American populous should be more informed about how bad texting is, the texting laws need to be updated and become stricter, and drivers need to stop getting distracted by their mobile devices. In 2013, there were 1.1 million car crashes caused by a mobile device. Of those 1.3 million wrecks, 424,000 individuals were injured, and 3,154 people lost their lives due to a distraction from their phone or tablet. One out of every four car accidents is caused by texting and driving. There was also another report done in 2013 comparing drinking and driving to texting and driving. The report stated that “Texting while driving is like drinking 4 beers.” Although the person driving might not have consumed any alcohol, the individual has the same likelihood of causing a car crash from 4 beers as texting while driving. After all 50 states had integrated stricter laws regarding drinking and driving, the number of drunk driving fatalities dropped by 25%. If were to have stricter laws regarding texting and driving, we would see a dramatic decrease in car accidents caused by both teens and adults from texting while driving. The current fine for texting and driving in North Carolina is no less than $100 in court. However, the current fines for drinking and driving over a...
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...Crystal Comp 1 November 25, 2013 Texting and Driving “Five seconds, is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting. When traveling at 55 mph, that’s enough, time to cover the length of a football field” (“Stop The Texts Stop The Wrecks”). Most accidents are blamed on distractions while driving. Most of those distractions are proven to be caused by texting and driving. Many teens do not realize how quick accidents can happen. When it comes to texting and driving, accidents can happen in the blink of an eye. This problem, has taken our nation by storm in the last decade. Whether people think they can safely text and drive or not, this problem need to be stopped. Accidents have increased significantly since cell phones have become popular. “Using a cell phone while driving, whether it’s handheld or hands free, delays a driver’s reactions as much as having a blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit of .08% (“Stop The Texts Stop The Wrecks”). Texting and driving is now at a higher accident rate then drinking and driving. To me, this is getting out of hand. Teenagers and young adults ranging from age fifteen to age twenty are rated as the greatest portion of distracted drivers. Texting and driving should be banned in every state because it is dangerous, irresponsible, and there are alternatives! As previously stated, texting and driving is very dangerous. Accidents can happen in the blink of an eye. There is no possible way for a person to drive and concentrate...
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...there are some people who believe that with access to texting, that it could have a negative effect to them. Although there are also some who believe that it could have a positive effect for students. There are also those who have mixed opinions or don’t that it matters. I however believe that texting could have both a positive and negative effect on students. There are some negative effects for students having access to texting. One of those negatives being distraction. Sometimes when students are suppose to or...
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...surreptitiously looks at the screen and quietly pumps in a response: "can b there @ 320." P4] Welcome to the future, where the family that texts together stays together. P5] Instant, fast, fun and cheap, texting — sending and receiving brief text messages on cell phones and other portable devices — has been the rage in Europe since the late '90s. Now it's making inroads in the USA. Early users love it, but some people worry that it will add yet another distraction to already overtasked lives. P6] Teens, techies and other early adopters leading the charge to text say it's a great way to communicate when they are too busy to talk or when making a call would be rude or impractical. Parents keep tabs on kids. Business people silently check facts in meetings. Young professionals text-flirt at concerts. And teens gossip with friends, anytime, anywhere. P7] Teens are especially ahead of the curve: 45% of Americans ages 12-19 have a cell phone, according to market research company Teenage Research Unlimited of Northbrook, Ill. And 37% of teen cell users also use text messaging, with numbers rising every year. P8] "Some people do it for eight hours at a time," says Lita Cho, 17, a Youth Radio reporter in Alameda, Calif. P9] Teens aren't the only ones. Texting in the USA has grown from 33 million messages sent in June 2001 to more than 1 billion in December 2002, says the Cellular...
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...Persuasive Speech: Texting and Driving Rough Draft Imagine this: You’re driving to school like its any normal day. You want to see if your friend is already there so you pick up the phone to text him, what could it hurt, you’re only going to look away for a couple of seconds. Next thing you know you’ve lost control of the wheel and when your eyes open again, you’re lying in a hospital bed. You have broken collarbone and arm, but yet, you’re considered lucky because you are alive. You’re lucky because you ran up a curb and hit a tree, not another car or a biker. Texting and driving is a growing occurrence. All it takes is a few seconds of your time away from the road to get into an accident. While some might not believe it, no matter what you feel like you have to say at the moment, it can wait. Unfortunately, a lot of drivers do not see the problem with texting and driving, or they do not believe that it is an issue. The phrase, “I’m a good texter,” is often times used as justification, and I’m here to tell you that there is no such thing. 77% of adults confidently say that they can text and drive while 55% of young adult or teen drivers claim that “it’s easy.” In 2011 23% of car crashes were texting related, so if all of the confident people were “good” texters, the numbers would add up. Five seconds is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting. When traveling at 55mph, that's enough time to cover the length of a football field, so a lot can happen in that time...
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...moral dimensions have involves with the perils occur due to texting while driving. 3.1.1 Information Rights and Obligations Information rights and obligations means that what information rights are defining by the organization and individuals by themselves in order to coordinate their work flows and protect (Laudon, 2012).So regards to the information system for the purpose of protect themselves organization have practiced to use this methodology. So in the context of the case Ashen Wanniarachchi study, it says that communicating or in other words texting while driving is a kind of manageable risk. This argument is presenting to the stage by the legislators who are a responsible portion of a society. And also the neurologists are also saying that the texting while driving will be help to mitigate the boring situations. So these factors are present by the individuals in order to prove that the getting legal actions against texting while driving is a worthless thing and because of that it is violating the freedom of communicating of the people using the most sophisticated devices. But in the real scenario it should be taken a considerable action in order to mitigate this problem as this has been cause to the number of deaths that destroy the valuable lives of the youth and the wise elders. Furthermore in the case study it has been mention that In Utah the drivers who meet with accidents driving while texting will be charged with 15 years in prison. Utah is a state in United...
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