Outlaw the Use of Handheld Cell Phones While Driving CL English 111.4 November 9, 2009 Abstract Cell phones should be banned to make for a safer country. When considering whether or not cell phones should be allowed to be used while driving, generates two different positions. The use of a cell phone while a car is in motion should be made illegal throughout the United States with exceptions of emergencies. Cell phones are a distraction and our brain is better at concentrating on one thing at
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children to talk on a cell phone while driving. Is has been proven in many different states that teenage drivers are more susceptible to accidents without the use of a cell phone, but when they choose to add a cell phone to the mix, the potential for an accident increases significantly. Over the past 10 – 15 years, the number of cell phone users has steadily increased. With this increase, naturally comes at least an equal increase in the number of cell phone users who drive
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advertising, and age restrictions on use”.(2) Hence, taxes on alcohol and tobacco should be increased to help pay for rising medical costs that is necessary to social security in taking care of health 2- Regulations regarding the use of cell phones while driving should be standardized Distracted driving or wandering eye driving is a really serious problem in a lot of parts of the world including in the US. We can see via information channels, TV., or others; etc., thousands of people are
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--Talking on a cell phone while driving is as dangerous as driving drunk, new federally funded research shows, and it doesn't matter whether you use a hands-free model or hold the phone up to your ear during the conversation. The study, by University of Utah researchers, adds to a growing body of evidence that conversing by phone while behind the wheel can be hazardous. "We found that when people talk on a cell phone they are as impaired as they are when they
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“switching from task to task, you think you're 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,
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once you start driving, everything you have learnt went out the window. You drive with your radio turned up, you rarely turn your head all the way to the back when changing lanes, and the worst habit of all, you start texting and even talk on the phone while you are driving. The advancement of technology has made different forms of communication so easily accessible. Social media is such a huge part of us and it is all in the palm of our hands. Sure, it is a good thing that it is so convenient for
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Prohibiting the Use of a Cell Phone While Operating a Motor Vehicle Gerald J. Calca Jr. Post University Prohibiting the Use of a Cell Phone While Operating a Motor Vehicle Statistics show that from 2003 to 2008 the number of accidents that were caused by drivers using a cell phone increased from 636,000 to an astounding 1.6 million. (CBSNews, 2010). This a growing trend that shows the use of cells phones while driving is an extremely dangerous activity which has had severe consequences for
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country is asking. Mobile phones are considered by many as an essential part of modern day life, from the businessperson who uses the mobile phone as a vital link with the office, to the teenager who has the phone for recreational use. By using mobile phones are we damaging our long-term health just to stay in contact or worse simply just for a good image? Mobile or cellular phones have changed dramatically over the past two or three years. The new generation of WAP phones now allow the user to connect
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DRE-098 Distracted while driving Do you drive distracted? Do you care more about that phone call or text? Or what about that conversation or laughter in the backseat? A lot of people don't realize how selfish they are to put there life at risk, and more importantly the other people in the car with them or innocent bystanders as well as people in the other vehicle. In 2009, The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported the following, “almost 450,000 people were injured and 5,500 died
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mobile phone, making adjustments to the radio, talking with passengers -- all take a driver's focus off of the road. Imagine this, it's a beautiful day for a drive, the sun is out, windows rolled down, the music in on softly, just a perfect day. Then you look down at your cell-phone, just briefly, quick enough to remove your eyes from the road, then you BAM you made an accident!! How many of you have cell phones? How many of you drive? Honestly, how many of you use your cell phone and drive
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