II. Orienting Material A. Studies show that Texting and Driving has the potential to eventually be more dangerous than drunk driving. B. 20% of injury crashes in 2009 involved reports of distracted driving.
What type of measurable data will you collect? Measurable data we collected were statistics of texting/talking while driving. The statistics showed us that in some ways accidents can be the same amount but, more accidents are caused by drivers who text. Also, public opinion polls that state texting causes more
When using a cell phone, drivers caused more rear-end accidents and reaction times for braking increased. In contrast, legally intoxicated drivers reaction times did not differ from the established baseline (Strayer, Drews, & Crouch,
March 29, 2012 Texting While Driving Texting while driving is the act of reading, sending, or composing a text message while behind the wheel of an automobile. Texting while driving is becoming an increasing threat on the road, as texting is becoming an important part of American’s lives. If you think you’ve mastered the art of texting while driving, you’re wrong. Texting while driving severely decreases awareness, and makes it easier to be involved in an accident. Texting while driving has become a major cause of accidents, especially among young drivers.
Hundreds of teenagers and adults across the nation reach for their phones and decide to text while driving. They are making the decision that at that moment a text message is more important than their lives A texting driver is 23 times more likely to get in a crash where as a drunk driver is 13 times more likely to get into a crash. Texting while driving delays reaction time, increases risk of serious injury, and brain power is decreased by 40 percent. Something as simple as a text message can decrease your reaction time. Laboratory simulation studies generally concur that using a cell phone does slow reaction times and degrades tracking abilities.
An epidemic of sorts centering around today's youth; texting and driving is becoming a commonplace practice. In a world of “Benifer and Brangelina” it's no surprise the combination of texting and driving has merged to create textmobiling. With this knowledge, policy makers have enacted text bans is most U.S. States. While most would think this would help the situation, the reverse is actually true. Research has shown that accidents from texting and driving has actually increased since the bans.
How have cell phones affected the lives of American citizens? “Mobile phone Tracking Scrutinized” by Nikki Swartz is somewhat of an informational article based on the ability to track citizens through their cell phone. The author starts out by informing the reader that wireless technology companies, along with the government, can track their whereabouts through their cell phone. Apparently, the cell phones give off a signal which is received by the cell towers nearby. The author goes on to inform the reader by saying that even if the cell phone is turned off; it will still communicate with the towers about the phone’s position.
Another main reason is that even if a person was to be texting while driving most of the time he or she will not admit to it. This would cause for less evidence in a case where someone was injured in an accident. This source would be important to me in most of my essay in most of it. It has some good facts stated by a lawyer who is involved in lawsuits relating to car wrecks while texting and driving. The source states that a person texting while driving can be following the laws while texting and driving, and another person might be the cause of the wreck.
Researchers at Texas A&M University’s Texas Transportation Institute studied the impact of texting in an actual driving environment. Drivers drove on a text course while sending and receiving text messages, while asked to stop when they saw a yellow flashing light. The results showed that the driver’s reaction time without texting was between one and two seconds, but texting increased it to three to four seconds (Study Finds Texting While Driving). In conclusion, texting while driving completely doubles a driver’s reaction time and puts other innocent drivers on the road in
Car accidents are four times more likely to result from take place from drivers being distracted by texting than other causes. According to Mulgrew,