The current P-plate laws are extremely affective in reducing accidents on the road.This is because they deal with many of the dangers p-plate drivers face while driving, including distractions, driving speed, peer pressure and driver safety. To begin with, the current p-plate laws are affective in reducing accidents while driving because they deal with the important issue of distractions. An example of a distraction that is dealt with by the current p-plate laws is mobile phones. Mobile phones cannot be used by p-plate drivers when driving or while the car is moving or stopped but not parked. This helps to stop accidents because it removes distractions from a p-plate driver so they can focus solely on driving.
In my opinion, drivers of automobiles should be prohibited from using all cellular phones! Although using cellular phones have many advantages, there are some reasons that drivers of automobiles should be prohibited from using cellular phones when driving for our sake. As we know, using cellular phones when driving can create many hazardous problems such as accidents and traffic problems. From previous research, an accident can occur four times as much when the driver of an automobile using their cellular phone while driving. One such study conducted by the television show Mythbusters concluded that the use of cellular phones while driving poses the same risk as someone operating the vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.
Tombeaker Mrs. gray American Literature 20 September 2011 Distractions While Driving While safety may be first in most people’s mind, it is typically last on our to-do lists. If you are concerned for your safety while driving you should avoid texting and talking on your cell phone, talking to passengers, eating and drinking, getting ready, and being a DJ. These five everyday bad habits while driving can be life threatening and by refraining from them you can save your self from the risk of a deadly accident. First on the list is texting and talking on the phone. Texting and talking on the phone can be dangerous and affect your driving by causing you to concentrate on the person you are talking to rather than the road.
These tragedies are entirely preventable, as virtually no phone call or text is so urgent that the driver doesnt have time to pull over or have another passenger operate the mobile device. II. Introduction 72% of drivers with cell phones report that they use them to talk or to text while driving. They are aware of the many dangerous situations and also know that it is illegal, but in most cases, discount it. A.
It is easier to drive an automatic car (it has no clutch or shifter). However, people who drive stick shift cars have a total control of the engine of the car. Cars with automatic transmissions are great to drive around because they do not require too much driving skills. Everybody can drive an automatic car, but not everybody can drive a manual because you need the skills to change gears. People who don’t like to drive usually will choose an automatic car and this can be a problem.
It was estimated that only 2% of drivers are able to successfully multitask while driving, which sheds light on how rare it is for a person to be able to drive well while being distracted by a cell phone. When speaking or texting on a cell phone our brain is choosing to pay attention to the conversation at the expense of being less able to drive correctly. Even though there is plenty of evidence of the dangers of cell phones, the habits of drivers are not changing. Many concerned persons think that more drastic measures should be taken to minimize driver distraction. This article is very useful in the way that it presents many cons to texting while driving.
If society and the laws are so against drinking and driving, why would they more then willingly allow and/or partake in an action that can be twice as deadly. If drinking and driving were legal, it wouldn’t be seen as such a vastly negative thing. If cell phones were made illegal while operating a motor vehicle and the law was actually enforced society would respect and abide the law. However, people just seem to sort of pass it off as nothing, because there are no legal consequences. The man accused of killing a 13-year-old boy in a hit-and-run in Taunton told police he was behind the wheel typing a text message on his cellphone when he lost control of the sport utility vehicle and hit what he thought was a mailbox, a prosecutor said today in
The law is a good start to making our roads safer, but has some flaws, “That is, if law enforcement officers catch people texting while driving, they can't pull them over. The law defines texting as a secondary offense, which means that to be stopped, the offender first must be caught committing another type of driving infraction” (Sun Sentinel). Having a law in place pushes most people to stop texting and driving, but does not incriminate enough of a consequence for more people to follow it. Florida should revise their law to be able to be pulled over if seen texting and driving even if there was not another violation. Texting and driving is enough of a violation in itself.
That text message maybe important to the person who is receiving it, but how important is it to the person who was severely injured or worse? Some ways the nation can prevent accidents from happening while on their phone is to be smart. You can either pull off the road to read and answer a text or wait until you get to your destination. If the person cannot wait and do not want to pull over, then they should make a phone call to that person and have the conversation that way. Another way to prevent texting while driving is if you have a passenger, give them your phone, and have them respond to the text, that way people do not have to look down for a couple seconds to respond.
This is technically not illegal according to the fourth amendment because of four different things. “(1) affect the vehicl’s driving qualities; (2) draw power from the engine or battery; (3) take up room in the vehicle; or (4) alter the appearance of the vehicle”(Fordham. p.591). It did not harm the car that it was implanted and it would be like a police officer following the car himself when the defendant was driving on a public road. A new movement came forth that also said that the use of a GPS servailence requires a warrant.