Recent studies show that a person driving while talking on a cell phone has less awareness of the road than a person who is driving drunk. So I believe that if someone is caught driving while using their phone, the offense should be treated as a DUI. In order for a person to avoid an accident or anything that could cause harm to someone or something they must have fast reflexes. A person’s reaction time is greatly decrease while driving and using a cell phone. “If you put a 20-year-old driver behind the wheel with a cell, phone their reaction times are the same as a 70-year-old driver who is not using a cell phone,” said University psychology professor David Strayer.
Studies show that a cell phone put drivers at a four time greater risk of a crush. Despite of a danger, people still use cell phones because they want to be always available and keep in touch with other people. Also, they think that hand-free set is safe because they can drive using two hands. Moreover, they use arguments that cell phones are necessary in emergency situations. It has been argued that using cell phones while driving can make drive slower, overtake less often, and reach their destination at a slower pace compared to non-users.
There is another reason to prohibit using the cell in car is distracting people from driving. In this day there are more than 1.35 billion mobile phones, and in some countries more than half of the population own these devices. In the united states there are more than 224 million people used wireless phone while driving in 2006, when we compared that with approximately 4.3 million in 1990, according to the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. there is a danger associated with driving and using a cell-phone. Even though, people know those affects, they continue to use it.
An increasing number of studies show that driving while talking on a cellphone can be dangerously distracting. Yet most states have not banned handheld phones, and most have not banned all drivers from using hands-free devices. Some say cellphone bans are simply not enforceable. Others argue that drivers do all sorts of distracting things while driving, like eating, arguing with kids in the back seat and listening to music so it makes little sense to outlaw one activity. According to the president of the National Safety Council “talking on a cellphone while driving makes a person four times more likely to be in a crash, which has a much higher risk than most other distracting activities, it’s the cellphone conversation that diverts people’s attention from the road” (Froetscher 2).
The Dangers of Driving will speak on the cell phone General Purpose The general purpose of this essay is to keep the nation awer of the dangers of using the cell phone and driving Specific Purpose The goal of this essay is to examine the effects of using a cell phone well driving in general Central idea Why using a cell phone will divine is considered very dangers ? Introduction Research shows that using a mobile phone while driving increases the risk of crashing by at least four times. Driving is a complex task, requiring drivers to use and coordinate a number of skills. Any lapse in concentration increases the risk of the vehicle being involved in a crash. According to my local radio station that retrieving and sending any types of messages increases the amount of time a driver spends not looking at the road.
Putting not only their lives in danger, but oncoming traffic as well that may be carrying valuable contents like children in the vehicle. According to AAA foundations for traffic safety there are the following facts about distracted driving. Drivers spend more than half their time behind the wheel engaged in distracted behavior. More than 8,000 crashes a day are caused by distracted driving, the use of a cell phone while driving quadruples the risk of an accident occurring. 87% of drivers (including myself), agree with laws put into place against reading, typing, or texting while driving behind the wheel.
Argument Essay There are approximately 6 million car accidents per year in the U.S, forty percent of car accidents are caused by drunk driving, thirty percent are due to driving above speed limit, and the other thirty percent are because of reckless driving. There are many causes for accidents and the use of cell phones is the minority of the causes. If the government is ready to prohibit using cell phones while driving, then they should be ready to prohibit many other things as well. This entire debate is nothing new. Distracted driving has been a hot topic since 1905, and there were no cell phones back then.
For example, some people don’t have car and medical insurance when they get into serious car accidents. This can make a person very stressful and need to pay the debts for a long time. These problems can lead a person to suicide. In addition, teenagers and adults should be careful on using cell phones while driving. If they are careful with it, car accidents will decrease and there will be no financial problems.
What Effects Does Cell Phone Use and Texting While Driving Have on Highway Safety? Since the invention of the smart phone, cell phone usage has come to include: phone conversations, sending or receiving text messages, sending or receiving emails, getting directions, looking up phone numbers, checking stock figures, searching the internet, etc. These cell phone usages by a driver creates what has been categorized as an aspect of distracted driving, in other words doing an activity while in a vehicle that takes any combination of the driver's eyes, mind, and/or hand(s) away from the task of properly and safely operating that vehicle. Each year the ownership of the cell phone increases by more and more people, many of whom have more than one cell phone with them at any given moment. This increase of ownership correlates with the thought that staying connected is a must, with that thought in any given situation comes the responsibility and safety of oneself and everyone around.
In Road Rage, Ferguson points out that in a recent survey that the Coalition for Consumer Health and Safety did, 64% of the people mentioned that they are driving less mannerly and more recklessly than they did about five years ago (553). We all know that road rage can be cause due to many reasons like stress at work and problems at home. Ferguson also points out that road rage could be solve if we had more police and tougher punishments (556), but we all know that won’t really help. I don’t even think that therapy for those road rage individuals would help. We all just have to pray every time we get into a car and just have patience.