Cell phone technology has grown tremendously within the last decade making it easier for one to communicate with others. Cell phones allow people to call, text, email, and use social networking from anywhere they please, but some people do not understand that there are certain times and places that cell phone use is inappropriate; For example, when driving. Using cell phones while driving has been proven to be dangerous. Even though many states have passed laws against cell phone use while driving
The name Jacy Good is a familiar name in the legislation office. Since 2009 Good has tirelessly fought to ban hand-held cell phone use by drivers and to make text-messaging while driving illegal. In May of 2008 Jacy had just graduated college and her parents had come to pick her up to take her home. They had packed all her belongings into their little station wagon and were heading back to their small town in Pennsylvania. Her family had no idea what would be in store for them. As they were on Route
Using Cell phones while driving (Your name) (class) On July 25, 2002, Kimberly and Kathy Seager hopped into a vehicle with their brother, Matthew, and headed to Buckeye Lake for a late night walk. Kimberly and Kathy's father followed them to allow his son to experience some independence and join in on the usual walk. While waiting for a train to pass at a railroad crossing, Matthew's car was plowed from behind by a twenty-three year old man. He never attempted to hit the
Should Drivers of Automobiles be Prohibited from using Cell Phones? They get in our way and distract us every time we get on our vehicles and venture into the road. Mobile devices also known as cellphones and smartphones have become a need to a lot of people that we use them all the time even when we are on the road driving. These devices although very useful can result in being very dangerous to us and to the other people sharing the road with us. Harvard researchers estimate about one in 20
Cell Phone Usage While Driving COM/156 Texting while driving can become very dangerous, not only to you as a driver, but also to the other people that may be in the vehicle with you. It is also very dangerous to the other people in vehicles around you. I believe that it is also dangerous to individuals who may be walking down the street as well. There are many distractions of texting when driving a motor vehicle. Visual distraction is caused by taking your eyes off the road to check a
Cell Phones While Driving: Safe or Not There are many distractions facing people while driving these days, but to many none more dangerous than using a cell phone. Cell phone use while driving is a dangerous practice that should be prohibited. Nothing is so important that cannot wait until the car is stopped to talk on the phone. The controversy of whether the use of a cell phone while driving is dangerous or not rages on. Until conclusive studies are done to show that the benefits outweigh
Cell Phone Use While Driving Cell phones play an important role in communicating in our modern society. Although using a cell phone is a convenient and fast way for getting in touch with people, they should not be used while operating an automobile. Cell phone use while driving has dramatically increased over the past years in the U.S., and studies show that the risk of having an automobile accident or near accident significantly increases when a person is talking on their cell phone. Although
Banning Cell Phone Use While Driving The number of people who own a cell phone has increased dramatically over the last 20 years. In the United States in 1990 there were 1,888,000 units sold and in the year 2000 there were 52,600,000 sold, making it around a million phones per week (Houle). It has only continued to grow, and with this increase has come more and more people talking on their phones while driving and an increase in car accidents caused by this added distraction. Unfortunately, people
Cell phone use increases the likelihood of motor vehicle accidents The use of a cell phone while driving increases the likelihood of having an automobile accident and as such the use of cell phones in vehicles should be restricted and irresponsible drivers should be prosecuted under the letter of the law for reckless driving. Cell phones have become a commodity in our everyday lives. Some people however are taking the trend to extremes by engaging in conversations while operating a moving vehicle
THE CELL PHONE (MOBILE) USE WHILE DRIVING. To my way of thinking the mobile phone is a tool that well used is a powerful communication device that it can open the world. Actually I have little time to use a cell phone. In the nineties my first cell phone was a black Motorola Startac. To me it was a dream come true because I was one of the first among my friends in to have it a mobile phone but it was useless because I didn’t have many people to talk to. In the past, when some one used a mobile