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.
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.
Do you like talking on a cell phone while driving? Have you ever considered that talking on the phone while driving raises the risk of crashes? In years past when people innovate cell phone technology, people start use it while they're driving. Despite, there are no doubt about using cell phones while driving contributes to accidents; but, people don't care about this problem. They keep use it while they driving; even though they have known the numerous affects of using it in car.
This shows in other words novelty seeking behavior of the teen. This contributes to why there are poor performances in the driving tasks shown in teens in comparison to adults. Driving license restrictions are rules and regulation that limits the privileges of driving given to teens to prevent accidents and road hazards. “Motor vehicle crashes are the greatest single health threat to teens” explains the UMTRI researchers. The purpose of the restrictions is keep teens safe and avoid crashes.
To avoid these potential deadly results, drivers need to understand them, parents need to prepare youth to avoid them, and legislators need to implement laws to create safer roadways. Statistics show The social lives of today’s public spectrum seems to revolve around use of their cell phones as a growing number of people give up their landline and exclusively utilize their cell phone in replacement. Drivers need to understand that the growing popularity of the cell phone coupled with the task of driving a motor vehicle proves to be a dangerous and at times a fatal combination for both adults and teenagers. Cellular phones have provided the public a way to communicate frequently and relatively inexpensively. However, this also proves to be a deadly distraction while using a cell phone while operating a motor vehicle.
These types are becoming popular because there are no wires to manage, their placement allow drivers to keep her or his head and eyes up and on the road as though they are holding a conversation with someone in the car. There are also cell phone applications that are so advanced they can read your email to you and there is voice email or text, where you talk and the phone turns your words into an email or text message. Studies have shown that holding a cell phone while driving is a great distraction for some people because they concentrate on the phone
Most would say that this a great convenient way to say whatever they need to say to someone, Although, I tend to disagree strongly about this. The person sending the text may not have anything to do at the moment, although, the person on the receiving end could be concentrating on something very important. For example driving, if the person receiving the text is driving, and concentrating on the road in front of them when the text comes through to them, the driver is then distracted and engages into a conversation with the cell phone. Therefore, creating a huge life threatening experience for not only the receiver of the text, and surrounding traffic as well. Putting not only their lives in danger, but oncoming traffic as well that may be carrying valuable contents like children in the vehicle.
Your blind spots increase more cause your brain is now focused on your phone call, you felt was important, text message, e-mail, or even tweets/Facebook you are engaged in; rather than the task at hand. Your performance level is now decreased, no matter how well you drive. Driving requires all attention on the road. Using a cell phone is a major distraction. Majority of people choose to talk and text while
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.
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).