Texting while driving has been banned for all drivers, while any use of a cell phone has been banned for anyone under the age of eighteen. (Texting While Driving) What kind of dim-wit wrote this law? Adult drivers can be distracted just as much as teenage drivers. Studies estimate that distractions caused by cell phone use while driving result in roughly 2600 fatalities and 330,000 injuries each year in the United States. (Noder) This number could be much higher because it is difficult to prove cell phone usage without reviewing a billing
At first glance it seems it would be equally as beneficial for adolescents to have a cell phone to help parents stay in contact and keep track of them, but with a closer look at the negative effects that a cell phone can cause to a teen’s health, behavior, and education, it becomes clear that the possible detriments far outweigh any conveniences that a cell phone may offer. The most obvious threats that come along with cell phone use are the physical risks. Young adults feel they are impervious to danger and take chances with texting and driving. In Amy Novotney’s Dangerous Distraction, she discusses some of the various studies done on the effects of using a cell phone while driving. These studies show how conversing uses different cognitive skills than other activities and takes up a human brain’s “bandwidth” (Novotney).
I can almost guarantee you that without awareness of this issue these numbers will continue to rise. So believe me when I say it can wait. Figure 2: This figure above also provided exceptional facts to the risks teens and young drivers are subject to when stepping behind the wheel of a motor vehicle with a cell phone. I don’t want to use these facts to scare people but to inform them that anything can happen to anyone and that no one is invincible. These small details may seem boring but if this paper can help change someone’s mind to stop using the phone while driving imagine how many lives alone one person can
Eliza Bragonje Bragonje 1 Nevena Stojanovic English 102 Section 8 9.9.2013 Informal Writing 1 The essay “Thumbs on the Wheel” written by Mark A. Shiffrin and Avi Silberschatz is a short essay that discusses the usage of cellphones to text and talk while driving. The use of technology is rapidly increasing in today’s society and with it comes the troubles of having it misused. Every year tens of thousands of people die from car accidents related to texting and driving a year. In order to have better safety on the roads the usage of cell phones while driving should be altered or made illegal. In the essay the authors claim that president Obama has forbidden federal workers form texting while driving.
New drivers already have a hard time on the road because they have just gotten their license and do not know how to drive as well. Adding cell phones would just create more of a problem for them which ends up creating more car crashes. As a citizen, we must not only protect our own lives but try to keep other citizens safe as well. Banning the use of cell phones while driving in the United States would help keep the citizens safe and help us reach our goal of create a good community. The banishment would keep our citizens safe from the harm of careless driving because of cell phones.
Along with my attention, the author also grabs fear right out of me. Instead of stating the facts about tracking citizens through their cell phones, the author appears to be standing right in front of my face, warning me about the facts. This article was also easier for me to follow. I thought that the first article said companies could find you wherever you are. After the second article told me you had to be in range of a tower, I went back to the first article and noticed my assumption was wrong.
It is estimated more than 100 million people use cell phones while driving. This is issue should not go unsolved. Drivers who use cell phones are a major cause of car accidents. According to the article “III- Cell phones and Driving” 80 percent of all car crashes are related to non-attentive drivers. There are certain activities that may be more dangerous than talking on a cell phone.
California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana in the 1990s. Soon after, many states began to follow Alaska; Arizona; Colorado; the District of Columbia (DC) and Delaware, with other states voting on the law as well. So what makes Proposition 19 an ethical issue for the 21st century? In the eyes of the generally population, medical marijuana in any form is atrocious to consider in regards to medical treatment. For example, a family with a sick child has taken ever other form of treatment possible; however, the child continues to show no health improvements.
Utah psychologists have made a clear warning against cell phone use while driving and stated: “Drivers on cell phones are as bad as drunks” (no name,Drews, Siegel & Strayer, 2006). According to their preliminary study hands-free cell phones are just as distracting as handheld cell phones because the conversation itself distracts drivers from road conditions. (Drews, Siegel & Strayer, 2006). Many people think that the modern technology can help to make cell phones safe and easy in the car. However, they are wrong because the dangers continue after the call ends.
The first link between vaccines and autism came when “British doctor Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues published the first paper suggesting the MMR vaccine was linked to symptoms associated with autism” (Melvin). However, Dr. Wakefield “lost his medical license after an investigation revealed he falsified data” (Melvin). Even after the study was retracted, panics over autism vaccination caused parents to not give the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine to their children. Refusal to vaccinate children can lead to disease in the coming years. An example of the dangers of not vaccinating children showed in 2012.