...Car accidents are common on a daily basis, and the causes behind these crashes are the many different distractions we have throughout the day, but talking on the phone and even texting while driving is the number one cause of crashes according to recent studies. This distraction can be deadly in many ways and can put the driver as well as the passengers in danger; therefore the use of technology while driving is never an option. The usage of phones either by text or call are a problem when it comes to driving because they do not allow people to focus on their surroundings like incoming traffic and pedestrians, causing crashes and many times even death. Of course, teenagers play a very important role in this controversial topic, as they have been more involved in the evolution of technology; leading them to an addiction to it. In addition, the Department of Transportation is working on banning the use of cell phones while...
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...Shayne Wright 24 September 2015 Argument Writing Texting and driving is never the right thing to do. There is so much that could happen in those few seconds spent looking at the small computer screen. It is only one of many things that can lead the driver to distraction; in fact it is one of the most common. In the United States, all but a small few states have passed a bill to ban texting and driving. In Florida, It is a secondary offense with a thirty-dollar fine. With such minor penalties as a consequence, it is not enough of a deterrent. It is apparent seeing that some people argue with the thirty-dollar fine as being reasonable since the charge is so weak. Therefore, Florida does not do enough to prevent distracted driving. Many of the citizens in America are in love with cell phones however; using it should not cost lives. When driving, the cell phone should be the last priority. On www.dmvflorida.org the author makes a good point in saying, “At 40 MPH you are traveling more than 58 feet per second. So if you look at a text for just 5 seconds, your vehicle has traveled more than 290 feet.” In that timeframe anything could happen. Cars could stop and children could run in front of the vehicle. It is extremely dangerous to have any distractions while driving, especially using a cell phone. The bill was passed in Florida in 2013. However, it is merely a secondary offense. While it is great that is illegal, it is only enforced if another traffic violation has been committed...
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...This paper will address the crime problem of teenage driving and texting. A brief history and timeline of texting will be examined, followed by the effects of texting on driving and statistics associated to the practice. The teenage invincibility complex will be examined and current policy effectiveness will be reviewed as it relates to criminological theories. The conclusion will provide possible policy solutions utilizing the general deterrence theory. In 1992 Neil Papworth sent the first text message to Richard Jarvis. Text messaging was originally and more technically known as short message system (SMS). This type of message was initially intended to aid the hearing impaired. In the 2000’s most wireless service providers began offering...
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...I know that the topic of texting and driving is a very controversial issue, but there are many questions that I am interested in finding out this semester through my research. I want to find out why people are so prone to look at their phones while they are driving. Everyone knows texting while driving can result in bad things, but they ignore the fact that serious consequences can arise in a single moment with a quick glance at their device while operating a vehicle. I have questions about the human brain and I want to know how texting and driving can affect the brain’s state at that specific moment when a person is looking down at their phone. I already know that texting and driving have resulted in deadly crashes in the United States. Texting...
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...Texting and Driving Every day of our lives, we encounter people. Naturally, we connect and communicate with them whether we have close, normal or an acquainted relationship. That’s the human nature, humans are genetically created and designed to interact with their surroundings. Of course, tools and methods people use in order to communicate between each other differ among them; especially with the development of technology and the major role it plays in our lives. However, tend to use this advanced sort of communication at the wrong times distracting them from more important things at that moment, which may result in disastrous outcomes. The ad is telling people, primarily young people of the texting generation, not to text and drive, and does so effectively using the fear factor by implying that texting and driving leads to violent injuries. The picture I chose for this assignment displays texting and driving, acts as a warning about the deadly consequences. In the picture, the scattered blood on the hand of the female driver resembles the injury and pain caused by the incident of texting and driving. Blood on the cellphone also tells the extent of physical damage the female driver has encountered; small, convergent blood dots on the phone may be caused from a face or head injury. The appearance of blood in the picture acts as a warning to show that texting while driving causes serious physical pain. Furthermore, the position of the laying arm holding the phone loosely...
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...about Texting and Driving “In 2010, 3,092 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver and an estimated additional 416,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver” (Distracted Driving). Many people do not realize that texting and driving causes so many injuries and deaths. People believe that looking down at a phone for three seconds is okay and will not cause harm. They are wrong; texting while driving causes more accidents than other distractions while driving. There are also laws that forbid the use of a cell phone while operating a vehicle. Texting and driving is an action that kills more people than expected. Due to the lack of concentration on the first-hand action; a slowed reaction is brought upon the driver. Texting and driving is a problem because of the delayed reaction time of someone who is driving a car. “Using a cell phone while driving, whether it’s handheld or hands-free, delays a driver’s reactions as much as having a blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit of .08 percent” (2009, University of Utah). Driving while texting is similar to driving while intoxicated because of the delayed reaction time, but texting while driving is much worse. When a person is driving under the influence of alcohol, they are, for the most part, still focusing on the road; whereas a person who is texting is paying more attention to their phone than on the road. Therefore, most accidents are caused from texting while driving. When...
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...Texting and Driving: Two Technologies Collide Harry Williams Jr ITT Technical Institute Abstract Texting and driving has become a serious problem in recent years. In 2011, at least 23% of auto collisions involved cellphones. The death rate caused be texting and driving is higher than that of drinking and driving. The financial burden caused be texting and driving affects everyone from the individuals involved to the public services. Penalties are not severe enough to deter drivers from texting. Public awareness of the consequences of texting and driving is not where it should be. In recent years there has been an alarming increase in traffic accidents and deaths related to cellphone usage while driving, the most notable being texting and driving. The purpose of this research is to identify the causes of traffic incidents and to propose solutions to help curb the number of incident and mortality rates caused by this highly dangerous and illegal behavior. In 2011, 23% of all auto collisions involved cellphones. That’s 1.3 million crashes. (Texting and Driving Saety.com/texting-and-driving-stats, 2013) “The minimal amount of time your attention is taken away from the road when you are texting and driving is 5 seconds. If you’re traveling at 55mph, this equals to driving the length of a football field without looking at the road.” (NHTSA, 2009) “A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last month found...
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...In the modern world, the use of technology plays an important role. One of the most popular applications is the cellphone. The cellphone is a potential hand-held device for each individual. However, along with a lot of positive aspects, the cellphone still has some negative aspects reached to consider should or not using cellphone. Using cell phones can cause serious problems like health hazards, accidents from texting or talking while driving and linguistic ruin from texting messages. This research paper is divided into four sections. In the first section, the paper will discuss the popularity of using cell phones in the world and the consequences of increasing the use of cellphones. In the second section, this research paper will survey the health hazards caused by using cellphones in terms of time and age. These health hazards include brain tumors and male infertility. The next section will discuss about texting or chatting on cellphone while driving and the potential consequences. The last section will offer point of view about the abuse of abbreviations in texting language by teenagers. In recent years, cellphones became more and more popular in the world because of the quick development of technology and science. Mobile phones are considered as new and important parts of our bodies. Too many people using cellphones means the growth of base-stations more quickly and seriously. About 5.9 billion cellphones are in use in 2011 (“Key Global Telecom Indicators for the World...
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...“A witness says the driver of a pickup truck collided with a church minibus in rural Texas, killing 13 people, acknowledged he had been texting while driving” I listen to this as I sit on my phone while my mom watches the news. I look up to see an image of two cars completely destroyed. “Witnesses say that the driver was erratically driving across the road”. The death of these 13 people was caused because of the choices of someone else, texting while driving, something that is legal in Texas and three other states allowing the freedom of deadly crashes like this to occur. Many people believe that texting while driving is multitasking, but research has shown that multitasking is when you are switching your attention from one thing to the...
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...that may have affected someone here which is a texting and driving. B. Thesis Statement: I am here to persuade you all on the effects of texting and driving and the consequences of it Hopefully by the end of my speech you all think before you text and drive. II. Main Points: Texting and driving A. Texting a. There is absolutely no reason to text and drive, b. It distracts you from the road therefore not knowing what is going on. B. Statistics a. In 2014, 23% of car crashes were caused by texting and driving. So in turn that is basically 1.3 million crashes. b. You take away 5 seconds away from your reaction time when you’re using your phone. Also you are 23 times more likely to crash than average driver. c. 52% of Americans talk on their phone when driving while 34% text and drive. 13 % of those statistics are teens and young adults. C. Alternatives/ Laws a. You can wait to arrive to your destination to send and or receive text. b. 39 states have taken action by prohibiting texting on the road. c. Share social media ads to keep raising awareness on the issue and help others by not allowing them to text while driving when you are in the car III. Conclusion A. Texting while driving to be blunt is rather dumb. Given the recent news on the car crashes caused by texting while driving should be enough to persuade you not to do it. B. No text message is worth your life, it can wait. When your texting and driving you put yourself and other people in danger...
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...Criminal Law August 12, 2013 Texting and Driving: It Can Wait Leslee’s life changed forever on March 4th. Leslee Henson and her husband David were involved in a terrible pedestrian-motor accident. They were not driving a car; they were simply going for a walk on a Monday morning in their neighborhood when tragedy struck. The motorist that was guilty of texting, rear ended another vehicle that struck the pedestrians. David shielded his wife, Leslee and took the death for her. In other words, he pushed her out of the way and he died while she survived and has to endure more than 5,000 stitches and staples on her head and neck. Bones in Leslee’s neck and back were broken. She had bleeding in her brain. Her shoulder was injured. The woman that caused the accident was 50 years old, late for work and was texting with her head down. In addition to all these factors, she did not have insurance which leaves Leslee with the medical bills. The car that she rear ended was being driven by a man named Fred, who witnessed David pushing his wife out the way and taking the blow for her. 1 So many individuals’ lives will never be the same because that lady chose to send a text. It has not been revealed what the message entailed but if it was that pertinent, than as a mature person she should have pulled over and taken precautionary measures. David was an amazing father, husband, uncle, and grandfather to 10 darling grand kids. Leslee did go home, two and a half weeks after the accident...
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...Is a Text Worth a Life? "More than ten of us are killed and 1,000 are injured every day in the United States as a result of distracted driving", according to the highway traffic safety administration. People can all relate to texting and driving as an everyday accordance. In todays' society most people own a cellular device. This ad although using a male as the example was made to provide awareness to all genders to take responsibility behind the wheel. This ad with a cell phone and text message showing the person never made it home was made to show awareness to drive safe and not to text behind the wheel. While analyzing this ad one of the things people start off noticing is the cell phone. It is one of the most noticeable items in the ad. A cell phone is a device people all have and carry at their sides. All it takes is seconds for someone to pick up a cell phone and send an instant message that can result in a catastrophic event. The audience can also notice how the driver is holding the phone. The way his hands are off the steering wheel and onto the phone. Resulting in not having complete and...
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...seven other states have all banned texting while driving. However, we still have an issue with using mobile devices on the road. What sets Florida apart from the other states is that it’s only a secondary offense, basically meaning that Florida drivers are only cited if they are pulled over for a primary offense such as not wearing a seat belt. What is more questionable of it all is the fact that the person will only be paying a thirty dollar fine when cited. When we think about it, has Florida actually done enough to help prevent texting and driving? Some Florida drivers think that the amount one has to pay when charged because texting while driving, is not considered a serious offense, but the law has hardly made an impact on the state. Florida does not do enough to prevent distracted driving because it is considered a first offense, the fines are too light and they need to realize that the problem is only growing because of their lack of negligence. Because Florida considers texting and driving a only a secondary offense, many people are able to get away with texting and driving. According to Tampa bay Times, from October 1, 2013 to May 2014 only about one hundred and twenty five citations had been issued to drivers who texted while driving who lived in Hillsborough County, Hernando County, Pasco County, and Pinellas County. This is an extremely low considering that twenty five percent of all collisions are caused by texting and driving. This means a driver can only get pulled...
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...Dangers of Texting and Driving George Koudelka COM/155 February 09, 2014 Amy Hankins Dangers of Texting and Driving The letters LOL, TTYL, or just saying "Hey" have the power to cause an accident within seconds. The National Safety Council estimates that "1.4 million accidents occur every year due to people using their cell phones. 200,000 of those accidents alone are from texting while driving."(How) The popularity of mobile devices has had some unintended and even dangerous consequences. We now know that mobile communications are linked to a significant increase in distracted driving, resulting in injury and loss of life. With this said some people believe that texting and driving needs to be closely monitored because of the risk it involves. While other people think that it is alright to use the phone while driving as long as we keep glancing at the road while replying to the text. Currently there is no national ban on texting or using a wireless phone while driving, but a number of states have passed laws banning texting or wireless phones or requiring hands-free use of wireless phones while driving. This epidemic negatively affects teens and their society and should be strictly avoided. Using cell phone causes many distractions for our eyes, our mind, and our actions. It is easily possible for our eyes to slip off the road. The Tampa Bay Times claims that it "takes seconds to get eyes off the highway and takes self-control"(Cox). Therefore, instead of...
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...Effects of Cellphone Use While Driving The reason I oppose the use of cell phone during driving is because I was once engaged in a cellphone use while driving that totally distracted me as it diverted my concentration off the road. This happened to me years ago, while I was driving home from work, I made a quick phone call to my mother and at the same instant the car swerved onto the side of the street and almost hit a pedestrian crossing the road. I realized that the risk of taking my eyes off the road for a split second could cause an injury and even fatal accident. It will show the audience why this issue matters to me, and why it should to them. Using a cell phone while driving is dangerous and increases the chance of getting into a car accident. Therefore, texting ban should be implemented to reduce the number of accidents on the road. Cellular phones serve as useful convenient methods of communication. It has become an important communication tool that is used by people all over the world to keep everyone connected. However, the increase use of cellphone while driving is becoming a significant cause of automobile accidents because it decreases a driver’s awareness and attentiveness resulting in driver’s being distracted and impaired driving abilities. It is true that cell phones can also be very useful, but when automobile drivers use them while driving, it becomes a very high distractor because it distracts the driver, impairs the ability to control the vehicle and...
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