...Professor Tanguay February 25, 2013 Using Cell Phones While Driving is a Huge Problem Almost everyone has a cell phone, and that causes a problem for public safety when drivers use their phones up behind the wheel. Using cell phone while driving should be made illegal. Driving is a privilege not a right, therefore to ensure the safety of everyone and allow drivers to reach their destination safely, there has to be reinforced regulations. Cell phone usage should be a concern and drivers should refrain from using them while operating a vehicle because it can cause problems such as distraction, slower reflex, and endangerment. Cell phone is a distraction because that could present a serious and potentially deadly danger. Using the phone while driving can cause a cognitive problem, meaning driving and talking on the phone with someone prevents one from focusing one hundred percent on the road. “Studies show that driver pay attention to phone conversation is distracted because the paying more attention to the conversation and less to driving.” (Declare Ropeik) Take the case of Kelson Vaillancourt who “in May 2009 lost her 21-year-old brother to distracted driving. Kelson Vaillancourt was riding in the car with a co-worker to a job site when the driver failed to yield at a stop sign, drove into traffic and was hit by a tractor trailer. The driver died instantly and Kelson died hours later”. According to Insurance Institute for Highway Safety drivers who use hand held...
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...Outlaw the Use of Handheld Cell Phones While Driving CL English 111.4 November 9, 2009 Abstract Cell phones should be banned to make for a safer country. When considering whether or not cell phones should be allowed to be used while driving, generates two different positions. The use of a cell phone while a car is in motion should be made illegal throughout the United States with exceptions of emergencies. Cell phones are a distraction and our brain is better at concentrating on one thing at a time, while using a cell phone you have a slower reaction time and it will reduce the amount of vehicle accidents. Some argue that cell phones cause just as much distraction as many other things such as the radio and that cell phones are needed for emergencies. Others argue that a law banning the use will help decrease vehicle accidents and increase peoples concentration on driving. Outlaw the use of Handheld Cell Phones While Driving “500,000 passenger vehicle drivers are talking on hand-held cell phones, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration” (O’Rourke, 2004). When considering whether or not cell phones should be allowed while driving, causes deep feelings to be expressed on both sides of the issue. Some argue that cell phones cause just as much distraction as many other things, such as the radio. Others argue that such a law will help decrease vehicle accidents and increase the driver’s concentration on driving. Our first concern should be the safety of...
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...from 1994 through 2003. Researchers are finding that organized thoughts, weighing consequences and suppressing impulses does not fully develop until the age 25. Teens have a hard time controlling their risky behavior and becoming responsible which is why minors are mostly involved in crashes. Some regulations have been made to help decrease the dangers of teen driving, for example, the Graduated Driver License and the banning of cell phones while driving to help prevent distractions. Even though there are regulations, minors don’t always follow them which is why the dangers of teen driving are underrated. One of the leading dangers with teen driving is the amount of cell phone usage. Teenagers are in the prime of their social life and always have a cell phone within reach. Using a cell phone causes teens to become less aware of their surroundings and lose focus on the road. “According to a study by the Ford Motor Company, teens are more likely to be distracted by cell phones than adults and cross lane lines 53.8 percent more often than without a phone”(Ky Sisson). When teenagers’ text message each other while driving, they are increasing the risk of an accident. “A University of...
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...Driving Without Cell Phone Distraction “Don’t text message when you’re driving. It’s not safe.” “Oh, Mom. You worry too much. I know what I’m doing.” “You’ll get distracted and end up in a crash.” “No, I won’t.” “When you drive my car you are not to use your cell phone to talk to your friends or text message. If it’s that important to talk, pull off the road at a safe place to use your phone.” Mom didn’t confess to her daughter that she’d tried texting while she was driving, and she had many more years of driving experience. There was no way to safely drive and use a cell phone at the same time. Some things were best done one at a time, she thought, like driving and text messaging. Her goal was getting to her destination without harm to others as well as herself. She kept her phone calls brief. She also made sure her family knows, “If I don’t answer it’s because I’m driving. When I stop, I’ll call you back.” “Highway safety experts are now claiming cell phone use while driving is a public health issue and are demanding more education and restrictions on such electronic devices,” writes Deidre Bello, associate editor of Safety & Health magazine. Her article poses the question of how multitasking while driving should be addressed. Early in 2007 a local restaurateur was killed when his SUV struck a utility pole. The news report advised that he was using his cell phone at the tie of the crash. But cell phone use isn’t the only multitasking behavior at issue. How...
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...Having a cell phone in today’s society has become a regular part of life. Even I have a cell phone and I’m really not a big talker. What’s astonishing to me is kids seem to all have cell phones by the time they get into middle school. We rely on these communication devices for every aspect of our daily lives, whether for personal use or for work. To me we rely so heavily on the cell phone that it is becoming dangerous. Think to a time when you were driving down the road and came up on a slower vehicle. They were swerving within their lane, couldn’t keep a constant speed and just seemed like they were completely distracted and not paying attention to the road and the seemingly easy task of driving. You want to get by the person but every time an opportunity to do so came into view it would quickly disappear because the other driver would speed up or do something to avert your opportunity. Finally you get your chance and go around the person. You look over in an attempt to quench your curiosity and see the person is talking on their cell phone. It all makes sense now; they are paying more attention to the conversation they have going on than to their driving. Driving is a dangerous activity in itself, but when you add other distractions like talking and or texting on a cell phone, the outcomes can be anything but pleasant and lead to extensive consequences. Drivers are far more distracted while talking on a cell phone than just talking to a passenger in the car...
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...talk on a cell phone while driving. Is has been proven in many different states that teenage drivers are more susceptible to accidents without the use of a cell phone, but when they choose to add a cell phone to the mix, the potential for an accident increases significantly. Over the past 10 – 15 years, the number of cell phone users has steadily increased. With this increase, naturally comes at least an equal increase in the number of cell phone users who drive while talking on the phone. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates “there are some 974,000 vehicles on the road at any given daylight moment driven by someone on a hand-held phone” (Glassbrenner, 2005). Anyone who has been driving for more than a year has been the “victim” of a cell phone driver on at least on occasion. There have been comparisons drawn which have been supported by various studies, some of which will be discussed throughout this paper, which equate the cell phone driver to a drunk driver. While it could be argued that there is no comparison between the two, the inference drawn by many of the surveys is that the drivers are more likely to be involved in accidents as a result of being preoccupied with their phone conversations. “Cell phone distraction causes 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries in the United States every year” (Britt, 2005). As a society, we have become dependent upon the use of cell phones to the...
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...Disadvantages by the Technology to the Teens Teens all over the world are growing up in a world in which the Internet, cell phones, text messaging and other technology dominates their communication and are an integral part of everyday life. If there are many advantages of the technology then there are many disadvantages as well. First, the cell phone is one of the technological come through into the teen’s life. In the beginning you would think that the communication will increase with the cell phone, but in reality the communication between the parents and children’s has decreases. Before the cell phone the family was force to arrange at the house where they can spend time and meaningful interaction than talking on the phones. This was the point every day to prepare a meal and seat together to enjoy it. Investigations in the University of Minnesota found that traditional family meals make a positive impact on adolescent behavior. In 2009 survey of nearly 10.000 teenagers across the United States superior occurrence of family’s diner was associate with the positive values and better commitment to learning. Compare with those who only few families diners where exhibit high- risk behaviors including sexual activity, suicide attempts, substance abuse, violence and academic problems. One more disadvantage is the computers. Due of the need for a computer to development the education give them the opportunity to have full access to a dangerous world and made the youth of day less...
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...difficult in my generation because fewer resources were available,” while the computer was invented, the Internet wasn’t. This caused her to have to delve deeper into hardcover books and not be able to “Google” things with one click of a button. The extent of technology used in the classroom in her generation was the projector that they would take notes from. Sarah’s greatest resource as she put it was books. A point Sarah brings up is, “Because of the greater influence of books, then I was personally more self-driven where now people read a lot less and depend more on others to lecture them.” In contrast, though, she feels that current professors prefer a more interactive approach with more creativity involved, which captures students’ interests more. With new technology, distractions can be a big rising factor. Sarah strongly believes that the distractions have totally overloaded students in my generation. In her generation she explains that it wasn’t common to bring a cell phone to class, not because...
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...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. She returned to the home that she and Dave set out from for that walk on March 4th. Now, she had to face the reality of moving on in life without her husband. There are many stories like this one where misfortune has hit home for families because...
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...Around 1.6 million individuals die every year from being in a fatal car accident due to texting and driving. This epidemic has been spreading since the early 90’s, when cell phones were first introduced. People look down for an innocent second and then it all goes black. If someone is driving fifty-five miles per hour and looks at their phone for five seconds, they have driven the length of a football field, without looking at the road. Texting and driving should be illegal in all states based on the statistics, it impairs drivers, and it can take a life away in one quick second. Do you know of someone that has been in a fatal accident that could have been easily avoided if someone had waited or pulled over to pull out their phone? The cold-hard truth is; humans have become so addicted to their phones that they forget about the lives they could possibly endanger. In a recent article written about the statistics of texting and driving, studies found about eleven teens die every day in accidents caused by cell phones. About twenty-one percent of fatal car accidents happen due to distracted drivers on their phones. These shocking statistics show just how dangerous texting and driving can be. In 2015, 3,477 people were killed and 391,00 were injured from a...
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...Marketing Plan Alison Schindelar John Gilley Mark Aswall Latoya Davis Orin Howard May 5, 2014 Mission TextControl is an innovative product that strives for safety in automobiles. By keeping lives safe while driving, the product aims to decrease the amount of distraction on the road for everyday drives by locking cell phones once placed in a docking station. Product Description TextControl is a docking system that locks the driver’s cell phone once it is placed into the device, which will prohibit any hand use while driving. The device connects to the automobile’s cigarette lighter and charges the phone while placed in the dock. The docking system will not ban the driver from using Bluetooth or voice to text features as these features will still be fully functional while driving. Value Proposition ------------------------------------------------- Product Target Customers Key Benefits ------------------------------------------------- TextControl Insurance Companies Reduced accidents caused by cell phone distraction ------------------------------------------------- Value Proposition ------------------------------------------------- No distractions, just safe driving Macro-environments The macro-environment refers to the external factors, which affect a company's planning and performance, and are beyond its control. There are several factors to consider regarding TextControl, which can affect the development...
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...Prohibiting the Use of a Cell Phone While Operating a Motor Vehicle Gerald J. Calca Jr. Post University Prohibiting the Use of a Cell Phone While Operating a Motor Vehicle Statistics show that from 2003 to 2008 the number of accidents that were caused by drivers using a cell phone increased from 636,000 to an astounding 1.6 million. (CBSNews, 2010). This a growing trend that shows the use of cells phones while driving is an extremely dangerous activity which has had severe consequences for many individuals, and therefore should be prohibited to help ensure the safety on our roads. There are too many things that can go wrong when driving a car without any distractions. Taking your attention away from the road for any reason is not only a detriment to yourself but to others as well. While most people realize that driving a vehicle is a privilege and responsibility that should be taken very seriously, there are some people that believe that the convenience factor outweighs the risks. According to K. Lissy, J. Cohen, M. Park, and J. Graham in their report Cellular Phone Use While Driving: Risks and Benefits (2000), some of the benefits that people find in using cell phones when driving are both personal and communal. Being able to use a cell phone while driving helps people reduce unnecessary trips, shorten the duration of their trips, and overall minimizes the amount of time spent on the road (Lissy, Cohen, Park, & Graham, Jul 2000, p. 41). An example of this would...
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...What is the first thing you would do if your city’s power went out? Would you light a candle? Reach for a flashlight? Or would you run for your cell phone? Most of us would choose the last option, but without power, most cell phones become useless due to lack of service. Imagine, no connection to the world outside your house. No FaceBook, no Twitter, no Instagram or Pinterest. For most, including myself, that would be a nightmare. As much as it pains me to admit, I am an avid user of all of these social networks. It is interesting to think that there once was a time when writing letters, using only home phones or physically going to see a person were the only means of communication, a time that recent generation children will only learn about from reading history books, or hearing from their families. Today I am going to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly aspects of social networks. The good being origins and advantages, the bad being disadvantages and the ugly being the dangers of social networking. In today’s society, where technology is the driving force for almost everything, there is no escaping social networking. Whether it’s being told to follow someone on Twitter, taking a photo and uploading it to Instagram or finding out more information about a company through it’s FaceBook page, you can do almost anything with the help of social networking. We have all heard of these social networking outlets, but they were not the first in the business. According to an...
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...Callahan read from both of the driver’s statements and indicated the driver of the Toyota was at fault because as the driver came to the stop sign at Ransom Free Road they did not look for oncoming traffic and took a left-hand turn to head west on Clermont Highway. When the Toyota turned, the driver made the mistake of pulling out in front of a two door Chevy car driving west over 50 mph. As the driver of the Chevy tried to quickly maneuver around the dark-colored SUV, the two cars collided with force and the SUV rolled once to its side. Both of the vehicles came to a halt and rested in the ditch on the right-hand side of the highway, Callahan said. The cars struck each other so hard that neither could be driven away and everyone had to wait for a tow truck to load up the mangled Toyota and Chevy, Callahan said. Two registered 9mm handguns were inside the Toyota during the accident, and it was unclear at that moment if one of the pistols accidentally fired as the car rolled during the collision. As the passengers of the SUV exited their vehicle, they could not find the pistols because the firearms became lost during the crash, Callahan...
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...How Social Media Is Changing the Way We Communicate What is the first thing you would do if your city’s power went out? Would you light a candle? Reach for a flashlight? Or would you run for your cell phone? Most of us would choose the last option, but without power, most cell phones become useless due to lack of service. Imagine, no connection to the world outside your house. No FaceBook, no Twitter, no Instagram or Pinterest. For most, including myself, that would be a nightmare. As much as it pains me to admit, I am an avid user of all of these social networks. It is interesting to think that there once was a time when writing letters, using only home phones or physically going to see a person were the only means of communication, a time that recent generation children will only learn about from reading history books, or hearing from their families. Today I am going to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly aspects of social networks. The good being origins and advantages, the bad being disadvantages and the ugly being the dangers of social networking. In today’s society, where technology is the driving force for almost everything, there is no escaping social networking. Whether it’s being told to follow someone on Twitter, taking a photo and uploading it to Instagram or finding out more information about a company through it’s FaceBook page, you can do almost anything with the help of social networking. We have all heard of these social networking outlets, but they...
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