...Driving While Distracted: Examining the Impact of Cell Phone Use on Driving Janine Graves Argosy University, Seattle Abstract This study examines the role of cell phones on driver's vision and attention. By including studies which use hand held, hands free and/or texting, this paper emphasizes that all forms of cell phone communication impairs drivers. Furthermore, research hi-lights how cell phone distraction can equal or exceed impairment caused by drunk driving. Driving While Distracted: Examining the Impact of Cell Phone Use on Driving Over the last several years, many states around the country have enacted laws aimed at limiting cell phone use while driving. Such laws are typically drafted...
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...We live in a world where people frequently try to multitask, figuring they can accomplish more this way. Often, multitasking is harmless. Some tasks, such as driving, though, require your full attention. Multitasking while driving equals distracted driving and should be avoided. Cell Phones In Illinois, as with most states, texting and driving is illegal. Along with that, hand-held cell phone use while driving is banned in our state, and it is illegal for drivers under 19 to use a cell phone at all (except in an emergency) while driving. While hands-free devices can be used in Illinois, they can also cause a distraction. When possible, avoid using your phone at all while driving. If you know that you will be distracted by it, turn it off...
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...Texting While Driving 2200 words Texting While Driving In America, turning sixteen is a huge milestone for most teens because that is when they finally get to drive a car. You spend time studying for the test, even more than you would for your algebra tests. You endure painful driving lessons from your overprotective parents who are gripping on the passenger seats for dear life and lecture you just for going a little bit too fast. Finally, when you are ready, you take the nerve-wrecking driving test where, if you are unlucky, your driving examiner would be a grumpy looking man who looks so strict you lose your nerve and start making silly mistakes. However, after going through the pain and hardships, you finally do it. You get your license and you get a little taste of freedom. No more having your mother pick you up after school or getting a ride with your dad who might sometimes embarrass you in front of your friends. Unfortunately, once you start driving, everything you have learnt went out the window. You drive with your radio turned up, you rarely turn your head all the way to the back when changing lanes, and the worst habit of all, you start texting and even talk on the phone while you are driving. The advancement of technology has made different forms of communication so easily accessible. Social media is such a huge part of us and it is all in the palm of our hands. Sure, it is a good thing that it is so convenient for us but doing all that while behind the wheel...
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...be highly impacted if their trying to multitask while driving. This research concludes how well drivers are able to drive when having a conversation on a cell phone, a conversation with a passenger and when driving without any problems or distractions. In the beginning of the article, it talks about the 3 levels of performance that a person can specialize if their trying to multitask, like talking on a cell phone. For an example in the article “Passenger and Cell Phone Conversations in Simulated Driving” states that the vehicle could drift to the side on the street, this shows that driver tries to multitask like conversing on a cell phone, the driver’s won’t be able to stay focus on the...
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...driver. Eric had went out that morning on a bike ride and while he went on a road not far from his home near Santa Maria, California, Eric was killed when a teen driver traveling at 60 miles per hour struck his bike with her truck. Eric was struck and killed by a distracted teenage driver who neither swerved nor braked. It was later revealed by the driver's cell phone records that she was texting just before the crash. Even though people have been told numerous amount of times what not to do while driving such as texting, driving intoxicated, eating,...
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...are many people who are somewhat confident that they can safely text while driving and yet there are so many people getting in car accidents or even dying over this problem. There are many people who justify their phone use by increasing following distance between cars; they hold the phone near the windshield for better visibility and only text at a stop sign or red light. There are a lot more people who own a cell phone than there were in the past decade. Most states in the US have already begun to put laws on phone use and text messaging for any one driving in those states. Many people have their ideas about why cell phone use should be banned or not and if it can be safely done with new technology. Laws against texting while driving...
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...Using your phone while driving is selfish. You and possibly other people could be injured, or killed. You could simply put the phone down and possibly save lives. There are thousands of deaths every year because of distracted driving. There are an estimated 3,000 deaths, because of distracted driving, each year. That means one out of four car accidents are caused by texting while driving. And research shows that there are around 424,000 injuries caused by these accidents each year. This adds up to costing a grand total of 871 billion dollars per year on injuries and deaths. Also, 94% of teens know the dangers of texting while driving, but 35% admitted to doing it anyway. 11 teenage deaths are caused by texting while driving every day. Almost 70% of 16 to 64 year aged drivers admitted to texting while driving.Over half of these accidents are caused from teenagers and young adults. You could easily put down your phone and save lives....
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...There are many ways a driver can be distracted but a recent phenomenon has made texting and driving the greatest cause of accidents. About 35% of teens know the dangers of texting and driving but admit to continuing to do so. Another 55% say that texting and driving is an easy task. The article "Texting while driving" states, "Texting while driving is the act of sending and receiving text messages while operating a motor vehicle." Whether or not people are texting while driving, it is easy to say many people use their phones while being behind the wheel. "At 55 mph, sending or reading a text takes your eyes off the road for about 5 seconds, long enough to cover a football field." If you are able to cover 120 yards of a football field in...
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...On October 1st 2013 Florida had finally banned texting and driving. They say a first time offense is a 30 dollar fine and a second time can mean the officer can take your license for 5 years. But talking on the phone while driving is still Legal. Many states, 46, to be exact, have already banned texting while driving. It is very hard to know if a person was distracted while driving unless he or she admits to it after a crash. Around 2010 64% of people thought that distracted driving was the primary problem. so It is obvious that people are worried about it.. About 20% of teens say they text while driving with their parents and only 10% of parents admit to it. But distracted driving is not all just about texting while driving it is also eating...
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...Driving can be a great opportunity, but it can also be a great risk. It is interesting to me that 5,850 distracted driver crashes occured in Utah which resulted in 3,202 injured people and 28 deaths. This is information is according to 2015 Utah Stats. This makes me really sad that people get distracted while driving and sometimes kill people. Getting distracted while driving is not worth the risk of injuring yourself and others. When people get distracted while driving it causes the risk factors to accelerate quickly and can cause bad situations.I think that some popular distractions are cell phones. Cell phones can be a great tool, but they can also be a great distraction. When people are driving they should put their cell phones in a place...
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...accidents while driving. Most of these accidents are caused by distractions, one of the most dangerous distractions are texting while driving. Many people get injured or even killed because the driver has to answer one text. States try to fine people or imprison them just to make sure those drivers don’t do it again, but they haven’t made it illegal. In order to keep the driver, passenger or pedestrian safe, it is better to make it illegal. Texting while driving is a huge reason why there so many accidents on the road. “Texting messaging creates a crash risk of 23 times worse than driving while not being distracted” (The Dangers of Texting while Driving). This risk is big, but that's just half of it. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration filed that in 2012 most distractions while driving was 18 percent of fatal crashes, wounding 421,000 people and killing 3,328 others (The Dangers of Texting while Driving). Those distractions were because of cell phone use. It also says a simple text like “I love you” can be the cause of a fatal accident (46 Important Texting while Driving Fatalities Statics). These statements support why texting while driving is so dangerous....
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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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...Over the years, technology has vastly expanded its horizons by creating the television, radio, and the smart phone. With these new, portable phones, you can now contact anyone at anytime, including in the car! Unfortunately, using a phone while driving has caused many automobile accidents throughout the country. These handheld devices distract you from what's important, the road. Careless driving while using your phone doesn't only affect you, it affects neighboring drivers as well. Not only is it unacceptable for experienced drivers, but it takes a toll on beginner drivers as well. You'll be teaching them to do something that should be considered illegal throughout the country. I agree that it should be illegal to use your phone while...
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...Before I started driving, my brother would pick me up from football practice. One day instead of my brother, my grandma picked me up and she told me that he was in an accident. My brother was driving a small Ford Ranger Truck as he made a left turn blindsided to a large yellow bus coming his way. As he eased out, the front of his truck swiped the bus. Fortunately, my brother and passenger were safe, along with the students on the bus. Unfortunately, the truck was in rough shape. The truck surprising still started and drove after the wreck, so my brother drove the truck home. My parents were upset with him because he along with his passenger and the passengers on the bus could’ve been severely injured. They told him that they would buy the...
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...Why is the use of cell phones while driving dangerous? Studies show that 1.6 million crashes are caused by distracted driving per year. Cell phones should never be used while driving for the following reasons you could get in an accident, you could be injured, or you could possibly die. Drivers ages 15-44 years old die because of accidents. If you were to text while behind the wheel you could get in an accident. In 2011, 1.3 million accidents were caused by texting behind the wheel. Cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes per year. 1 out of 4 accidents in the U.S is caused by texting while driving. 21% of teens are involved in accidents due to distracted driving. In 2013, 16 percent of all police-reported crashes were caused...
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