Devices While Driving

The use of cellular devices while driving is now illegal in some states. This is due to the fact that when drivers behind the wheel of a car their only priority should be to drive. While driving and on a phone at the same time a driver is going to be distracted, and when drivers are distracted they are more likely to cause or be involved in an accident. Although it may seem entertaining and fun, driving while using a cellular device can lead to major problems. For example, driving while on a handheld device will lead to distracted driving. It has been scientifically proven that humans are not good at multitasking. We tend to put most of our focus into one thing at a time, while leaving the other task setting in the background. Because of this
finding, it can easily be assumed that when drivers are on their handheld devices they are paying more attention to those objects than the task of driving. When in fact, this should be the opposite way around. In order to ensure that a drivers main focus is on driving, handheld devices should not be allowed to be used by drivers. Furthermore, When drivers are distracted they are more likely to cause accidents. Thus not only putting themselves in danger, but the people around them as well. Large sums of people are killed by distracted drivers each year. Whether it is by a driver talking on the phone and running over someone, or texting and crashing into another person's car. These horrific events are completely preventable by the driver who caused the accident. If the driver of these accidents had put their cell phone down; lives could have been saved, and trouble would have been avoided.
Even though it may seem like fun to be able to text or play a game while driving, it can ruin the driver or someone else's life forever. If an accident is caused and someone is killed there will be serious consequences for the person who caused the accident. This driver could receive the maximum amount of fines and typically will even get jail time. This would mar someone's reputations permanently as well because no one wants to be remembered as the person who decided to text and drive, and killed someone. Given all of the possible outcomes to using a device while driving, is beating a high score or talking to a friend actually worth all the trouble that could be gotten into? Overall, the use of handheld devices in cars should be illegal for multiple reasons. The use of cell phones while driving puts drivers and the people around them directly in harms way. This is because people cannot multitask very well, and tend to focus more on their phones than the road. This can later cause an accident that could get the driver into serious trouble. With all things considered, it is better to take away the option of using a handheld device while driving than to allow drivers themselves to make the decision
to put others at risk