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Section Heading | Information | Why is this a problem, especially for teen drivers? | Because they don’t have the undivided attention to doing which is driving | Statistics from research regarding teen crash rates. | The study found that drivers who talked on cell phones were 18 percent slower in braking and took 17 percent longer to regain the speed they lost when they braked. | How is one organization or group trying to solve this problem? Name group and what they are doing. | Human Factors and Ergonomics Society they are trying to prove a teen driving and talking on the phone have the same reaction of a elderly person | How is another organization or group is working to solve the problem? Name the group and what they are doing. | University of Utah is prove ny activity requiring a driver to "actively be part of a conversation" likely will impair driving abilities, | Web sites where this information was found. | http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,146113,00.html |

1. What are your ideas for solving or curbing the problem? What could be done that is not currently being done? This should be your idea, or an extension of a program, but not one that has already been implemented. Ban the usage of cell phone while driving. Make it a federal law in the U.S.A. Who ever gets caught talking on the phone while driving should get their license suspended 2. What can you do to personally to bring this issue to light? Write a strongly worded letter to the government stating this idea to save