Opposing Concerns Of Texting While Driving
Advancements in technologies such as the cell phones can help provide many different services such as entertainment and staying in touch with family and friends. Although cell phones are used to keep in touch and for business purposes but using them in cars were not one of the purposes that the phones were made to serve as. While distracting drivers, having a part in killing, injuring people and making it a public concern. Obtaining a cell phone is easy considering that it is inexpensive and affordable and serves as multiple uses such as GPS, calling and even checking the weather outside, it serves as a calculator, and has many other features. "Studies have shown that talking on a phone while driving can increase the risk of an accident, but
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activities, such as texting, which require drivers to take their eyes off the road for longer periods of time and their attention away from driving, pose an even greater danger".("Texting and Driving").Although the early cell phone use was too limited to attract much attention, the widely uses of cell phones today has made researchers and law-enforcement officials more aware of the risks posed by using such electronic devices behind the wheel. Several organizations are continuously publishing statistics on the risk of texting and driving, the evidence has convinced many states and local communities to ban texting and cell phone use while driving.
Many people can prove that there should be more laws against texting while driving to prevent encouragements on the issue, "According to a report published by the NHTSA, 5,474 people were killed in the United States due to distracted driving incidents and 488,000 were injured in these accidents, the NHTSA released figures for distracted- affected crashes in 2010 that showed
3, 092 deaths due to distraction- affected crashes".("Texting and Driving"). This basically states that since this is and becoming a bigger problem, there should be more effective laws to help prevent this problem in our society, more effective laws mean less problems , and a greater chance to prevent this problem. Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Survey, which was released in 2008, found that 18 percent of accidents were caused by driver distraction, and that the younger drivers were most likely to be distracted by non-driving related activities, In fact, those under 20 years old posed the greatest risk on the road, and 16% of all fatal crashes involving those under twenty years old involved distracted driving. The texting while driving problem is appealing to the younger driver and stating that teens and young adults are being consumed by this problem, if there were effective laws to counter the problems on the road people would take it seriously and not put others or their lives in danger"("Texting While Driving." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection"). The Pew internet and American Life project published a 2009 report that focused specifically on teens and distracted driving, they found that there were about 75% of people ages 12 to 17 years old own a cell phone, of the people who own a cell phone 34% admit to texting while driving additionally 48% of teens say they were a passenger in the car when driving was texting, amongst those people 40% felt that at some time cell phone uses compromised their safety or the safety of others, this basically support my claims that texting while driving is a problem and there should be more effective laws against it because its is impacting the lives of teens, young adults and adults. Texting while driving or general uses of the cellphone a large amount of percentage of car accidents on the road not only teens leads to 1.6 million crashes each year, this problem is getting so out of hand that 1 out of every 4 car accidents in the united states is caused by texting while driving and causes nearly 330,000 injuries each year, but yet there aren't any effective laws to counter this problem."( "Texting
While Driving." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection").
According to many researches, surveys and people's statements , drivers don’t deny that texting while driving is major concern and every year it kills or injured thousands of people. There are counteracting claims that there should be more laws against texting while driving, stating that it’s a habit nor than a choice and also stated they can avoid being spotted by legal authorities by hiding their phones out of view, but from the survey provided by (Pew), "some people actually stated that they are careful when they do text while driving and take extra precautions such as only doing it at a red light and keeping their phones near the window so they can be able to see the road and avoid incoming cars".("Texting While Driving." Opposing Viewpoints in Context"). A 2010 report by the Pew Internet and American Life project focusing specifically on adults and cell phone distractions reported that 47% of all texting adults have sent or read a text message while driving. "About 75% of adults who own cell phones have admitted to talking on a cell phone while driving and 49% say they were passengers in a car when the driver was texting. Of these, 44% felt that at some time cell phone use risk their safety or the safety of others.".("Texting While Driving." Opposing Viewpoints in Context").US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood stated, "I want to remind everyone that we cannot rely on legal action alone, because in reality, you can't legislate behavior. There aren't enough police on patrol to catch everyone who's breaking the law. taking personal responsibility for our actions is the key to all of this." In Secretary Ray LaHood statement he implied that we the law can't catch everybody who breaks the law, and that they are trusting you not to break the, most drivers whom uses their phones on the road are careful and responsible , but sometimes you can't control fate. While car manufacture industries have already
designed cars with built in Bluetooth phones in cars to use hands free, a good amount of people can't afford a new car or they don’t want to switch cars, and has to rely with the simple method
of using your phone in the car therefor placing theirs and others lives in danger. "According to a report published by the NHTSA, 5,474 people were killed in the United States due to distracted driving incidents and 448,000 were injured in these accidents. The NHTSA released figures for distraction–affected, crashes in 2010 that showed 3,092 deaths due to distraction- affected crashes, despite the overwhelming numbers of deaths and injury laws against texting while driving has stayed the same , texting while driving cause 1.1 million" ("Texting While Driving." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2015. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 25 Oct. 2016.)crashes a year, most agree that it is a problem its agreeing that there should be more effective laws against texting and driving. Ten states ban talking on a hand-held cell phone. Thirty nine states and the District of Columbia have enacted texting-while driving that ban texting while driving. Of these, thirty-five states and the District of Columbia make it a primary violation to texting while driving. In September 2009 the president Barack Obama administration held the Distracted driving from driving, For the family who had someone died or put in a critical condition caused by car accident, would agree that we should have more laws to prevent this. Despite the surprising rate of deaths and injures cause by texting while driving there hasn't been any drastic changes on the pubic and widely known problem, which brought the public to a conclusion that the government may not care to involve more effective laws while many people admit they do text while driving can conclude that it is more of a habit than anything, but while some states are making texting while driving illegal, it seems as if not all of them are making the same changes. The car industries designed cars that uses bluetooth for the driver to stay in touch with their friends and family hands free. "Supporters of the texting-while-driving bans argue that the act is so obviously dangerous and so obviously preventable—that it is impossible to justify keeping such an activity legal. "There is no equivalent to texting," Maggie
McIntosh, a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates, told the New York Times." ( “Texting While Driving.” Issues & Controversies. InfoBase Learning, 11 Oct. 2010. Web. 25 Oct. 2016. .)"But while it seems like a problem Many opponents of texting-while-driving bans say that the laws are great in theory, but in practice are so difficult for police officers to enforce that they are rendered practically useless. It is essentially impossible to determine whether a driver is sending a text message, changing the radio station, looking at the car's dashboard clock or just simply glancing down for no particular reason, critics note." In conclusion, it seems that only drivers who have self control can be able to avoid this problem and help reduce the rate of death and crashes per year.
activities, such as texting, which require drivers to take their eyes off the road for longer periods of time and their attention away from driving, pose an even greater danger".("Texting and Driving").Although the early cell phone use was too limited to attract much attention, the widely uses of cell phones today has made researchers and law-enforcement officials more aware of the risks posed by using such electronic devices behind the wheel. Several organizations are continuously publishing statistics on the risk of texting and driving, the evidence has convinced many states and local communities to ban texting and cell phone use while driving.
Many people can prove that there should be more laws against texting while driving to prevent encouragements on the issue, "According to a report published by the NHTSA, 5,474 people were killed in the United States due to distracted driving incidents and 488,000 were injured in these accidents, the NHTSA released figures for distracted- affected crashes in 2010 that showed
3, 092 deaths due to distraction- affected crashes".("Texting and Driving"). This basically states that since this is and becoming a bigger problem, there should be more effective laws to help prevent this problem in our society, more effective laws mean less problems , and a greater chance to prevent this problem. Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Survey, which was released in 2008, found that 18 percent of accidents were caused by driver distraction, and that the younger drivers were most likely to be distracted by non-driving related activities, In fact, those under 20 years old posed the greatest risk on the road, and 16% of all fatal crashes involving those under twenty years old involved distracted driving. The texting while driving problem is appealing to the younger driver and stating that teens and young adults are being consumed by this problem, if there were effective laws to counter the problems on the road people would take it seriously and not put others or their lives in danger"("Texting While Driving." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection"). The Pew internet and American Life project published a 2009 report that focused specifically on teens and distracted driving, they found that there were about 75% of people ages 12 to 17 years old own a cell phone, of the people who own a cell phone 34% admit to texting while driving additionally 48% of teens say they were a passenger in the car when driving was texting, amongst those people 40% felt that at some time cell phone uses compromised their safety or the safety of others, this basically support my claims that texting while driving is a problem and there should be more effective laws against it because its is impacting the lives of teens, young adults and adults. Texting while driving or general uses of the cellphone a large amount of percentage of car accidents on the road not only teens leads to 1.6 million crashes each year, this problem is getting so out of hand that 1 out of every 4 car accidents in the united states is caused by texting while driving and causes nearly 330,000 injuries each year, but yet there aren't any effective laws to counter this problem."( "Texting
While Driving." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection").
According to many researches, surveys and people's statements , drivers don’t deny that texting while driving is major concern and every year it kills or injured thousands of people. There are counteracting claims that there should be more laws against texting while driving, stating that it’s a habit nor than a choice and also stated they can avoid being spotted by legal authorities by hiding their phones out of view, but from the survey provided by (Pew), "some people actually stated that they are careful when they do text while driving and take extra precautions such as only doing it at a red light and keeping their phones near the window so they can be able to see the road and avoid incoming cars".("Texting While Driving." Opposing Viewpoints in Context"). A 2010 report by the Pew Internet and American Life project focusing specifically on adults and cell phone distractions reported that 47% of all texting adults have sent or read a text message while driving. "About 75% of adults who own cell phones have admitted to talking on a cell phone while driving and 49% say they were passengers in a car when the driver was texting. Of these, 44% felt that at some time cell phone use risk their safety or the safety of others.".("Texting While Driving." Opposing Viewpoints in Context").US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood stated, "I want to remind everyone that we cannot rely on legal action alone, because in reality, you can't legislate behavior. There aren't enough police on patrol to catch everyone who's breaking the law. taking personal responsibility for our actions is the key to all of this." In Secretary Ray LaHood statement he implied that we the law can't catch everybody who breaks the law, and that they are trusting you not to break the, most drivers whom uses their phones on the road are careful and responsible , but sometimes you can't control fate. While car manufacture industries have already
designed cars with built in Bluetooth phones in cars to use hands free, a good amount of people can't afford a new car or they don’t want to switch cars, and has to rely with the simple method
of using your phone in the car therefor placing theirs and others lives in danger. "According to a report published by the NHTSA, 5,474 people were killed in the United States due to distracted driving incidents and 448,000 were injured in these accidents. The NHTSA released figures for distraction–affected, crashes in 2010 that showed 3,092 deaths due to distraction- affected crashes, despite the overwhelming numbers of deaths and injury laws against texting while driving has stayed the same , texting while driving cause 1.1 million" ("Texting While Driving." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2015. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 25 Oct. 2016.)crashes a year, most agree that it is a problem its agreeing that there should be more effective laws against texting and driving. Ten states ban talking on a hand-held cell phone. Thirty nine states and the District of Columbia have enacted texting-while driving that ban texting while driving. Of these, thirty-five states and the District of Columbia make it a primary violation to texting while driving. In September 2009 the president Barack Obama administration held the Distracted driving from driving, For the family who had someone died or put in a critical condition caused by car accident, would agree that we should have more laws to prevent this. Despite the surprising rate of deaths and injures cause by texting while driving there hasn't been any drastic changes on the pubic and widely known problem, which brought the public to a conclusion that the government may not care to involve more effective laws while many people admit they do text while driving can conclude that it is more of a habit than anything, but while some states are making texting while driving illegal, it seems as if not all of them are making the same changes. The car industries designed cars that uses bluetooth for the driver to stay in touch with their friends and family hands free. "Supporters of the texting-while-driving bans argue that the act is so obviously dangerous and so obviously preventable—that it is impossible to justify keeping such an activity legal. "There is no equivalent to texting," Maggie
McIntosh, a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates, told the New York Times." ( “Texting While Driving.” Issues & Controversies. InfoBase Learning, 11 Oct. 2010. Web. 25 Oct. 2016. .)"But while it seems like a problem Many opponents of texting-while-driving bans say that the laws are great in theory, but in practice are so difficult for police officers to enforce that they are rendered practically useless. It is essentially impossible to determine whether a driver is sending a text message, changing the radio station, looking at the car's dashboard clock or just simply glancing down for no particular reason, critics note." In conclusion, it seems that only drivers who have self control can be able to avoid this problem and help reduce the rate of death and crashes per year.