DeVry UniversityAnnotated Bibliography for Texting While Driving
So many people are affected by the actions of those, when it comes to texting while driving, from kids, sisters and brothers to aunts, uncles and others who suffer in in result. Ttexting while driving impairs the driver’s abilities, because of this, many people has died from innocent adults to innocent children. People text while in school zones, and even use the internet while driving, to navigate to a specific location. Researchers has shown that there have been many studies and hands on experiences, that has assisted in understanding the danger of texting while driving .The ability of texting while a moving vehicle is in operations, should be cut because of the number of deaths and people who suffer from it.
Schmitz, J. (2013, November 17). All Ages Are Texting While Driving... Retrieved from http:// http://www.redding.com/news/2013/nov/21/all-ages-are-texting-while-driving-study-finds//
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research conducted by State Farm in 2013. Younger people remains to be the ones that are doing and increase amount of texting while driving. According to the surveys, the older people is catching up too. State Farms annual survey cites a “growing safety concern”, and an increase in smartphones being used by users 30 and over. This type of behavior results in more deaths, family suffering, and an X amount of money to be spend fixing the problem. The solution is to band texting while driving period, but given that’s there are still some who will not abide by those rules alone, causes for an automatic shutdown , once a vehicle is operating may be the answer. The article provides information on actual surveys that has been conducted by State Farm persuading that distractive driving is pervasive among both younger and older drivers
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My assessment: The article indicates that the percentage of drivers in 18- to 29-year-old groups reported using their phones to access the Internet, grew from about 29% in 2009 to 49 % in years, according to the report. This support the argument that the cell phone use while driving rate is still increasing.
Stark, R. (2013). Legislators wants to increase texting while driving fines in school zones. Miami http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/11/21/legislator-wants-to-increase-texting-while-driving-fines-in-school-zones/
Texting while driving she be stopped, because may are also texting in school zones, which cause claim an innocent child’s life. Starks (2013), a Legislator of Miami wants to increase the penalty for motorists who text while behind the wheel in school zones. Stark has proposed that there would be double fines for texters who drive in legally posted school zones or designated school crossings. However, the texting-while-driving law is what is known to be a secondary offense, which means that motorists can only be issues a citation for texting while driving if they are pulled over for another reason such as speeding. The current fine is $30 plus court costs for first-time offenders.
My assessment: The solution of increasing fines is a start. This should be something that should be considered in other states. This article supports the argument of how innocent children are becoming targets of foolish behavior .Raising fines could be a good idea and should grasps the attention of those so called professional texters.
Campbell, J (2013) http://dontdriveandtext.org/statistics don’t text and drive .org http://www.stoptextsstopwrecks.org/#facts
In July 2007 survey of 1,000 teens, AAA found that 46 percent text while drive. A poll conducted a group of Students against Destructive Decisions and the insurance group Liberty Mutual in 2007 took a polled from Teens and found that 37 percent believed texting was their biggest distraction while driving. There are facts that have been presented on this issue. Fact #1. Five seconds is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting. When traveling at 55mph, that 's enough time to cover the length of a football field. (2009, VTTI). Of those killed in distracted related crashes, 995 reported that cell phones was the reason. 18% of fatalities in distraction-related crashes (NHTSA) based on the extensive research over the past seven years, SADD and Liberty Mutual have set forth a number of guidelines for families – including preventing cell phone use in the car. 53 % t of teens who say their parents are unlikely to follow through on punishment if they drive and text-message will continue to commit the offense. Compared to only 32 % of teens who believe their parents would penalize them, according to the SADD/Liberty Mutual study.
My assessment: The study done by Liberty Mutual, AAA and the polls from teens has shown that texting is the biggest distraction for many today. The study also shows that parents are not involved enough in the area of punishment, when teens text and drive. This Article supports my argument that there is not enough support, to spread the word and end texting while driving. Parents today play a big part, when comes to teens while operating a vehicle and that a no texting app should be installed on phones, to shut down the epidemic.
Center of Disease Control .Injury Prevention and Control; Motor Vehicle Safety. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/Motorvehiclesafety/Distracted_Driving/
CDC article is about distracted driving, and how big the problem is.
According to the CDC, in 2011, 3,331 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver, compared to 3,267 in 2010. An additional, 387,000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver in 2011 compared to 416,000 people injured in 2010. In June 2011, more than 196 billion text messages were sent or received in the US, up nearly 49+% from June 2009. Research done by the CDC compared the act of talking on a cell phone or texting while driving in the United States and seven European countries: Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom. They found that 65% of drivers in the United States ages 18-64 reported that they had talked on their cell phone while driving within the 30 days before they were surveyed. There are risk factors that comes with this, as we all
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The younger, inexperienced drivers under the age of 21 may be at increased risk; research shows that 21 and younger have the highest rate of distraction-related crashes. What is being done about the issue? According to the ( CDC 2011) ,many states are enacting laws—such as banning texting while driving, or using graduated driver licensing systems for teen drivers—to help raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving and to keep it from occurring. However, the effectiveness of cell phone and texting laws on decreasing distracted driving-related crashes requires further study.
My assessment: This article about the CDC and its comparisons to the act of talking on a cell phone or texting while driving in the United States. Not only was the study done in the United States, but studies has been done throughout many countries. The article states risk factors of texting while driving. There are also sources found on the site that support the argument that the epidemic is not only growing but more and more people are becoming victims of the situation. This Article will support also the numbers that are presented in related deaths and rates around the world.