Smartphone apps that temporarily disable incoming text messages and other driving distractions can be turned on manually before the driver starts the car‚ or can kick in automatically when the phone’s motion sensor detects an appropriate amount of acceleration. For parents installing the app on their children’s phones‚ the program automatically
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participant to respond quickly even distraction is present .In other type of display ‚ participants should put more focus while doing the trials because the pop out does not come out .Thus the participants need to focus and give attention to the target items as the
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CELL PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING Cell Phone Use While Driving April 29‚2013 Cell Phone Use While Driving It cannot be denied that science and technology have been instrumental in helping us in our daily lives‚ especially with regards to the way we socialize with each other. Technology has inherently made the world a small village‚ with communication becoming a tool that is accessible almost everywhere at any given time. One of the most noticeable faces of current communications technology is the
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irresponsibility for texting and driving (Sundeen). Teen drivers are more likely to get distracted than experienced drivers‚ and stories like this one prove it. Although texting is a major problem in today’s society‚ it is not the only distraction for young drivers. Other distractions can include putting on make-up‚ eating‚ combing their hair‚ having their dog on their lap‚ or simply changing the radio station. Teenagers do not worry about the consequences that distracted driving could bring. Because teenagers
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Mass media culture has become a source of trivial distraction from true reality. The mass media industry allows information to be misconstrued by being produced through multiple sources. The information portrayed in real literature is much more authentic and concrete than the ideas depicted in “unreal” mass media. In Brave New World Revisited Huxley describes human reaction to mass media as “the tendency to response to unreason and falsehood- particularly in those cases where the falsehood evokes
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that although there are many distractions‚ when using a mobile device the odds of an accident become 23 times greater. (Elizabeth Wasserman‚ May 17‚ 2010 “Lawmakers Target a Modern Danger”) * In the beginning‚ bans were set for the teen population but as technological advances improved so did older generations joined them. * As of 2010 statistics from Pew research showed a 27% of American parents that text while driving. (“Adults and Cell Phone Distractions”by Mary Madden‚ Lee Rainie‚ Jun
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lives are being lost each day due to distracted driving and not abiding by the laws. In today’s society‚ ignored warnings increase the possibility of death; influenced by both alcohol and drugs in addition to technology. Driving dangerously due to distractions is extremely hazardous as it may result in the loss of life. Although many people think being distracted while operating a vehicle isn’t the end of the world‚ it
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ntroduction Driver distraction‚ and its implicit effects on hazard recognition and vehicle control‚ has been a prominent topic on highway safety agendas‚ as well as for the U.S. Congress‚ state legislatures‚ the media‚ and the public at large (Stutts‚ Feaganes‚ Reinfurt‚ Rodgman‚ Hamlett‚ Gish‚ & Staplin‚ 2001). Much of this attention stems from the enormous increase in cellular telephone use by drivers and the prospect of similar growth in other in-vehicle technologies such as vehicle navigation
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My topic on my argument paper is on distractions while driving. I know that there are a lot of different distractions while we drive. But the one thing that bothers me is the law that there is on texting while driving. I know that it’s not good to text while you drive because how can you be paying attention to the road if you’re looking down. And I also know that all teens like to do now is text rather than talk on the phone. I personally would rather talk on the phone because it seems a little more
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Driving Cell phone use should not be legal while driving‚ it causes many accidents even fatalities. Drivers become careless while driving when using cell phones. Cell phones cause distractions while on the road. Drivers do not pay attention to the road‚ which causes accidents to happen. The most prevalent distractions are texting and talking on a cell phone while driving. Cellphone use should not be legal while driving because it will help prevent more accidents and also prevent more deaths. People
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