house. Before I know it I’m dividing my time between driving and using my phone. I know I have a problem‚ and studies say I’m not the only one. The Associated Press reports that texting while driving is up 50%‚ even as more states are enacting laws to prevent people from doing so. Studies show that 20% of adults are willing to admit that they have sent text messages while driving‚ and I focus on the word “admit” here because using your phone while on the road is one of the stupidest and most dangerous
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Object Analysis Paper 9.27.10 Cell Phones It is nearly impossible to walk into any public place without seeing at least one person talking or texting on their cell phones. Cell phones have become such a part of our everyday life it’s hard to imagine a world without them. Cell phones not only have become part of our lives‚ for some people they are their life. What I mean by that is you can tell a lot about a person by how they use their cell phone‚ what type of cell phone they have including brand
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Anthony Shaw 12/8/09 English 10 Should Cell Phone Use Be Banned In Cars? Cell phone use in cars is very common in the U.S. This is mostly due to the fact that technology is readily at our fingertips. Also‚ since lots of people commute to their jobs each day‚ they use their phones on the go to check their email or perform other tasks. Many people use either a hand-held cell phone‚ Bluetooth headset‚ or some sort of in-car‚ voice activated technology‚ such as SYNC‚ which is offered in several
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negative effects of cell phones With the increasing popularity of cell phones comes many adverse effects not only on a social level but also on our health. Many of us can’t imagine a day without our cell phone but by Are we losing the ability to communicate face to face? How tragic it is to hear bout accidents caused by talking and texting while driving. We are easily convinced that we need new phones with new features but neglect the fact that the old phones that we dispose of
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How Cell Phones Work Cell phones are very interesting! Have you ever wondered how a cell phone works? Well we have. Cell phones have changed a lot since 1984. The first cell phone that came out was called the Dyna TAC8000X. (top left) It weighed 2 pounds! The brick only offered a half-hour of talk time for every charge. You could get this amazing device for $3‚994! The man who invented this phone is Ruby Knopp. (top left) He also invented the newer modern Motorola Razor. (top middle) Some of
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Using Cellular Phones While Driving An issue that has been of some concern to the telecommunication industry in recent years is that of cellular phone use while operating a motor vehicle. This issue has been the subject of much debate among consumer‚ industry and government stakeholders. Most consumer stakeholders‚ such as the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety‚ agree that cell phone use while driving is an unsafe and hazardous distraction‚ while others feel that it is a new luxury provided by
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Cell Phones Being Bad As time passed and society grew larger and larger‚ so did the way we communicate to each other. We went from face to face interaction‚ to handwritten letters‚ to typed letters‚ to phone calls‚ to email. Now in the twenty-first century most of society has cell phones. With cell phones they have two different functions. One is to call and actually talk and the other one is to type what you want to say and send it to another person who also has a cell phone and receive it as a
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Many places nationwide are now seeing the dangers of the use of cell phones while driving is on the rise. Not only is it a danger to the person using the cell phone‚ but anyone around the user. It only takes a fraction of a second to lose control of a vehicle; and who knows what can happen in that fraction of a second. Will a life be lost? Will two or more lives be lost? We know what can happen to an extent‚ but let’s not find out what the full extent is. We need everyone‚ including the Government
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Cell Phone Usage in Public While sitting in church‚ listening to the pastor’s sermon‚ a cell phone rings playing a Lady Gaga tune. Talking on the phone loudly with a friend‚ someone checks out at a grocery store. Strolling through the park on a sunny afternoon‚ a person walks by on a Blue Tooth device practically screaming. While driving to the mall‚ someone is talking on the cell phone or texting while driving. The given examples show evidence of how talking on the phone in public can be distracting
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Cell Phones in the Hands of Drivers: A Risk or a Benefit? As of 2000‚ there were about ninety million cell phone users in the United States‚ with 85% of them using their phones while on the road (Sundeen 1). Because of evidence that cell phones impair drivers by distracting them‚ some states have considered laws restricting their use in moving vehicles. Proponents of legislation correctly point out that using phones while driving can be dangerous. The extent of the danger‚ however‚ is a matter
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