No Cell Phones while Driving Kirk K. Ronolo COMM/215 July 10‚ 2012 Han Nee Chong Wester No Cell Phones while Driving In today’s world of advanced wireless technology‚ it is very uncommon for someone not to own a cell phone. In fact as of August 2011‚ 83% of American adults own cell phones. (Smith‚ 2011) Of these 83%‚ how many of them are using cell phones while driving? In todays fast paced world of "Time is money‚ and money is time" Americans are searching for shortcuts to accomplish
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without thinking of their safety as well as others. They usually pay less attention on the road while they are driving. It is because they tend to do something else rather than focusing on driving. Talking phone at the same time of driving is the most serious one among all of the activities that disturbs people attention on their driving. Because of this reason‚ some people say that talking phone while driving should be banned. “Distraction has been identified as a contributing factor in 22%
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Neistat’s video “Texting While Walking” is arguing against texting while walking by listing the dangers of it. His claim that texting and walking is dangerous. Neistat uses examples of actors running into things due to them not paying attention to their surroundings‚ disrupting the flow of pedestrians because they stop in the middle of a street‚ and other pedestrians becoming annoyed by the actor texting and walking to defend his claim (Neistat‚ 2012). The main purpose of “Texting While Walking” is to
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Ban Cell Phones While Driving Almost every American has one. Some people use them strictly for business while others strictly for leisure. Most of us use them for both. They are always at our side ready to be answered‚ receive text messages‚ check email‚ or update our Facebook status. Cellphones have almost become a necessity in society. People regularly engage in a wide variety of multitasking activities when they are behind the wheel. Data from the 2000 U.S. census indicates that drivers spend
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Think Twice about Texting and Driving “In 2010‚ 3‚092 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver and an estimated additional 416‚000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver” (Distracted Driving). Many people do not realize that texting and driving causes so many injuries and deaths. People believe that looking down at a phone for three seconds is okay and will not cause harm. They are wrong; texting while driving causes more accidents than other distractions
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Distractions While Driving Have you ever gotten distracted while driving in a car? Every day that you watch the news you either hear of someone getting into a car accident‚ by either talking or texting on a cell phone. It is becoming increasingly common for people to wreck due to distractions while driving. Talking and texting are just a couple ways that people get distracted while driving. According to The U.S. Department of Transportation‚ in 2008‚ about twenty percent of all crashes in the year
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someone has been texting and driving‚ putting them in the was of danger (“The Dangers of Texting While Driving” 1). Texting and driving has become a major deal over the last several years‚ due to the increased number of car accidents that have been caused. Texting while driving can put drivers in dangerous situations that they could avoid by just putting their phone away. Over the years texting and driving has become a major issue for not only teens‚ but adults too. Texting and driving has its pros and
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Are cell phones dangerous while driving? Do you know hoy many deaths occur per year because of the cell phones? Everyday people die in car accidents for using cell phones while driving. According to NSC.Org “Drivers that use mobile phones are four times more likely to be involved in an accident”. Even though some people think that hand-free set is safe but it still dangerous. People should avoid talking while driving; those who defend the phone use often say that it makes no difference whether
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The purpose of this study was to test the general theory of crime to conclude if differing levels of self-control have any effect on texting while driving and determine if those with lower levels of self-control engage in more distracted driving behaviors than those with higher levels of self-control. The study sample of two hundred and twenty seven college students at a small‚ liberal-arts university in southern Illinois. A twenty-four item scale was put together to test self-control with response
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when it comes to driving. Things are different now than it was ten years go. Young people are most likely to get distracted than older people while driving. Driving down high way I see people either texting‚ eating‚ or playing. One way people get distracted while driving is texting. For the last ten years texting while driving has cause death of many young people. This is why I try to keep my phone in my cup holder because I do not want to be the next victim of texting driving. Young people will
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