Distracted driving, whether it be texting, talking on the phone, or something as absurd as reading the newspaper creates many problems on the road. Salvucci and Taatgen (2011) of The
Oxford University Press bring up an interesting observation of how most people readily agree that when drivers stop looking at the road, their performance severely suffers. This statement, without distinction of any specific activity that the driver might be participating in, makes for a relatively true observation – but when the activity is clarified to be texting while driving, the tone might change. When someone steps into the driver’s seat of a car, they take on the responsibility of driving with care and safety, because it’s not just their lives that are thrust …show more content…
A less-harsh solution could be to force drivers who’ve been caught texting while operating their motor vehicle to attend a weekend class about the dangers of texting while driving. Although seminars and awareness campaigns have their place in society, the possibility they change the behavior of millions of drivers is slim, so says a recent
National Safety Council (2014) article. A much easier-in-theory solution is simply to have parents teach their kids about the dangers of texting while driving at a young age instead of having police officers force it down their throats after they’ve already endangered themselves and everyone on the road around them. The idea of this solution is to stop the problem before it starts. This creates a possibility of a waterfall effect where that child then teaches their future child about the dangers of texting while driving, thus creating a new generation of people who are predisposed to not text when they drive. When the general public has more information about current issues and especially how dangerous certain things are, the better job people can do to restrict and remove that danger from their …show more content…
Obviously, any devices added to vehicles would only be for current offenders who have been charged or convicted with texting while driving. Out of all the proposed physical solutions, the easiest to use and enact would be the application on one’s phone. Yes, it could potentially allow the app creator, phone company, police, or even the government to track the cellphone use
TEXTING WHILE DRIVING of violators, but this application could be designed in a way that allows outsiders access only to
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whether the phone is traveling at a certain speed and whether it’s in use, not how it’s in use
(Knuttson, 2016). As far as legislative solutions go, most likely the only people who have a problem with the proposed solutions would be offenders of the new laws or guidelines.
Obviously, the people who text while driving wouldn’t want a law that criminalizes their actions behind the wheel – but when the lives of everyone on the road are at stake, there should be stricter laws and regulations regarding dangerous practices such as texting while driving.
Conclusion
Without the implementation of federal laws and regulations to combat
Oxford University Press bring up an interesting observation of how most people readily agree that when drivers stop looking at the road, their performance severely suffers. This statement, without distinction of any specific activity that the driver might be participating in, makes for a relatively true observation – but when the activity is clarified to be texting while driving, the tone might change. When someone steps into the driver’s seat of a car, they take on the responsibility of driving with care and safety, because it’s not just their lives that are thrust …show more content…
A less-harsh solution could be to force drivers who’ve been caught texting while operating their motor vehicle to attend a weekend class about the dangers of texting while driving. Although seminars and awareness campaigns have their place in society, the possibility they change the behavior of millions of drivers is slim, so says a recent
National Safety Council (2014) article. A much easier-in-theory solution is simply to have parents teach their kids about the dangers of texting while driving at a young age instead of having police officers force it down their throats after they’ve already endangered themselves and everyone on the road around them. The idea of this solution is to stop the problem before it starts. This creates a possibility of a waterfall effect where that child then teaches their future child about the dangers of texting while driving, thus creating a new generation of people who are predisposed to not text when they drive. When the general public has more information about current issues and especially how dangerous certain things are, the better job people can do to restrict and remove that danger from their …show more content…
Obviously, any devices added to vehicles would only be for current offenders who have been charged or convicted with texting while driving. Out of all the proposed physical solutions, the easiest to use and enact would be the application on one’s phone. Yes, it could potentially allow the app creator, phone company, police, or even the government to track the cellphone use
TEXTING WHILE DRIVING of violators, but this application could be designed in a way that allows outsiders access only to
8
whether the phone is traveling at a certain speed and whether it’s in use, not how it’s in use
(Knuttson, 2016). As far as legislative solutions go, most likely the only people who have a problem with the proposed solutions would be offenders of the new laws or guidelines.
Obviously, the people who text while driving wouldn’t want a law that criminalizes their actions behind the wheel – but when the lives of everyone on the road are at stake, there should be stricter laws and regulations regarding dangerous practices such as texting while driving.
Conclusion
Without the implementation of federal laws and regulations to combat