Cellphone usage while driving
Many drivers everywhere use their cellphone while driving. While this can be a good thing it is one of the highest causes of fatal crashes. Many don’t know the dangers when they use their cellphone while they are driving. Everyone everywhere do this at one point in their life time no matter if its dialing someone to talk on the phone, send or read a text message or even check social media. Some do it over and over thinking that they are safe because they have gotten away with nothing happening plenty of times. A person’s risk of an accident increases dramatically because they don’t focus on the road and the things around them. This puts the driver and others in danger. Strict laws on banning all cellphone usage to all groups of drivers should be made ion all states to decrease the number of accidents.
A driver who uses their cell phone has a greater chance of being in a fatal accident because they take their eyes off the road and don’t pay attention to their surroundings. For example, a driver could be …show more content…
(NHTSA, 2013) This number is very high and it averages around this number each year. Drivers should always be focused on the road. Especially young drivers who are 15-20 years of age constitute 6.4% of all driver but they account for 10% of all motor vehicle traffic deaths and 14% of all police-reported crashes resulting in injuries. (Sheila G. Klauer, PhD et al., 2014) Teens are usually the most prone to cellphone use while driving because they want to stay in contact with others even while they are driving. Even dialing a phone to make a phone is dangerous. Although it only takes a couple of seconds to dial, the driver can still lose focus on the surrounding and anything could happen in those split seconds. Estimates based on cell phone records indicate that cell phone cell phone use among all drivers increases the risk of crash by a factor of 4. (Sheila G. Klauer, PhD et al.,
Many drivers everywhere use their cellphone while driving. While this can be a good thing it is one of the highest causes of fatal crashes. Many don’t know the dangers when they use their cellphone while they are driving. Everyone everywhere do this at one point in their life time no matter if its dialing someone to talk on the phone, send or read a text message or even check social media. Some do it over and over thinking that they are safe because they have gotten away with nothing happening plenty of times. A person’s risk of an accident increases dramatically because they don’t focus on the road and the things around them. This puts the driver and others in danger. Strict laws on banning all cellphone usage to all groups of drivers should be made ion all states to decrease the number of accidents.
A driver who uses their cell phone has a greater chance of being in a fatal accident because they take their eyes off the road and don’t pay attention to their surroundings. For example, a driver could be …show more content…
(NHTSA, 2013) This number is very high and it averages around this number each year. Drivers should always be focused on the road. Especially young drivers who are 15-20 years of age constitute 6.4% of all driver but they account for 10% of all motor vehicle traffic deaths and 14% of all police-reported crashes resulting in injuries. (Sheila G. Klauer, PhD et al., 2014) Teens are usually the most prone to cellphone use while driving because they want to stay in contact with others even while they are driving. Even dialing a phone to make a phone is dangerous. Although it only takes a couple of seconds to dial, the driver can still lose focus on the surrounding and anything could happen in those split seconds. Estimates based on cell phone records indicate that cell phone cell phone use among all drivers increases the risk of crash by a factor of 4. (Sheila G. Klauer, PhD et al.,