The University of Utah: “Both hand-held and hands-free cell phone conversations impaired driving… there were no significant differences in the impairments caused by these two modes of cellular communication.” Technology has taken a huge toll on people’s everyday lives. Whether it is a handheld or hands-free phone it controls everyone’s priorities at all times. People cannot be without their phones for a long period of time. This habit can become especially dangerous when one is on the road. The use of technology should be banned while driving because, it is dangerous, distracting, and causes physical and emotional damage.
The use of technology should be banned because it is dangerous. According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 5,474 people were killed in the United …show more content…
Everyday there are thousands of people that are involved in horrible accidents. Unfortunately, while some people are killed by it, there are also others that are affected emotionally. Alenita Mauer, a 16-year-old whose father was killed in a car crash, recounts
“He doesn’t get to see me graduate or drive. He doesn’t get to walk me down the aisle. He doesn’t get to meet his grandkids” (qtd. in Hult). One can never be prepared for an accident that occurs so fast. Jacy Good was a victim of distracted driving who lost both her parents in a car crash she was also involved in. Jacy Good explained “My left side … I can’t move my wrists or my fingers or my ankle or my toes.” The injures can never surpass the emotional well being of a victim. There is truly nothing one can do to make it “better again.” Judge Hayes, who delivered the proper justice in Alenita Mauer’s father 's court case, stated “The only justice that the victims and families deserve would be for me to turn the clock back” (Hult). Sadly, some things that occur cannot be taken back, instead people just learn from these
The use of technology should be banned because it is dangerous. According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 5,474 people were killed in the United …show more content…
Everyday there are thousands of people that are involved in horrible accidents. Unfortunately, while some people are killed by it, there are also others that are affected emotionally. Alenita Mauer, a 16-year-old whose father was killed in a car crash, recounts
“He doesn’t get to see me graduate or drive. He doesn’t get to walk me down the aisle. He doesn’t get to meet his grandkids” (qtd. in Hult). One can never be prepared for an accident that occurs so fast. Jacy Good was a victim of distracted driving who lost both her parents in a car crash she was also involved in. Jacy Good explained “My left side … I can’t move my wrists or my fingers or my ankle or my toes.” The injures can never surpass the emotional well being of a victim. There is truly nothing one can do to make it “better again.” Judge Hayes, who delivered the proper justice in Alenita Mauer’s father 's court case, stated “The only justice that the victims and families deserve would be for me to turn the clock back” (Hult). Sadly, some things that occur cannot be taken back, instead people just learn from these