Device driver

Cell phones have become individuals’ primary important device in their everyday life. Though, cell phones are usually used for communication, text messaging is an easy way for individuals to easily communicate with others. Text messaging can be efficient or resourceful to contact anyone. Usually, text messaging takes place to get a hold with a significant other, workplace, and family members. Text messaging occurs when a human being is at home, school campus, on a highway and anywhere else. Cell…

Through myriad articles, there is a known correlation between the use of a cellular device (whether hands-free or conventional use) and the increased rate of traffic accidents and driver distraction (Klauer, et al., 2014). These mobile phones, which are now capable of not only answering calls, but are also capable of playing games, text messaging, browsing the internet, etc... are now attainable for a vast number of individuals. According to the Cellular Telephone Industries Association (CTIA),…

distracted drivers, speeding, and driving under the influence. The main cause of road accidents is distracted drivers. Using technology devices while driving is very dangerous. Technological devices such as cellphone contribute to road accidents because it distracts the driver’s attention from the road, and upcoming traffic, which eventually can cause a car accident. Also, when the driver is reaching over to grab their cell phone or is in the process of dialing or…

information to improve the experience for both drivers and passengers by “[connecting] the right drivers with the right passengers at the right time.” From the perspective of the company, the big data platform helps Uber improve its apps. It makes the apps more powerful…

Rob Reynolds presents the cons of the article “Are integrated Devices Safer than Handheld Devices While Driving?” He contends that using handheld and integrated devices while driving is still a distraction in its own way and is not something that will make drivers safer. The author also believes that in some of the current studies of automakers, they have attempted to demonstrate that these integrated devices are safer, but really don’t have enough proof to support their ideas. The research…

About eight years ago, a driver decided to send a text while driving and lost control of his car. That driver ended up hitting my mom’s car, causing a near fatal accident, sending her to the hospital. Due to the accident, my mom’s hip went into her spine, making her unable to walk for a few weeks. She luckily was able to make a good recovery, but she still has continuous back problems till this day. However, my mom is not the only one to get injured do to a driver’s reckless decision to text…

killed and more than 1,153 people a year are injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver. Due to distracted driving automobile companies such as BMW, Tesla, Mercedes, and Google have begun building self-driving cars. Which they would allow people to do whatever they would like to do in their time in the car. But I have imagined a device that would disable any distracting devices (electronics only), and it would release a EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) and it would only be in…

Twenty years ago, texting and driving was never even heard of. Drivers did not have cell phones to be distracted by. However, that is not the case anymore. In fact, texting and driving leads to roughly 1.6 million car crashes each year. Of all cell phone related tasks, texting is by far the most dangerous activity. Even more dangerous than driving while intoxicated. Texting requires visual, manual, and cognitive attention from the driver; therefore, making it the most alarming distraction on the…

In Queensland, current driving regulations ban the use of hand-held mobile phones, but permit the use of hands-free devices. Such distinction reflects an obvious belief that the impairment to safe-driving ability that occurs when using a hand-held device is caused solely by the distraction of the associated motor and visual demands. It is not disputed that sustained driver attention is critical to safe driving (Leung, Croft, Jackson, Howard, & McKenzie, 2012), and there is compelling evidence to…

Using a cellular device while driving should be prohibited. There should be no use for using a cellular device on the road. Using a cell phone while driving can lead to dangerous driving or injuries. Being distracted on the road is dangerous in any way. The driver should only pay attention to the road. There are violations that cross with using a cellular device on the road. At the DMV, they say that all drivers must pay attention to only the road at all times. Drivers are not suppose to be…