The Consequences of Driving While Texting When was the last time you checked your cellular device? How would you have reacted to a message? Would you check the message while you are driving? Well Most people do, traffic accidents are the highest cause for death, and texting while driving is the reasons why these accidents occur so frequently. Although people have some basic understanding of the risks of driving while texting, they still text anyways. “In the Wall Street Journal, it is a fact…
retrieving the information. All a person cares about is how many “likes” they received on a photo or where the current drama is happening. Places like the park are not even used for relaxation anymore, instead it is a swarm pool of electronic devices going off and people 's head face down…
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…
each grouping, and then totaling those numbers, a more accurate number that will better represent the aggregate number of items left or lost in taxi cabs. Lastly, in using the stratified random sample method, there should be at least 500 taxi cabs drivers and taxi cabs used in this research and also a longer period of time should be at least one year to better calculate the numbers. This will provide a better representation of the numbers by encompassing an entire year to include months where…
approximately 660,000 drivers are attempting to use their phones while driving behind the wheel of an automobile.…
and services, and the changes therein. Nature of Interaction between Suppliers and Consumers Uber operates through the Uber mobile application, which allows consumers (riders) with smartphone devices to request a trip through the application. Once a request is sent from the rider’s device, the nearest Uber driver receives an instant notification of the rider’s location, and is dispatched to their service. The Pricing Structure of Uber and Addressing peak and off-peak demand periods As discussed…
Dangers of cell-phone use while driving are exhibited in this article. Furthermore, participants completed three driving conditions; driving while conversing, driving while talking on a hands-free device, and driving while the other partner could see a video of both the road and the drivers face. Testing was also done to see if visual information increased awareness and reduced the negative effects accompanied by cell-phone distraction. The authors sufficiently review other research based on…
addicted to alcohol, they become behind on school work and for adults it is becoming behind on tasks for their job. When you abuse alcohol you are more likely to drink and drive or ride with a drunk driver (Mantel). If that does not say enough, nothing will. On top of that there are tons and tons more problems that can ruin an alcoholics life. During prolonged periods of excessive drinking it can complicate matters into more serious situations such as being hospitalized. Life-lasting effects…
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Americans hop in their cars and hit the road. Every day those same millions of American drivers choose to drive distracted. These distractions range from eating a snack, drinking a soda, and even applying make-up. It is common knowledge that the consumption of alcohol is one of the biggest “no-no’s” in todays world. Despite that, it is worth noting that as our technology advances, so does the danger we present as drivers when using our cell phones. Due to my experience as a sales consultant in…