Mobile phones and driving safety

When it comes to texting while driving, only about 1 out of 5 young drivers think that texting makes no difference to their driving performance. The issue concern addressed here is not that mobile devices have become this great widespread readily available communication tooltool, but the consequences that it causes because of the lack of common sense of its use. The primary concern is the results of the use of this device while driving. In 2011, 3,333 people were killed as a result of…

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), there were over 377 million U.S. mobile phone subscriptions by the end of 2015 (Cellular Telephone Industries Association, 2015). With…

“Driving a car has no difference to holding a gun I tell you,” my mother would always warn me in Cantonese when we talked about me starting to begin driving. Indeed, I agreed with her. Driving a car is no different from holding a gun. Both have the ability to kill, and ultimately, it comes down to how the user controls it. Drivers have the biggest responsibility and their choices, their self-control, determines everyone’s safety on the road. Witnessing the driver in the car next to our Kia…

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…

we present as drivers when using our cell phones. Due to my experience as a sales consultant in the phone industry, I hope to shed a light in the dark corners of the phone-on-the-go world. By explaining the who’s and why’s of phones being used while driving, discussing current PSA’s, and the effect the phone has on driver performance, people should realize phones are just as potentially harmful on the road as alcohol. “In its 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study, the US Department of…

Distracted Driving should be illegal because technology has been a major key in car accidents among american teens. Texting while driving should be banned and that may help take down the car accident rate. Since the late 1990’s, car crashes and fatalities caused by distracted driving have become an increasingly serve public health problem. Advancements in mobile technologies have enabled people to use their cell phones as primary communicated devices and drivers have brought those devices into…

Texting while driving is one of the leading causes of accidents in modern times. Many drivers and other road users lose their lives on the road due to distraction caused by texting while driving. According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, texting while driving is six times more dangerous than any other factors that contribute to accidents on the road (Ferdinand, and Alva O.; et al.). Coupled with other factors such drunk driving, texting is more likely to cause…

Introduction It is evident that the use of mobile phone while driving puts an individual in a higher of getting into an accident. This proposal is aimed at recommending the best way to tackle this issue and strongly supports for the banning of use of mobile phones while one is driving. This policy will help reduce the accidents risks posed by the use of cell hence, protecting the lives of many drivers who might get into an accident. External distraction of the driver has been linked to most of…

Standardizing Cell Phone Usage Laws It is safe to suggest that if a person owns a phone and drives on a regular basis, then they are probably guilty of texting and driving. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that “over eight people are killed and 1,161 injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver each day” (CDC, 2016). Have you ever been in an automobile accident and quickly realized that a small electronic device was the cause? Millions of…

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, roughly 303 million people own cell phones and more than 800,000 vehicles are being driven by someone using a mobile device. Teenage texting while driving is a major public policy issue in the United States and creates unsafe conditions on the roads. In the AAA’s Foundation for Traffic Safety’s study, electronics use is the leading cause of teenage distracted driving. Every state has different laws regarding cell phone usage while driving, but in…