The Dangers of Cell Phone Use
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The Dangers Of Cell Phone Use While Driving:
Time To Re-Evaluate
Joseph L. Carter
Strayer University
The Dangers Of Cell Phone Use While Driving In Your Vehicle 2
Abstract
This paper is here to engage the audience in the matter, or should I say, the dangers of cell phone use, while operating your vehicle. Driving while utilizing your cell phone more than triples the risk of a severe auto accident and heightens the risk of a fatal situation. It is not a matter of how great you drive, if the other driver is not driving as professional or as careful as he should, especially when using a cell phone and not paying attention. We, as drivers, are put in danger by their actions.
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The Dangers Of Cell Phone Use While Driving in Your Vehicle
Is It Safe Or Not
For those of us behind the wheel of our vehicle, there is a chance we have been distracted by something that takes our attention away from the open road. In some cases we were that driver who has turned away to look at what edition of today’s newspaper the paper man is selling from his paper stand on wheels, to what type of flowers the gentleman is selling from the island in the middle of the highway, or to view the beautiful Halloween decorations in a neighbor’s yard that caught our eye. Possibly it was or to turn around to yell at the kids for fighting over what to put in the DVD player. According to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has noted that the No.1 source of Inattention is the use of a wireless device due to texting or phone use. The
(NHTSA) estimates that 25 to 32 percent of all police reported car accidents stem from distracted drivers using their cell phones. Drivers that use cell phones are four times as likely to get into car accidents, some serious enough to injure themselves as well
The Dangers Of Cell Phone Use While Driving:
Time To Re-Evaluate
Joseph L. Carter
Strayer University
The Dangers Of Cell Phone Use While Driving In Your Vehicle 2
Abstract
This paper is here to engage the audience in the matter, or should I say, the dangers of cell phone use, while operating your vehicle. Driving while utilizing your cell phone more than triples the risk of a severe auto accident and heightens the risk of a fatal situation. It is not a matter of how great you drive, if the other driver is not driving as professional or as careful as he should, especially when using a cell phone and not paying attention. We, as drivers, are put in danger by their actions.
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The Dangers Of Cell Phone Use While Driving in Your Vehicle
Is It Safe Or Not
For those of us behind the wheel of our vehicle, there is a chance we have been distracted by something that takes our attention away from the open road. In some cases we were that driver who has turned away to look at what edition of today’s newspaper the paper man is selling from his paper stand on wheels, to what type of flowers the gentleman is selling from the island in the middle of the highway, or to view the beautiful Halloween decorations in a neighbor’s yard that caught our eye. Possibly it was or to turn around to yell at the kids for fighting over what to put in the DVD player. According to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has noted that the No.1 source of Inattention is the use of a wireless device due to texting or phone use. The
(NHTSA) estimates that 25 to 32 percent of all police reported car accidents stem from distracted drivers using their cell phones. Drivers that use cell phones are four times as likely to get into car accidents, some serious enough to injure themselves as well
References: 1. Traffic Safety Facts-Research Notes “Distracted Driving “. http://www.nhtsa.gov/Safety/CPS 2. Nationwide Insurance Company/Driving While Distracted Stories & News. http://www.nationwide.com/newsroom/dwd-in-the-news.jsp 3. U.S Department of Transportation. Official U.S. Government Website for Distracted Driving. http://www.distraction.gov/stats-and-facts/.org