Essays on Distracted Driving

We might not think of it as a problem, but how many times a day do you take your phone to text your friend? Texting can be easily turned from a habit into an addiction without noticing. In “The Joy of Texting”, Lynne Truss states that texting is a “sneaky form of communication”, and it can both simplify and complicate your life. It seems to be more popular among the youth and more preferable than conversations on the phone and, perhaps, even engaging in a face-to-face conversation. Texting is able to make communication much easier among users, because it ...

Texting and driving at the same time, are two activities that are not compatible, and there should be serious consequences for those breaking this rule. The new Ontario law will make sure that drivers do not text and drive at the same time, or else they will face expensive fines (Csanady, Ashley. "$1000 tickets for distracted driving, $500 for biking without a light and other laws to hit Ontario streets."). An accident can happen in just a second and that second could have been the moment when a driver looked at the phone just to hit that missing letter, ...

Currently texting or short message service (SMS) is on the peak of their popularity. As it is informed by Austin, the number of messages a month has increased from 9.8 to 110.4 billion messages only within a period between 2005 and 2008. A major portion of these messages has been sent by drivers. These figures demonstrate that modern people tend to be more occupied by their business, which often leads to carelessness on the roads and to many accidents. Therefore, this issue demands deep consideration with undertaking serious measures. Texting is included to the list of the reasons for ...

One of the undisputed marvels of the modern information society is the cell phone. Indeed, not only do cell phones allow a person to communicate with others in the traditional manner of a telephone, but they also are portable computers that put the power of the internet into the palm of a person’s hands. Despite their many benefits, cell phones or the rather the activities that people use them for, can be extremely distracting and disruptive. To be sure, the fact that cell phones can be taken everywhere and provide constant and instantaneous communication’ cell phone owners tend ...

9.0 Strategy specification Distracted driving, including driving while using the cell phone is an area of major concern. Estimates demonstrate that over 3,000 were killed, and nearly half a million injured as the direct result of driving while distracted (Distraction.gov, 2015). More specifically, an estimated 10% of drivers under the age of 20 who were killed while driving were texting when the accident occurred (Distraction.gov, 2015). In this case, the product, as it relates to driving distracted, including making calls or texting while driving, is the intention to use the while operating a motor vehicle. This intention is ...

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Many American youngsters (more than 60%) acknowledge their unsafe driving with 50% of these admit to messaging while driving. 421,000 people have been harmed in accidents involving a driver distracted by a cell phone. What is more discouraging is that approximately nine lives are claimed every day by accidents attributed to distracted driving (Williams-Bergen et al.). By creating awareness on this issue particularly for the youngsters, fewer lives will be lost, and the drivers, passengers, and pedestrians will not get harmed. As part of the Distracted Driving Month, the National Safety Council will be offering ...