The use of cellular phones has spread in the last ten years. It has become a part of everyday life for many American citizens, and a good number of people depend on them to carry out daily operations. Unfortunately, many of these daily operations occur while the individual is driving. As a result, many accidents have taken place in the last ten years due to the use of cellular phones while on the road. This leads me to believe that if people can’t concentrate on the road while talking on a cell phone they shouldn’t talk at all while driving. In the driving class we were shown a video and it was a interview with a lady who had lost her daughter because of someone using their cell phone while driving. It really was a sad story and this is why I think that there should be more safety precautions need to be taken.
Many good aspects come from cellular phones in the car. For example, accidents get reported to 911 rapidly, traffic updates occur more often because citizens call and
Because of inadequate reporting, there is insufficient data to show the magnitude of safety problems relating to the use of cell phones. This is because only two states have a section on accident reports dedicated to weather or not a cell phone was present in the car at the time of the accident. Minnesota and Oklahoma are the two states in which have received decent records on the safety-related problems with cell phone use while driving. In just one year the number of accidents relating to cell phone use increased in Oklahoma by 26.5 %. Driver inattention is the most frequently identified factor among cellular telephone users. The next most frequently noted conditions are failure to yield and following too close. Based on these facts alone, it is easy to see that cellular phones and driving don’t mix to well. Until we have more safety features given to us that go along with cell phones, we shouldn’t mix the two. If the majority of people driving used wireless technology it
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