... eating while driving (PR Newswire 1). Most recently there has been much controversy over one specific distraction, the handy dandy cell phone. Many people want the use of hand-held cell phones in vehicles banned because they are claimed to distract a driver's mind, body, and attention driving (PR Newswire 1). ... arguments against the ban. Most importantly, car accidents will not significantly decrease. Now if more research is put forth into the subject of cell phones and driving, people will still be able to make important calls knowing that there are scientists obtaining more reliable...

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... an accident, as does any other distraction. But, responsible users can reduce this rate by being attentive, and keeping a watchful eye on the road. According to recent evidence, cell phones aren't the biggest distraction while driving. The University of North Carolina Highway Research Center conducted a study to examine the causes of driver distraction using approximately 32,000 vehicles between 1995 ... they cause accidents? From our data, it seemed to cause a very small percentage of the crashes- (Drivers.com). This proves that when compared to a number of car-related activities, cell...

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... a Verizon store and choose to refill the minutes or just toss the phone away when they are done talking. A few years ago cell phones were little more than a convenient and practical communication device. Since then, things have changed. Cell phones now have the ability to operate on fully digital networks and have options such as web browsers and digital cameras built inside. I rely on ... inside my phone. In fact, my cellular phone is the only thing besides my keys that I carry around every single day when I leave the house. There is no doubt that cell phones are convenient. Only in th...

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... statistic shows the rapid increase of popularity in this little phone. In the next five years there will be about 1 billion camera phones sold in the world. This is just about how many regular cell phones that are in circulation today. Cell phone cameras have even surpassed the sale of DVD players, one of the greatest selling technologies, when they were released. Although this ... technology may seem like a cool James Bond gadget there are still several issues that have arisen in the use of these devices. Over the years cell phones have become very light and discreet, which does pose a...

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... associated with driving with a blood alcohol level just above the legal limit. Society doesnt have much patience for those causing accidents due to alcohol consumption, and now the use of cell phones by drivers is coming to be seen as a comparable problem. Given what the evidence suggests, the next important question is the magnitude of the problem. That is, how many accidents ... etc. These Normal distractions, are types that the driver has some control over when they occur, and should driving conditions become difficult the driver can easily end the distraction. With cell phones this ...

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... in a ditch. You are thinking to yourself, "How in the world did that idiot not see me?" The answer; he was talking on a cell phone. Cell phones are not only distractions to the driver, but are also a dangerous hazard to the other motorist on the road. It is obviously difficult to keep ... Risk Analysis, 6 percent of the auto accidents in the U.S. each year could be attributed to cell phone use, which works out to 2,600 fatalities and 330,000 injuries. ("Cell Phones and Driving" par. 3). Talking on a cell phone needs to be limited or completely cut out while driving. There are many ways ...

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... that they are both exposing themselves to and those around them. Most people are not aware of the potential danger and damage that cell phones can cause to their health and to people around them. Based on my research and my experience I learned that improper use of cell phones causes car accidents; and, the potential for brain cancer, which is dangerous for our society ... . Cell phone usage cause: Car accidents Brain cancer Alteration of DNA Using a cell phone while driving is dangerous. I would like to discuss why you should not use your ... a hands free adaptor while driving are four...

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... drunk driving cases. However, more safety precautions need to be taken for individuals who will be talking on their phones while driving. Phones are being created today in which offer a hands-free cell phone so that you can keep both hands on the wheel while driving and talking. Some of these come in ... 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 ...

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... results are surprising. The study was carried out by the Transport Research Laboratory for an insurance company called Direct Line to show the dangers that drivers present while talking on cell phones and driving. It is common knowledge that people who drive while under the influence of alcohol, especially with blood alcohol content or BAC over the legal limit, are a danger to ... Line, however their were also studies done by GM and AAA that show that many serious accidents involving people using cellular phones were caused by other distractions. Although many of these studies contradic...

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... avoid doing, even with a hands free system We've all seen drivers talking on their cell phones and trying to drive at the same time. Can driving while chatting on a cell phone be a dangerous combination? Most governing bodies seem to think so. Though they were once considered rare luxuries, cell phones have become a commonplace possession over the last few years. Thanks in part to advances ... use by drivers to numerous minor and fatal automobile accidents. Scientific studies have established strong correlations between cell phone usage and accidents. A study of Canadian drivers with ce...

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... as a replacement or substitute for everyday processes, but still stand as a complement to others. Cell phones have become a substitute for many items such as household phones, calling plans, time keepers, alarms, schedulers, calculators, and the Internet. They become a substitute for these items when someone who owns a cell phone with such capabilities has no need to continue using the older, less efficient products. Wireless ... be passed from one wireless user to another. Television shows requiring voting and spectator participation, including MTV have reverted to accepting text messag...

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... fifteen years. It was invented to make communication available at any time in any place. A good number of people, including myself, depend on it to carry out daily operations. Making cell phones become a part of our daily life. In addition, it's very convenient for some people and for some situations. One of the main drawbacks of owning ... a cell phone is its safety concern during driving. Car accidents has rose ever since cell phones were invented. I think people shouldn't use cell phones often while they are driving on the road. I"m not saying that road drivers shouldn't use cell pho...

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... of course, in their cars. But what most people don't realize is that statistically, you are 25 more likely to get into a wreck while talking on a cell phone while driving. When I see people yakking on the cell phones while driving, I just want to run into them and say, "shut up and drive!", but I really don't think they would even notice. Why? Because most ... pay attention to the conversation on the phone. It is pretty much impossible to devote 100% of your attention to both. It's the same with driving and talking on the cell phone. Not only is one hand holding the phone and not on the...

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... few years, one of the big news items on the news is about cell phone dangers. There have been lots of stories about people getting tumors and brain cancer from cell phone use. In this paper, I hope to inform you of these problems and show you how to use cell phones safely. The Cellular Telecommunications Internet Association(CTIA) has been conducting research since 1994 ... on cell phone dangers. George Carlos, a public health scientist, was hired by CTIA to conduct a six ... -year, $25 million research effort. Carlos's research concluded linked cell phone use to a brain tumor called ac...

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... new technology on human health. One of the leading new factors is the technology of cell phones, which is predicted to have more than 1.3 billion worldwide users by the 2005. Cell phones have been of the fastest growing industries. Today most people have portable phones in their home, and/or cell phones. Theses devices are connecting people in convenient ways as their cost declines with the expand ... can hear. Tests have been done by the Microwave institute of Zhejiang Medical University that show the effects of exposure to environmental electromagnetic fields (EMFs) EMFs are used in t...

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... speakerphone mode. 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 ... 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 w...

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... being aware of the habits we have developed. Many of these drivers have dangerous habits. The following are dangerous to do while driving: drinking or eating while driving, talking on cell phones, driving without their head lights on, and not wearing a seatbelt. There are a number of accidents that occur everyday as the direct result of eating and drinking while driving. Coffee, hot ... for "hands free" talking. Having your phone plugged into your car's stereo can still be a distraction. It is still undetermined whether using this method is a safer practice than using a handheld phones....

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... keep in touch with the rest of the world throughout the course of the day. Busy businessmen can now close deals with clients on their cell phones in the middle of the street while getting something to eat at a local street vendor. Real-time market data updates can be sent to ... example of the next big standard. It has revolutionized the personal connectivity market by providing freedom from wired connections - enabling links between mobile computers, mobile phones, portable handheld devices, and connectivity to the Internet. You can interface, synchronize and exchange information betwee...

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... by day around the world in the past years. Personally, all of my friends, except for a few, carry a cellular phone with them wherever they go. Cell phones are very useful and they are also very safe when on the road. For example, let's say someone is driving home from their college for the weekend and ... have car trouble an hour away from home. Without a cell phone, they would most likely have to flag down a car for help or a ride. That can be very dangerous in our society today. If they do not ... choose to do that, they will eventually have to walk to the nearest phone, which might ...

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... you when you"re driving by almost running you off of the road? Well I hate to tell you but it's probably someone just like me who is using a cell phone, eating, or even trying to read. People like me don't even care about surrounding cars. For some reason it is easier to do things like eating in the ... of this. Even after we see some horrible wrecks we just keep on doing what we have to do. On the news every once in a while I hear about cell phones and how dangerous it is to talk on them while driving, and yes it is dangerous, but what about the other things we do in cars that needs to ...

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... of teeth. Okay, so how does it work? Bluetooth is a standard for a little, inexpensive radio chip to be plugged into printers, computers, mobile phones and almost any other device that would transmit and receive data via radio waves. Any device within 30 feet of another device with the chip is capable of ... sending data back and forth along a radio frequency of 2.4GHz. Bluetooth is already pre programmed into many new phones at this time so you might have the capability and not even know it. Some possible uses for Bluetooth are programming your ... to type a sentence. You could talk on...

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... , web and organizer features. BlackBerry's plan ties a listing service database to a web site that uses Extensible Markup Language, of XML, which allows it to communicate with wireless devices like cell phones and personal digital assistants. This system will allow users to search listing on a variety of criteria, find out whether there's a contract on a particular property or just search for information for ... real estate professional. "The development of new communication technologies has changed the landscape of the real-estate business. As people have become more accustomed to using...

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... that covers a "geographic area in which there is radio coverage by a particular cellular phone system. The size of any given cell within a system depending on the geography of the cell."" W. Steward. Geographical area is important to wireless devices because they have to send and receive from the antennas that they connect ... have high power but low power base being affected by the terrain in and around the cell area. It is important to know the number of wireless devices that can be supported by a cell because every cell area is limited to a number of simultaneous wireless channels a...

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... going global. Many countries lack the proper infrastructure for the operations of certain companies. For instance some countries do not have phone lines, but thanks to the advancement in cellular phones people now can speak over wireless connection. Another American company operating business in a foreign economy through one of its subsidiaries, MTV has successfully emerged in many foreign markets. Through technology ... languages. The Asian youth has grown to love LiLi so much that Ericsson a cellular phone company now makes a line of LiLi phones. Now in Asia MTV wireless internet serv...

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... to make online purchases. It is so convenient to use credit card or debt card that we don't regard it as technology. We use telephones and wireless communication such as cell phones everyday to communicate with one another. How many of us own a cell phone? How many of us do not leave the house without it? I know I never leave the house without ... a cell phone. How many of us own a computer or a laptop? How many of us have Internet connections on our computers/laptop? How many of us have wireless Internet on our laptops? ... ...

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