... and occur unnecessarily. In 1999 Morgan Lee, a little 2-year-old girl was playing outside of her house and a tragic accident took place, which claimed her life. A driver talking on his cell phone ran a stop sign and murdered this helpless child (Partnership for Safe Driving 2002). Any distraction within a car is a perilous combination, especially the disruption of ... and David Strayer proved that there is no difference in reaction time between the two ("Cell Phone Related Accidents." 2003). The safe choice is not a hands-free cell phone anymore; it's no phone at all. Good drivers would...

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... re driving, when you're driving and the music is blaring and talking on the cell phone, and eating and driving with a cell phone on. You're driving downtown today and you take your cell phone for safety reasons. When you pull out your cell phone and begin to dial you're headed for trouble. This is where we freeze, there ... on your music, now your love rap music. So you turn on your stereo, and you turn the music up really loud, and then you pull out your cell phone, and dial a number. Freeze, your music is so loud that even the sound of a lion couldn't be heard. You dial a number and alr...

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... 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 cell phones found that "the risk of a collision when using a cell phone was four times higher than the risk when a cell phone was not being used" This risk is similar to the hazard associated with driving with a blood alcohol level ... with two fatalities In the span of the next three years, automobile crashes attributed to cell phone use have increased by nearly 25%, and the number is expected to gr...

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... are more distracting than the radio. 45% of drivers think it is just as distracting. Another survey shows that only 15% of all motorists don't have a cell phone in their car at all times. If these drivers are being distracted, how can we assure our roads are safe? II. Harm/Contention Two A. How are we being harmed? If a ... the road. III. Plan A. Administration. The Michigan state government will administer this plan and make it a law. B. Mandate. After the law has passed, enforcement will be assigned. If caught with a cell phone while driving, you would get a ticket for around $55.00....

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... 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 phones at all because many times it may be useful when calling 911 to report accidents. However, I do believe that safety precautions need to be taken more for people who are talking on the phone wh...

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... argued proof demonstrating an increase in accidents and fatalities because drivers were texting or talking while driving. Due to the serious harm cell phone use can cause while driving, laws to ban cell phone use while driving should be executed. In doing so, accidents will be prevented and lives will be saved. Teenagers are ignorant ... of texting and driving therefore, it is the states responsibility to create laws for the people in order to protect its citizens. Texting or talking on a cell phone while driving is a huge distraction and can cause serious harm to not only to you but al...

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... concerned with keeping our eyes on the road and both hands on the wheel. Many of today's drivers have dangerous habits, which include general carelessness, distractions with the radio, and cell phone use. General carelessness is a huge cause of accidents in motor vehicles. People seem to think that they are driving rubber cars. They weave in and out of traffic, cutting in ... the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. Another 330,000 are believed injured. The ironic side to these facts is that no one is exempt from the ramifications of talking on a cell phone while driving. According to Peop...

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... their role in crashes may vary as a function of roadway, environmental, and vehicle conditions. This is especially true for voluntary distracting behaviors, such as eating, drinking, smoking, or dialing a cell phone. Drivers may be less likely to engage in these types of behaviors when driving task demands are high, for example, when negotiating a busy intersection, driving in poor weather conditions, at ... frequently reported sources of driver distraction sources of driver distraction. Moving objects in the vehicle, other objects brought into the vehicle, adjusting vehicle or climate c...

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... times the price of a cup of coffee. Driving in general can be treacherous. Driving and having such a distraction as a cell phone at your ear, or ringing somewhere in your car, is ten times more dangerous. Not surprisingly, drivers who use a cell phone while driving perceive cell phone use by others as less of a threat to their safety as do non-users. One out of five drivers ... who use a cell phone while driving sees this activity as a major threat. The number of accidents caused by talking on a cell phone accounts for six and a half million a year. Female drivers are ... much more lik...

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... 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 ... 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 be addressed to. Cell phones, althou...

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... NBC in which the results of a study done to determine the distracting effects of performing other tasks while driving in a car was featured. The tasks tested were talking on a cell phone, talking on a cell phone using a headset, eating and listening to loud music. Even though the effects of conducting each of these tasks while driving were different the end result was that all them ... I see drivers multi-tasking in their cars. On one occasion I noticed a driver on the New Jersey Turnpike talking on a headset cell phone with a lap top style computer propped open by the steering wheel. H...

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... driving is one of many causes of fatal accidents every year. Some examples of multitasking are: texting, putting on makeup, talking on the phone, and reading mail. I personally have had past experiences with drivers who multi-task while driving. Thankfully none have resulted in an accident. One ... pedestrian crossing the intersection and caught a near miss accident. Being distracted while driving increases your risk of causing an accident. In addition, cell phone usage while driving is against the law and the single most preventable action that can be taken against prevention of motor ...

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... useless distractions. Cellular phones are the biggest distraction to teens on the road. As a teen, I know how important a cell phone is, I rarely even use my home phone anymore, and I guess out of boredom I find the need to be on it every time I"m in the car. Cell phone usage while driving is considered so dangerous; it's even outlawed in some areas of the country. Answering the ... phone can cause the driver to take their eyes off the road to accept the call, and they can become very involved in conversation, all the ... wheel could be so concerned with the background music; they coul...

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... not always using them in a safe manner. GM is ahead of its competitors in providing safety. With the help of OnStar the user do not have to worry about the cell phones. Since Safety is a big issue, it drives the customer to make a powerful decision about buying a car. By introducing OnStar GM is proving to be the best in he industry ... for the service from GM but it will most likely be less than creating there own system. 5. What would your reaction in OnStar be if you were a marketing strategist for a cell-phone, Internet Portal, or GPS service provider? Would you consider OnStar to b...

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... useless distractions. Cellular phones are the biggest distraction to teens on the road. As a teen, I know how important a cell phone is, I rarely even use my home phone anymore, and I guess out of boredom I find the need to be on it every time I"m in the car. Cell phone usage while driving is considered so dangerous; it's even outlawed in some areas of the country. Answering the ... phone can cause the driver to take their eyes off the road to accept the call, and they can become very involved in conversation, all the ... wheel could be so concerned with the background music; they coul...

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... methods of transportation, unfortunately people don't know how to drive. People today speed around and cut you off, and slow down when they should speed up. They talk on their cell phones and completely forget where they are and realize they are about to miss their exit or they"re in the wrong lane, and quickly change lanes not even looking ... speed limit. Fast cars are meant to be in the fast lane. A new and very distracting problem is cell phones. Most every person owns a cell phone now and use them at all times of day, even when they are driving. People talking on the phone and driv...

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... of its case, putting it in the player, and changing the track. This habit is very hazardous while driving and has caused many accidents. Talking on the cell phone is also a very dangerous driving habit. Cell phones have become very popular amongst our society and are seen almost every where we look. One place we shouldn't be seeing them is in the hands ... of drivers. People who drive and talk on the cell phone are more accident-prone because their attention is directed to the conversation not to the road. Hundreds of accidents have occurred as a result of careless use of ... ...

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Technology It seems that no matter where you go these days you run into some kind of computer or palm pilot, cell phone or some "needed" device. People got by for thousands of years without these things but apparently they are needed things today. How many times have you asked someone why they ... technology but I don't think there is just one or two. Infact, there are probably infinite reasons why and I have only explored a couple. Maybe different people have different reasons to "need" a cell phone or a personal computer or any other handy gadget and who's to say they are wrong. Personally...

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... itself around me like a thick blanket. I felt sick to my stomach and was shaking uncontrollably. Still, I managed to steer my truck onto the side of the road. I reached for my cell phone and dialed my brother's number. Please answer, I thought. He answered on the third ring and I burst into tears as I explained what just happened. He said he would turn around and ... in and twisted around. The headlamp was gone and there was fluid leaking everywhere from beneath my once brand-new shiny black vehicle. I could hear my brother talking on his cell phone. He had called the police. It was on...

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... is better than carrying around a GPS that comes off your dashboard because no one can break your window and steal this GPS, and it is also better than using your phone as a GPS because doing that drains your phones battery life and also uses all of your mobile data. Other technology such as a premium audio system also makes a foreign car better ... is also a very good safety feature because this way there is no reason for the driver to touch their phones while driving. 25 percent of accidents are caused by cell phone use, with the use of Bluetooth technology, this number will be reduced...

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... thing to do, call up Pop and have him come get us. It was the last thing I wanted to do, but we had to get back. I got my cell phone, found "Dad" in the phone book, and dialed. "Hello?" "Dad, its James." "James! How's the trip going?" "Dad, we need you to come get us." Panic and fear took over his whimsical tone ... said he"d take care of it." "Bill? Who's Bill? "My buddy that owns that shop. He's the one who called me up there." I asked for Bill's last name and his phone number and then bid farewell to the truck driver. The next day I called up Bill Kilshore and couldn't thank him enou...

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... impounded and I think my life is over as I know it." He managed to get out before his sobs filled the phone line. "I"m coming down there to get you. Oh, so you know, your ass is grass." She yelled before she slammed the phone like a hammer on the head of a nail. Earlier that year on his seventeenth birthday Jeff's parents bought him a brand ... to his back. The last thing Jeff remembered was the clicking of the handcuffs on his wrists before he fainted onto the rock hard pavement. Jeff woke up in the cell to find himself lying on a cot with someone who he thought was Kane, but it was ju...

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... it. "Are you ok?" I asked again. "Yeah." He replied with a confused tone. "Well, I"m not; I think my arm is broke." I sternly said back to him. He then asked, "Where"re the cell phones?" "In my pocket." I replied then added, "You"re going to have to get them, I can't move my arm." He checked my pockets, the ... cell phones weren't there. Ryan then started to panic and went running back to the car to look for the cell phones. I tried telling him that we should just go to a house that was close by and call for help. He didn ... out for I was going into shock, so I left Ryan behind and wa...

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... texting and driving is illegal and may result in a ticket and a fine. Often times it is hard for authorities to catch people texting and driving because they cannot see the phone itself;however this is going to change soon. New ideas are arising in an effort to catch people committing this crime. For instance, cameras may be set up along side ... your car. Unfortunately, you will be stuck waiting days if not weeks to get your car back from the shop. If authorities investigate and find out you were on your cell phone you will be ticketed and fined on top of the other expenses. Those 5 se...

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... transfer data from one location to another over long distances. A god example of this would be the use of satilites to send and receive signals of various services such as cell phones, cable television, and Internet data. There are thousands of satilites currently orbiting the earth send and receiving signals from base stations on he ground. These satilites act as mirrors ... the other side of the planet. Radar has a variety of different uses and applications that are all used heavily today almost all industries. We rely on radar to send our cell phone signals from space, steer our ship...

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