The debate to ban handheld cell phones was spawned in New York when state Assemblyman Felix Ortiz witnessed a crash involving a driver using a cell phone (Verhovek). ... Ortiz instantly sponsored a bill banning the use of cell phones while driving. ... For years, there had been a growing fear about the distractions associated with cell phones. ... According to recent evidence, cell phones aren't the biggest distraction while driving. ... This proves that when compared to a number of car-related activities, cell phones were least distracting. ...

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Cell Phones and the Balance Between Convenience and Safety The increased popularity of cell phones in the recent years has done so much to make our everyday lives easier and more efficient. ... But at the same time, cell phones have connected us to each other and made everyone and everything-friends, family, even the Internet just a phone call away. ... There have been efforts in recent years to ban cell phones from being used while driving, a response to the increased number of automobile accidents. ... Teenagers, who compromise a large segment of the cell phone consumer market, are ine...

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Research on the possibility of cell phone addiction is an emerging field, and a lot of it centers on the habits of the youngest millennials (now teens and young adults), a generation that can't remember what it was like to not have a cell phone. ... For instance, for women, Pinterest, Instagram and number of phone calls were good predictors of a possible cell phone addiction, while listening to music was not. ... But researchers like Roberts, who created his own scale for measuring addictive cell phone behavior, are building a body of work that explores whether or not cell phone "addictio...

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Cell Phones: Potential Medical Phenomenon? ... In result, thought-to-be harmful components of cell phones actually sped up cell division. ... Cell Phones-Convenience or 21st Century Plague?... Time, October 9, 2000, Business; Do Cell Phones Need Warnings? ... Can Cell Phones Increase Brain Power?...

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Cell phones are designed to provide a variety of purposes. ... 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. ... Cell phones simultaneously serve as a compliment for products such as computers, cars, and recently cameras. Information, websites, and pictures can be passed between new cell phones unto computers, palm pil...

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Cell Phones Why have them if you can't use them? ... In this day and age cell phones are almost a necessity. ... Cell phone use is at an all-time high, and researches believe about 186 million new cell phone subscribers will sign up every year between now and 2007. This cell phone craze is due to the fact that in modern America cell phones are becoming a necessity. ... Students should have the choice to use cell phones in school. ...

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That's why we've compiled this definitive list of the main advantages and disadvantages of cell phones. ... Since the first cell phone, we've been able to make calls while on the go. ... Add to this the cell phone towers constantly popping up to give us ever-improving reception and even being in a building or outside of the city isn't the problem it used to be. ... Fortunately for you, today's cell phones mean that's not a problem anymore. ... Lead to Some Pretty Serious Accidents That's not the only way the inattention to their surrounding caused by cell ph...

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Cell phones. ... In our world of being "on the go" and always rushing to do something, cell phones have become a necessity. ... It's the same with driving and talking on the cell phone. ... This handy device fits in your ear and allows you to talk on a cell phone with your hands free. ... It makes me wonder, what the heck did people do before cell phones? ...

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Inattentive or careless driving is a large and dangerous issue, and cell phones clearly contribute to it. ... Many people have turned to hands-free mobile phones, especially in places where using a conventional handheld cell phone while driving has become illegal. ... So, hands-free mobile phone devices are a good solution to the issue of cell phone-distracted driving, right? To put it bluntly, no, hands-free devices are not a solution to cell phone-distracted driving. ... The phone conversations themselves were with a confederate on a cell phone. ...

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There have been many discussions over the question whether cell phones create barriers to social relationships. ... Cell phones need be considered, in my opinion, as an instrument for maintaining social connections. ... I consider those features as the advantages that our cell phones offer to us. ... Our cell phones have become an essential part of that process. I even can say that society forces its members to have a cell phone; however, the activity of cell phone usage depends on the person. ...

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Any distraction within a car is a perilous combination, especially the disruption of a cell phone ringing or the distraction of the cell phone itself. ... Hands-free phones, the cell phones that have the clever earpiece attachment; are the answer many cell phones users preach. ... The safe choice is not a hands-free cell phone anymore; it's no phone at all. Good drivers would not be affected by a simple conversation on a cell phone. ... However, the addition of a cell phone to any car is a good idea. ...

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There are a lot of pros and cons to this debate of cell phones in school, I personally feel that cell phones should be allowed in school as part of a learning resource. ... If students could use their cell phones this would save the school money for equipment because, parents are paying for the phones not the school. ... When students are taught to use a cell phone responsibly, it becomes a great communication tool. ... Cyberbullying is another concern with students and cell phones. ... All Cell phones must be out of view and in the off position at all times....

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For the past 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. ... Carlos's research concluded linked cell phone use to a brain tumor called acoustic neuroma. ... If you have a cell phone, I believe you should go out and buy a headset piece, which are made by most mobile phone manufactures including Motorola, Nokia, Hitachi and Ericsson. ...

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Cell Phone Use While Driving Resolved: That the state of Michigan should pass a law banning the use of cell phones while driving. ... The current system isn't working because people are using cell phones aren't concerned with the road, they"re concerned about their cell phones. ... If a neighboring driver is talking on a cell phone, your life is at risk. ... Drivers on cell phones many times are unaware of their surroundings on the road. About 44% of motorists have a cell phone or car phone in their vehicles at all times. ...

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Cell phones should be turned off and out of sight while on the job. ... Moving From the cubicle to the study room, cell phones are an even bigger distraction. ... In some states it is against to law to use a cell phone while driving. ... Cell phones can be dangerous in a myriad of ways. ... Since cell phones are at the heart of distraction, phone users need to be cautious for the safety of themselves and others around them. ...

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About The Innovation A mobile phone is a portable telephone that works using a series of radio networks or cells. The term "cell- refers to the geographical area covered by the network base station that contains the radio equipment serving the cell. Australians commonly refer to this device as their "mobile-, while in the USA its known as a "cell phone-. ... With ground based mobile networks, the phones exchange radio signals with towers within geographical "cells-. A phone can pass from one cell to another without losing the call. ...

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This is just one of many good reasons why I think cell phones should be allowed in schools. ... Another reason students should be permitted cell phones in schools is because hard to memorize phone numbers and sometimes even calanders and simple calculators are kept in phones. ... Cell phones are also a lot easier to carry around than planners or gargantuan sized notebooks! ... I think that allowing cell phones in schools would be for the better. ... I stand 100 percent affirmative for cell phones in our high schools. ...

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Cell phones have become the norm in today's society. ... The impact of cell phones on society has become huge. ... When the cell phone first debuted, its only function was to make calls. ... Cell phones have become a part of people, a way to establish a unique identity. ... Unfortunately, cell phones have impacted society in a negative way, as well. ...

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Cell phones and society There is no doubt that cell phones have had an impact on society, both good and bad. ... On the flip side, however, misuse of cell phones (for example, use in cars) has been around as long as the cell phone itself. ... Fifteen years ago, cell phones were a rarity. ... Every executive and many workers carry a cell phone, a beeper/pager, or both. ... Unfortunately, cell phones are a double-edged sword, and efficiency has a price. ...

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Wireless telephones are hand-held phones with built-in antennas These phones are a wonderful tool for you to have phones are used by all sorts of people for all sorts of different reasons. but did you know that your phone puts off RF radiation from the antenna. More the less phones are dangerous while driving because your not paying attention to the road for instance when you are trying to dial a number and look at the road at the same time which cause you to drift from side to side. also when you on the phone you can become very angry with the person you are talking to which can cause you t...

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"Driver use of cell phones impairs reaction times and roughly quadruples crash risk. ... "Driver use of cell phones impairs reaction times and roughly quadruples crash risk. ... CELL PHONE USE AND TEEN DRIVING "Motorists who use cell phones while driving are more likely to engage in additional dangerous behaviors." "Using cell phones for any reason while driving is dangerous for all drivers." 2."... "Drivers who use cell phones are four times more likely to get into crashes." ...

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Outside of the classroom, cell phones are perfectly fine but within a classroom, they should not be permitted. ... Cell phone use in the class varies depending on the teacher, the class and what you're doing in that particular class. Although, cell phone use should be limited to a minimum regardless of the class. ... Cell phones have always been argued to be a distraction in class, this is in a way also true. ... Outside of the classroom, cell phones are perfectly fine but within a classroom, they should not be permitted....

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Cell phone usage amongst youth while driving has been linked to many egregious consequences. ... Based upon these results, they concluded that cell phone use created deficits in driving ability and that the source of theses deficits was the diversion of attention to a more cognitively engaging stimulus ( i.e. the phone conversation). ... In order to investigate whether cell use is continuing to increase among youth , this study seeks to explore overall rates of cell phone usage on a college campus. ... Current Rates Percentage Cell Phone Use National Avg. .....

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Cell phones has had many effects on teens in this generation. ... Cell phone usage is so bad that teens can't go five minutes without checking their phone. Cells phones have totally changed the way that teens communicate. ... Having your cell phone in those places isn't the safest thing to do. ... Using mobile phone disperse our communication to make it easier than before cell phones came out. ...

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How many more innocent lives have to be taken away before we even consider the ban on cell phones while driving? ... The law that bans the use of cell phones while driving could save a lot of lives, including your own while being around a driver who uses their cell phone while driving. ... Using a cell phone while driving is as dangerous as driving with a blood-alcohol level of .08. Some tests have suggested drivers talking on cell phones are more likely to crash than drunk drivers. ... Cell phones are a convenience and not a necessity. ...

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