cell phone usage while driving
Should Cell Phone Use by Drivers be Permitted?
In this essay I am going to discuss if cell phone use by drivers should be permitted or not. I will tell you about laws in other provinces, if the laws are the same of if they are different. I will also mention the good things that would come out of cell phone use by drivers, and also the bad things that would come out of cell phone use by drivers. During this essay I will also give you my opinion on if it should be permitted or not. In the province of Manitoba cell phone use while you are driving is illegal, but is this the same in all of Canada 's provinces? In British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Newfoundland, Labrador, Quebec, Nova Scotia it is illegal to be on your cell phones while driving. In some provinces like Ontario it is even illegal to be on you iPod while driving. Even though not all of the provinces and territories in Canada ban the use of cell phones, everyone of the provinces and territories have "distracted driver" . If it is proven that in a car crash the use of a cell phone was cause of it, you will be charged. The cost of the fine you receive for cell phone use is different in each of the provinces. Statistics say that more then one in twenty car accidents are cell phone related accidents. There have been many car accidents in Canada that have been caused by cell phone usage while driving, they range from minor accidents to deadly accidents. Even a the use of blue tooth technology does not mean that an accident won’t happen when driving. Harvard University did a study that said that people using cell phones caused around two hundred deaths and millions injures. Drivers that use the phone while driving are four times more likely to cause an accident then people not on their cell phones. There is only one way to stop these accidents, not to use a cell phone while driving. In the winter in 2010 just outside of Brandon, Manitoba a driver was distracted by his cell phone and he didn’t
In this essay I am going to discuss if cell phone use by drivers should be permitted or not. I will tell you about laws in other provinces, if the laws are the same of if they are different. I will also mention the good things that would come out of cell phone use by drivers, and also the bad things that would come out of cell phone use by drivers. During this essay I will also give you my opinion on if it should be permitted or not. In the province of Manitoba cell phone use while you are driving is illegal, but is this the same in all of Canada 's provinces? In British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Newfoundland, Labrador, Quebec, Nova Scotia it is illegal to be on your cell phones while driving. In some provinces like Ontario it is even illegal to be on you iPod while driving. Even though not all of the provinces and territories in Canada ban the use of cell phones, everyone of the provinces and territories have "distracted driver" . If it is proven that in a car crash the use of a cell phone was cause of it, you will be charged. The cost of the fine you receive for cell phone use is different in each of the provinces. Statistics say that more then one in twenty car accidents are cell phone related accidents. There have been many car accidents in Canada that have been caused by cell phone usage while driving, they range from minor accidents to deadly accidents. Even a the use of blue tooth technology does not mean that an accident won’t happen when driving. Harvard University did a study that said that people using cell phones caused around two hundred deaths and millions injures. Drivers that use the phone while driving are four times more likely to cause an accident then people not on their cell phones. There is only one way to stop these accidents, not to use a cell phone while driving. In the winter in 2010 just outside of Brandon, Manitoba a driver was distracted by his cell phone and he didn’t
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