Essay On Drinking And Driving
Cellular phones, for most people today, are a necessity in our lives. People take their phones everywhere they go. These days, phones have gotten even more complex and we use them as a means for communication by voice, text, sound, and video. Because cell phones are considered such a necessity by many people today, the issue has risen regarding the use of phones while driving. These days cell phone use while driving is being compared to driving while being drunk. There are good reasons why people have made it a big issue today, but cell phone use while driving is not like drunk driving. There are big differences between the two, and this belief should not be used as a basis for prohibiting cell phone use while driving. It is obvious by
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Young drivers are more accident prone because they have not had as much experience as other drivers. This is not saying that people who have been driving longer are always better drivers, but with practice people get better at what they are doing. In a study conducted by researchers at Miami University in Ohio, it was found that some are just clearly better at multitasking than others and also that signs of impairment may diminish with practice (Consumer Reports, 2006). This basically means that the risk varies from each individual because some people are better at doing more than one thing at once, and some people may experience less of a distraction while talking on the phone if it is a regular habit. It is not sensible to say some people can drive drunk and multitask better than others because alcohol directly affects one internally in the body. From interaction with people, some claim to still be able to maintain focus and coordination while driving and being drunk but this claim is not based on actual studies so that most likely is more of an issue of luck and
Young drivers are more accident prone because they have not had as much experience as other drivers. This is not saying that people who have been driving longer are always better drivers, but with practice people get better at what they are doing. In a study conducted by researchers at Miami University in Ohio, it was found that some are just clearly better at multitasking than others and also that signs of impairment may diminish with practice (Consumer Reports, 2006). This basically means that the risk varies from each individual because some people are better at doing more than one thing at once, and some people may experience less of a distraction while talking on the phone if it is a regular habit. It is not sensible to say some people can drive drunk and multitask better than others because alcohol directly affects one internally in the body. From interaction with people, some claim to still be able to maintain focus and coordination while driving and being drunk but this claim is not based on actual studies so that most likely is more of an issue of luck and