Texting While Driving In 2011‚ at least 23% of auto collisions involved cell phones which equal 1.3 million crashes. In the year 2009 alone‚ nearly 5‚870 innocent lives were taken due to careless driving while using a cell phone behind the wheel. In statistics of Oklahoma 2008 car crashes‚ 1298 accidents were cell phone related‚ nine of which resulting in death. Overall cell phones cause roughly a quarter of all accidents in the United States. “And a rough consensus between science‚ policy‚ and
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April 30‚ 2013: A woman driving her Dodge Ram truck on an eastern Texas highway crashes into an SUV kills the driver and a passenger leaving a 6-year-old boy paralyzed. Aug. 23‚ 2016: A motorist in Japan rams into two pedestrians and kills one of them. July 21‚ 2015: A 17-year-old girl runs through a red light after messaging on Facebook for eight minutes. She kills a Minnesota man and his 10-year-old daughter. According to the Chicago Tribune‚ these are all accidents that happened because one person
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Cause and Effects of Texting While Driving Texting while driving is a major issue affecting today’s society. Texting has grown to be one of the biggest forms of communication among people‚ despite the fact that some of these messages might be sent from behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. As a result‚ distracted driving often occurs removing the main objective a driver should be focusing on; the road ahead. Texting-related vehicular accidents and fatalities have caused a majority of states to
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Why banning the use of cell phones while driving should be mandatory nationwide Keys‚ check‚ seatbelt‚ check‚ music‚ check‚ cell phone- ah maybe not! Sorry to say but this checklist has become the norm in many situations when drivers get into their vehicles. Our cell phones have become part of our lives‚ our busy lives‚ where we multitask more than ever. Our office is virtually anywhere we can conduct business or a phone call‚ making our cars well in most cases our only suitable choice. But
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The Problem with Mobile Phones There are over 35‚000 mobile phone masts. A mobile phone mast is a cellular telephone site where antennae and electronic communications equipment are placed‚ to create a cell in a cellular network (a wireless network). Some campaigners argue that we should use telephones instead of mobiles‚ because there is evidence to support that the radiation from the phone masts which mobile phones use is dangerous. The first article’s heading is ‘Radiation emissions from mobile
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that has yet to cease being alter‚ modified‚ and “improved” since its debut is the ever present cell phone. Even as I sit here typing this paper‚ my own shiny‚ rectangular piece of molded plastic and metal lies inches away from my fingertips‚ beckoning me to use it. Looking out the window‚ one of the first sights I see are people walking with one hand up to their ear‚ evidence this technology is in use. I can count on one hand the number of adults I know who do not own one these mobile devices
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that: “cell phone use while driving causes 1.6 million crashes each year.” Texting while driving is mostly operated by teenagers‚ but as society develops a lot of adults are starting to contribute to it as well. Texting while driving is very distracting to the driver. Texting while driving has also become a recent and huge problem in our communities. About 78 percent of people own cell phones today and just imagine how many of those people own and operate a vehicle. A lot of people like to use social
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Cell / Mobile Phones Brief History: Joseph Henry Enenbach will be remembered as a pioneer in mobile telephone technology that led to the creation of the cellular telephone. He died on 26th February‚ 1994 at the age of 70. In Pakistan‚ even though cellular phones or commonly known as mobile phones have been around since the late 1980s‚ they became very popular in the late 1990s when they turned to be more affordable and cost-effective to the common people
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States “Beware the Dangers of Texting While Driving.” Texting While Driving July-Aug. 2010: n. pag. http://www.google.com. Web. 10 Feb. 2011. . Cell phones have brought us a lot convenient ways to talk to people. When it comes to road safety‚ the cell phone is very hazardous. Accidents have increased dramatically since texting has become more popular and people have taken chances of texting while driving. Even the small amount of time to glance at your phone to send a text is enough time to cause
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Mobile phones are used for a variety of purposes‚ including keeping in touch with family members‚ conducting business‚ and having access to a telephone in the event of an emergency. Some people carry more than one cell phone for different purposes‚ such as for business and personal use. Multiple SIM cards may also be used to take advantage of the benefits of different calling plans—a particular plan might provide cheaper local calls‚ long-distance calls‚ international calls‚ or roaming. The mobile
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