Pros And Cons Of Distracted Driving
Distracted driving is a trending topic in our modern day. Safely operating a motor vehicle requires concentration, coordination, and cooperation. There's a lot of history, cases and also elections when it comes to this topic.The first automobile was 1st invented in Germany and also France in the late 1800’s. Distracted driving wasn't a big topic then in the 1800’s during the invention of the automobiles. In 1975 is when distracted driving became a big topic because of the increase in fatal car crashes,accidents and deaths due to distracted driving. In 1975 there were a total of 44,525 number of fatal deaths caused by distracted driving. That was the biggest it has ever been since the invention of automobiles. In 2015 the total of number of
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Which encourages her to state her opinion on what is really causing distracting driving. She claims there is numerous numbers of apps and products available to help drivers stop cell phone use. Barth feels that there are pros and also cons to this controversy. Barth supports this view first with various types of available pros to preventing distracting driving. First Barth speaks on the pros of “Hands Free Aids” which they are “designed to keep drivers hands on the wheel and eyes on the road by acting as a speaker phone”(Barth). Barth states that hand free aids also “handle incoming calls easily with the press of a button or with voice” (Barth). Not only that Barth supports her claim with pros she also supports it with cons on Hands Free-aids . Barth truly believes that Hands Free Aids can cause “cognitive distraction, your eyes are on the road but your mind is on something else” and also “outgoing calls is distracting especially if the device doesn't recognize your command” (Barth). In additionally Barth argues that part of the reason we have distracting driving is not only Hands free aids but “ Software using GPS or Bluetooth to determine when a vehicle is in motion” is also a distraction(Barth). Barth says GPS or bluetooth can be a distraction to the drivers by sidetracking them from the road. For example the drivers too “focused on the GPS screen can easily distract a driver's eyes off the
Which encourages her to state her opinion on what is really causing distracting driving. She claims there is numerous numbers of apps and products available to help drivers stop cell phone use. Barth feels that there are pros and also cons to this controversy. Barth supports this view first with various types of available pros to preventing distracting driving. First Barth speaks on the pros of “Hands Free Aids” which they are “designed to keep drivers hands on the wheel and eyes on the road by acting as a speaker phone”(Barth). Barth states that hand free aids also “handle incoming calls easily with the press of a button or with voice” (Barth). Not only that Barth supports her claim with pros she also supports it with cons on Hands Free-aids . Barth truly believes that Hands Free Aids can cause “cognitive distraction, your eyes are on the road but your mind is on something else” and also “outgoing calls is distracting especially if the device doesn't recognize your command” (Barth). In additionally Barth argues that part of the reason we have distracting driving is not only Hands free aids but “ Software using GPS or Bluetooth to determine when a vehicle is in motion” is also a distraction(Barth). Barth says GPS or bluetooth can be a distraction to the drivers by sidetracking them from the road. For example the drivers too “focused on the GPS screen can easily distract a driver's eyes off the