The Effects of Cell Phones While Driving Psychology 1100 July 12‚ 2011 In today’s society‚ motorists are either against or for cell phone use while driving. My goal is to determine whether talking on a hand-held or hands-free device actually affects the reaction times and situation awareness (SA) of the driver. Aspects of situation awareness are crucial to the performance of any dynamic complex task; including operating a motor vehicle as discussed in “Effects of distraction and experience
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Cell Phones and Driving: The Road to Death Strayer University Cell Phones and Driving: The Road to Death: The popularity of mobile phones has grown enormously in the past two decades. With the social media applications‚ texting features and ability to make phone calls mobile phones have lead drivers to become more distracted on the road. Drivers talking on the phone and texting behind the wheel is growing at an alarming rate and quickly becoming a deadly problem
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years there has been a hike in new technologies developed‚ and these devices have made their way into vehicles. Cell phones were first introduced in the U.S. in the mid 1980’s‚ and have since experienced dramatic growth. Cell phone use while driving should be the concern of motorists and policymakers and have lead policymakers to consider whether the use of cell phone while driving should be regulated or even prohibited. These new technologies often have people regularly engaged in multitasking
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thinking of their safety as well as others. They usually pay less attention on the road while they are driving. It is because they tend to do something else rather than focusing on driving. Talking phone at the same time of driving is the most serious one among all of the activities that disturbs people attention on their driving. Because of this reason‚ some people say that talking phone while driving should be banned. “Distraction has been identified as a contributing factor in 22% of car
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Cell Phones and Driving One of the most popular innovations in automotive travel in the past decade has nothing to do with the automobile itself‚ the people who drive them‚ or the roads over which they operate. Rather‚ it is the ability to carry on telephone conversations while driving. A major concern for the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) is that drivers are being distracted by cell phone usage and about 85 percent of the nation ’s cell phone subscribers
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Cell Phones and Driving General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To influence people to refrain from texting and talking on cell phones while driving Thesis Statement: While driving‚ one should be attentive and have focus on the road and control of the vehicle. Any activity‚ such as using a phone or texting distracts the driver ’s attention I. Introduction (attention) A. What is distracted driving B. Over 25 years of professional driving over 30 years with a license C. Distracted
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Dangers of Cell Phones While Driving In today’s society most of us have become very attached to our cell phones. They have become a very large part of our lives because they simplify communication‚ and they help us with everyday tasks. However‚ when used while driving in a car‚ cell phones can become very dangerous or even deadly by distracting drivers from the road. Using a cell phone while driving can include talking‚ texting‚ or navigating through a smartphone app. In fact‚ using your cellphone
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WHY BANNING THE USE OF CELL PHONES WHILE DRIVING SHOULD BE MANDATORY NATIONWIDE” A. General Purpose: Persuade B. Specific Purpose: inform the audience of the dangers of using cellphones while driving C. Central idea: Everyone has one.The statistics for the number of deaths and life-altering accidents for our younger drivers are staggering. I. Introduction Cell phones are as common and always at our side.Some advocates of cell phone use while driving cite that studies have shown the total number
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Seira Sanchez Teen Driving Issues Project Cell Phones and Driving Cell Phones and Driving. Cell phones and driving are an inclining issue for this century and causes many teen related car accidents. This is caused when a person uses a mobile device and becomes distracted from paying attention to the road and unfortunate events lay ahead. The probability of this person being in a crash is 4 times higher if conversing‚ and 23 times more likely if sending a text. Statistics have proven that in 2008
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of cellular phones has spread like wild fire in the last ten years. It has become a part of everyday life for many American citizens‚ and a good number of people depend on them to carry out daily operations. Unfortunately‚ many of these daily operations occur while the individual is driving. As a result‚ many accidents have taken place in the last ten years due to the use of cell phones while on the road. The leads me to believe that if people can’t concentrate on the road while talking or texting
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