cell phones and driving safety: questions
- I expect the article to be based on fact rather then opinion.
- I have never used a cell phone while driving, I pull over. Most of the time I am on a busy road so I need my concentration. And I have personalized ring tones between family and friends so I know if it’s important to pull over or not. When driving I see immense amount of people using there cell phones while driving, I personally think the use of cell phones is distracting and unsafe because you only have one hand free and I know a lot of people do drive with one hand, including my self, but when you have an object in your hand it slows down your reaction time. Also if you get to into the convocation good or bad, you most likely will forget to look in your mirrors or signal.
- After reading the article the author’s evidence was based on, Facts rather then opinion. The author backed up his/her point by sighting, where and who they got the information from.
- The main idea of the article was, the high risk of using a cell phone while maneuvering a car.
- According to the Utah study, the reactions of drunk drivers differ from reactions of drivers using cell phones by, A study of 40 people, some people drove drunk, meaning there blood alcohol level matched the legal limit. Others drove while using a cell phone and others drove with no distractions or impairments. Drews, study showed that people who where drunk, tended to be aggressive, while those who where talking on the phone where more sluggish while driving. They found that talking on the phone reduced reaction time by 9 percent, in terms of braking. And 19 percent in terms of picking up speed after braking.
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- The use of a hands-free cell phone while driving is just as dangerous as the use of a handheld cell phone because, in Drews study they found that, “ we have seen again and again that there is no difference between hands free or holding the phone. “The problem is the conversation”, drew added. People are paying attention to their conversation, and not there driving causing an increase in getting into an accident dramatically.
- What position does the cell phone industry hold? “Cell phones don’t cause accidents, people do.” Sated john walls, vice president of the telecommunications and internet association. He feels that by educating drivers on how to best handle all of the possible distractions when you’re behind the wheel is the most effective way to make safer drivers. He denies that using a cell phone is part of a distraction.
6 comments:
I think educating drivers is the best way to minimize ANY unsafe kind of driving behaviors, whether it be educating individuals about the consequences of driving on a cell phone, or the harmful and potentially fatal consequences of drinking under the influence, or any other number of bad habits that people are responsible for when they drive.
Well, we kind of have to agree with what the spokeman of the cell phone company said. it really is the people's fault for getting into accident beacause of cell phones. People know the dangers of talking on the cell phone while drinving, so they are really driving at their own risk.
Yeah, I mean you can't REALLY help it if you have an emergency call or someone you really have to talk to when you driving... just make sure you do it without being wreckless.
yeahh that's true. You have to pick up when it is an emergency call..the best way is to pull over and answer it. I do the same thing =]
I like the idea of different ringtones to give you a heads up, but we know that is out of my realm of technology! I am impressed that you pull over when the phone rings.
its true what you said about the emergency call
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