Annotated Bibiliography 3 - Assignment Example

Annotated Bibliography 3 New Approaches to End Texting While Driving American Society of Safety Engineers. "New Approaches to End Texting While Driving." Personal Safety. September 2013: 16. Print.
Summary
New Approaches to End Texting While Driving is about the modern problem of intextization, which means a person extreme engagement with a cell phone which results in his / her distracted attention.
Intextication is 50 percent more dangerous than driving under the influence of alcohol.
California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Pennings takes part in the Impact Teen Drivers programs and hold lectures and presentations on the negative consequences of being distracted while at the wheel for teens. He conducts experiments that show students are not able to drive properly while talking to others.
The author of the article refers to Pennings who discusses innovative approaches to end texting while driving such as no-texting phone apps. Pennings states that they may be used; he believes they will not be really effective though.
Analysis and Reflection
Brian Pennings referred to so often in the article is an expert in his field, and his own ideas and statistical data he quotes make the source under consideration reliable and worth using in the research. In addition to this, the author of the article refers to Pennings’ ideas and discusses quite an interesting and, more importantly, innovative way of eliminating driving distractions in the form of cell phones, which is the use of apps for cell phones. This article may contribute to the part of the research in which I will discuss the dangers of texting while driving for teenagers as well as ways of changing and, if possible, eliminating the problem. Read More