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Impaired driving after taking substances that might intoxicate the driver is a social malady that attracts substantial hatred and notice from all spheres of the population. Ironically an activity like texting while driving that deserves equal if not more hatred and importance goes by almost unnoticed. Alcohol rides the blood and reaches our brain to make us think and act in an erratic way. Considering the fact that driving involves significant expertise and hand eye coordination; driving under alcohol invariably leads the driver below his optimum efficiency level and hence punishable. Ironically the same happens when the driver indulges in texting while driving. The similarity comes... from the...
18 Pages(4500 words)Research Paper
...?Jennifer Harrison Amrine English 50 31 May Texting While Driving It has been proved umpteen times that texting while driving can leadto disasters. Considering the seriousness of the situation, many administrations have already banned using mobile while driving. Already, 30 states in the US have legislation prohibiting texting while driving in place. However, evidence suggests that the law is not strong enough to stop people from doing this. According to reports (cited in Buzzle.com), a total of 16,000 people died in accidents caused by drivers sending text messages while driving between 2001 and 2007. Despite the best efforts from the part of governments and law enforcement agencies, there was a 28 percent increase in the number... of...
6 Pages(1500 words)Research Paper
...Texting While Driving I left my house at 5 AM the other day in order to make it to my cars service center before the crowds started to pile up. I did not want to spend my whole day sitting in their lounge watching mindless television while I waited for my car to be serviced. the only way I could do that, was to make sure that I was if not at the top of the client line, then at least somewhere near numbers 1-5. As I progressed in my trip, the sun started to come up and the dawn and light game of blinding the driver began. This is what is known as the witching hour while driving. It is the time of the day when one needs the utmost of concentration as our eyes try to acclimatize to the slowly changing lighting situation on the road... , which I...
8 Pages(2000 words)Essay
...In recent times, mobile telephony has enabled significant steps forward in the field of communication and human interaction. Thanks to mobile phones, one can call and text from just anywhere and alongside other activities; nonetheless, these developments have been received with mixed reaction in respect to road safety. One of the controversial road safety debates today has to do with texting and driving, some people feel it is not wrong to do both and it should not be disallowed while others are if the belief that texting and driving s increase the chances of crashing ones car. The reality is that every day thousands of...
3 Pages(750 words)Essay
...is dangerous, allowing texting, which has been proven to increase ones chances of losing control of a vehicle, is illogical, irresponsible and different from allowing drunk driving. Each day 15 people are killed while over 1200 are injured in car crashes that involve a distracted driver, whereby these distractions involve taking one’s eyes of the road, hands of the wheel or focusing on something else besides driving. What do all this distractions have in common is that any driver driving and texting will have to engage in at least one or all of these distractions at some point during the writing; the more they...
4 Pages(1000 words)Research Paper
...Unit The Dangers of Texting While Driving Texting while driving de s the action of reading, sending or composingshort text messages or e-mail or making similar use of the World Wide Web on a mobile device, while at the same time driving. Texting while driving has been viewed as one of the major causes of distracted driving, which occurs in driving. Distracted driving denotes any activities, which could divert a person’s attention away from the driving task. Such...
3 Pages(750 words)Essay
...Texting While Driving Texting while driving is a common phenomenon in our contemporary society. Texting while driving has been caused primarily by overwhelming improvement in technology. Texting while driving is a dangerous habit that is believed to be a cause of road accidents (Teigen, 2009; Neustein, 2010). To address this issue I have opted for a training program in a training institution. This institution is based in the traffic department. In the program, several habits of that may lead to fatal accident are highlighted. Specifically, I seek to learn more on influences of texting while driving, how texting causes distraction to driving, and other communication alternatives that can be used instead of texting while driving... ....
1 Pages(250 words)Essay
...has exempted use voice activated and hands-free cell phones while Illinois provides exemptions to drivers who text to communicate an emergency situation to emergency personnel. “Motorists who use cell phones while driving are four times likely to cause accidents and injuries according to Insurance Institute for Highway Safety” (Flynn 156)
According to Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 15 people lose their lives every day while 1200 people incur injuries due to distracted driving every day. In 2009, more than5, 400 people died from accidents occasioned by distracted driving...
5 Pages(1250 words)Research Paper
...Texting while driving Is texting while driving morally right? This is a question that almost makes all drivers feel guilty. It is an act that many agree it is unwarranted but still get trapped whenever an opportunity is presented. I am not an exception as I did it today and also know that it is happening with someone else even now. It not surprising that every new day our Medias are filled with news of vehicle involved in accidents that can be traced back to texting while driving. According to one Blog by Seth Godin, a popular blogger on matters of human behavior, the current efforts...
4 Pages(1000 words)Essay
...phones when driving. Consequently, there has been high number of accidents that happen every day in US and the world as a whole. Consequently, there have been many deaths being reported from such accidents. Even the most experienced drivers are not safe from distraction by their cell phones while driving. It is so painful to lose souls of innocent persons from the ignorance of few drivers failing to observe driving safety precautions.
Distracted driving has been identified by the national highway security management as a critical issue that leads to many accidents. Such driving is attributed to have caused more than...
3 Pages(750 words)Essay
