Cellular Phone Usage While Operating Motor - Assignment Example

Redelmeier, D.A. and Tibshirani, R.J. (1997) research showed that cellular telephone use is more common in urban areas with Tulsa and Oklahoma counties accounting for 60% of the cellular telephone in use crashes in 1993 and 51% in 1994 (as cited on the police crash report). Among, the 77 counties in Oklahoma, phone use crashes were reported in 32 counties in both 1993 and 1994. While everyone knows that many accidents are caused by cellular phone usage while driving, finding accurate assessment of its scope has been a challenging task.

For one, many minor accidents go unreported and there are no proper records kept about the actual cause of the accident. Violanti, J. M., (1997) says that we should address the issue of banning cell phone usage while driving because drivers are likely to lose concentration, thereby causing an accident. The source is related to other sources I have used since it also points out the issue of banning cell phone usage while operating a motor vehicle as they are known to cause road accidents.According to Alm, H.

, and Nilsson, L. (1995), they say that drivers' inattention is the number one cause of road accidents and also states that driving while using cell phones, has the same risk as one driving while drunk. The source is similar to the other sources used in this paper as it highlights the consequences of using cellular phones while driving. It advocates for the total ban of using a cellular phone while operating a motor vehicle.According to Redelmeier, D.A. & Tibshirani, R.J. (1997), they said that we should have a better understanding of the nature and magnitude of any road safety problem rather than restricting cell phone usage while operating a motor vehicle.

Therefore, they recommended that we should make an in-vehicle information system that would reduce accidents on our roads. For this source, they are looking in ways on how we can reduce road accidents on the roads rather than banning their usage which might be just a partial solution. The source is common to the others because it is addressing how not only can we reduce accidents by banning cell phone usage while driving but we can further reduce them by innovating our vehicles with make in information systems.