Regulation of Cell Phones A cell phone according to the dictionary.com “a portable telephone that uses wireless technology to send and receive a phone signal. The cell phone covers an unlimited geographical area that is constantly being upgraded every year. A cell phone has a lot of advantages and disadvantages. Cellphones should receive stronger regulations to prevent texting while driving. They have been known to cause cancer and they may interfere with the functioning of aircraft. Firstly, while operating a motor vehicle, cell phones should receive stronger regulation in order to prevent drivers from texting while operating a motor vehicle. According to statistics in the year 2013, a total of 3,154 people were killed in motor while crashes involving distracted drivers using cell phones. This represents a 6.7 percent decrease in the number of fatalities recorded in 2012. However, unfortunately, approximately 424,000 people were injured, which is an increase from the 421,000 people who were injured in 2012. Most people lost their families due to car accidents. I was also guilty of the same negative behavior, texting while driving. Recently, I was driving to a friend’s house using my navigation. I never knew there was a car in front of me and I accidentally hit the car. This was all due to me texting on my cell phone. This incident would not have happened on my way back from school, if I had not been focused on texting while driving. Secondly, some people believe that cell
Nina had freedom. She lived in New York alone, worked as a tour guide in China. She lived away from her family and with their complicated pasts. She’s a sister of three and is the youngest and most independent. Leila the oldest sister and Ona the middle child. All three sisters had their own kind of way of dealing with the family. Ona one of the quieter child committed suicide and that might’ve been her way of escape.
In the article "Our Cell Phones, Ourselves," by Christine Rosen, she explains the dependency on cell phone use while highlighting unforeseen consequences that may occur with cellular device use. From allowing parents to track down their children, to having a casual conversation with a friend, cell phones offer people an unparalleled level of convenience. Furthermore, cell phone owners feel much safer knowing that in an emergency, help is just a phone call away. This convenience, however, does not come without any negative effects. Many cell phone owners become too engrossed in their phones and therefore ignore the physical world, an idea that Rosen refers to as "absent presence.” Also, people may use their phones as a way to prove they are
One sunny day on a Houston road, the driver of a pickup truck collided with a church minibus. 13 people died, and the driver admitted he was texting and driving. Yet this happens very often. Over 330,000 car accidents happened from texting while driving in 2015. Distracted driving is very risky, because attention is drawn away from the road,
According to texting and driving statistics, every year, around 330,000 people die every year from texting and driving. This is around half of all the people who pick up their phones in the first place. Being on your phone draws your attention from the road, to your phone. Doisomething.org states, “When you text and drive you are 23 times more likely to get into a crash.” All it takes is a simple act of not watching the road. Being unaware while driving can put you, and other's lives at risk or injury or even death. This can affect your future, others around you, your friends, and your family. Texting and driving is a very big deal. Don't Text Drive states “5 seconds is the minimal amount of time a driver takes their eyes off the road. If you are traveling at 55 miles an hour, this would equal the length of a football field of not
Nearly 1.6 million car accidents are recorded each year, out of those accidents 330,000 result in injury or death (Edgar Snyder & Associates). Your life or someone else's life can change dramatically while driving just because someone was on their phone. Texting and driving is a real issue in our country and outside of spreading awareness or creating ineffective distracted driving laws. no one has really tried to solve this problem. Texting and driving is a problem because too many innocent lives are lost every day. The Government should implement an app that rewards people for not being on their phone while driving because so many people die every day from texting and driving.
Whether it is a five minute trip to the store, or it is a ten day trek across the country, there is nothing more important than your own life or the lives of anyone else in your vehicle. The highest cause of car accidents in the United States is distracted driving. The most dangerous form of distracted driving is texting while driving. That is why people should take action to prevent more casualties from occurring. Many things can be done to prevent people from texting while driving, such as installing devices in your vehicle that prevents text messages from being sent or received, or simply turning the phone off when you get in the car, along with many more effective and safe ways to save lives.
I recently had the opportunity to interview Jennifer , Human Resource Manager with HCA Physician Services. Jennifer has been with HCA for two years but has been in Human Resources for seven years of which three years in HR management positions. Although she did not have previous experience in the healthcare industry she is highly recommended by her current and former employers. In addition to being a graduate from David Lipscomb with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, she is also a member of SHRM. A former employee of Uline and Hewitt Associates Jennifer has held positions as benefits coordinator, HR specialist, and most recently as Human Resource Manager. Some of her most important functions are investigating discrimination
In fact, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that “8 people are killed and 1,161 are injured daily in the United States” (CDC). At any given daylight moment across America, approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones or manipulating electronic devices while driving, a number that has held steady since 2010 (DMV). Further supporting the fact that cell phones have become such a precious commodity that it is hard to imagine everyday life without them. Cell phones alone aren’t the problem, but when you add the cell phone plus a vehicle into the mix it’s just not possible to safely reach your destination. When you are operating a motor vehicle the task requires a person’s full mental capacity, so when a person is using their phone and driving they’re splitting their focus onto two separate task. “Among the various forms of distracted driving, texting stands out as particularly dangerous because it combines all three types of distraction, requiring the driver to take his eyes off the road, remove at least one hand from the steering wheel and take his mind off the task of driving” (Gormley 91).
Cell phones could be both good and bad. Some people say that cell phones are dangerous. While, other people would argue that cell phones are a great invention. With every invention comes positives and negatives. Some of the advantages that cell phones provide is that testing is a fast and easy way of communication, texting and have social media all on your phone can always keep you updated and social with your friends, and people always have all of their personal information at one touch and carries it with them everywhere. Then, there are the disadvantages of cell phones which include texting at the wrong times such as driving is highly dangerous, while you are social and updated with friends through texting it can diminish your communication skills when it comes to talking in person, and also if you have all of your information on your phone and it gets lost of stolen then somebody knows everything that is on there. In the duration of this paper there will be a comparing of both the negatives and the positives of cell phones and their capabilities.
Why did you choose this event in your life? I chose this event in my life because it was one of the most stressful parts of my life. Exams were coming in and I had to lose a lot of weight. My grades were horrible and all I worried about was not passing. From all the stress I kept gaining weight which brought my self-esteem down.
Driving in general can be hazardous. Driving and having such a distraction as a cell phone at ear, or ringing somewhere in a car, is ten times more dangerous. Not surprisingly, drivers who use a cell phone while driving perceive cell phone use by others as less of a threat to their safety as do non-users. A huge number of accidents caused by talking on a cell phone. During the last 5 years texting has become insanely popular. It’s a great and convenient tool because people don’t have to call person to just say ‘ok’ on that dinner invitation. The worst part is that many people still think that texting while driving just that ‘ok’ is ok. Unfortunately, even with traffic police enforcing those ‘no cellphone’ laws, individuals still neglect those simple safety concerns. People need to start understanding themselves how dangerous it is.
In the past few years many people have been victims of being in a accident or have even died from using the cell phone in the car. There has been over 1.6 million car accidents a year caused by texting while driving. Texting, scrolling on Facebook, checking missed calls and answering a call while driving is all apart of being an irresponsible
Cell phones are so much more than just an electronic. They are huge parts of our personal welfare. Cell phones are used to call for help, make appointments, contact loved ones, set reminders, and so much more. If you get lost somewhere, you have navigation right there in
In today’s society, smart phones are a part of a student’s average, everyday life. No matter what people are doing, they find time to look at their phone and make a call, read a text, check e-mails, or search something on Google. Even though people find so many uses for them throughout the day, they are a controversial subject to talk about in their use in the classroom. Many schools have policies strictly prohibiting the use of smart phones in school. For schools to ban the use of smart phones is a major mistake. They only look at cell phones as a distraction to students, and don’t understand that this generation is dependent on the technologies of today. What educators need to do is ask themselves
The cell phone has transformed over the years, changing from a bulky phone to a compact device containing the capabilities of a computer. According to Russell Ware, a cell phone is “any portable telephone which uses cellular network technology to make and receive calls.” A cell phone works through a maze of cellular towers that cross the world. This connects mobile devices that allow texting and calling between two cellular devices. Motorola produced the first commercially available cell phone which officially went on sale in 1984 (Ware). This cell phone was called the DynaTAC 8000x which cost an extreme amount of money and only contained a battery of 30 minutes (Ware). Since this first masterpiece, the cell phone has advanced and developed into an entirely new object. Cell phones today contain the ability to text, call, use the internet, play games, and store files (Cell Phone).