This is a very interesting topic
because I recently started driving. Also cell phones and technology have been
growing in popularity. People mostly teens are addicted to their phones; they
can't go 5 minutes without checking it. This is dangerous because if s person
checks their phone while driving even for a second there's a chance they might
get into an accident. Cell phones are constantly beeping signaling a
notification this will cause people to look away from the road and become
distracted.
Source Citation-"Texting While Driving." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2015. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 9 Oct. 2015.
Summary-
Cell phones are being increasing popular; this is because many advances
have been made. Cell phones are smaller and so inexpensive almost anyone can
have one. Cells phones although they are very helpful they are also very harmful.
In the past years more people are getting into car accidents because of the
phones
Details-A report published by NHTSA (National
Highway Traffic Safety
Administration) ,5,474 people were killed in the united states because of
distracted driving incidents and 448,000 were injured in these accidents. In
2010 a new report showed 3,092 deaths due to distraction-affected crashes.
The Pew Internet and American Life project published a 2009 report that focused
on teens and distracted driving. They found that nearly 75 percent of teens 12
to 17 years old own a cell phone. Of these, 34 percent admit to texting while
driving, 48 percent of teens say they were passengers in a car when a driver
was texting.
As of 2012 thirty-two states and the District of Columbia ban cell phone
use by all new drivers. Ten states ban talking on a hand-held cell
phone. Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia have enacted
texting-while-driving laws that ban texting while driving.
Questions- Do teens or adults text and drive more?
In the next few years will texting and driving be banned in all states and what will the consequences be?
A word I don't understand-Ageist
What is stopping you from understanding the word- I have never heard of this word before
Definition- Discrimination against persons of a certain age group
Question you can pose to your peers in a discussion-Should people be allowed to text at a red light or is it just as dangerous?