Cell Phones: Dangers When Driving
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published 06/09/2007
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SummaryNot since the invention of cigarettes has anything been so trendy, and not since the mixture of alcohol and driving an automobile has anything been so dangerous—until the invention of the cell phone. With more than 200 million cellular telephone users in the United States alone, it is more than inevitable that cellular telephone use related fatalities are going to increase. The U.S. government needs to follow the lead of other countries and formulate legislation that will regulate the use of cell phones in motor vehicles. The purpose of this research is to show that, contrary to popular belief, the use of cellular telephones while driving a motor vehicle can be one of the most dangerous and distracting habits that drivers have today. References to several studies—some controversial—and researchers that have brought forth the truth about the danger of the simultaneous use of cellular telephones and motor vehicles will be discussed.
Table of Contents
- Regulating Cell Phones: Drawing a Thin Line between Rights and Restrictions
- The first signs of the creation of a mobile telephone were seen in the 1940s when Swedish police used mobile phones in police cruisers
- The mobile phone was marketed in many variations, including the car phone, which was originally 'designed for permanent installation in cars?
- The Canadian study originated through circulating beliefs that cellular phones were causing collisions
- The article cites a study released by the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research that lists distractions that lead to traffic accidents
- In 2003, the National Road Administration held another study whose results emphasized the danger of hands-free cell phone driving'specifically stating that it just as dangerous as 'holding the phone in your hand?
- In another Canadian study, published in 2003, similar results were found
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