Cell Phones while Driving

WHY WE SHOULD BAN CELL PHONES AND DRIVING

Every day , millions of people get in their vehicles and drive . Some are mothers , some are fathers , some are students , yet all are in danger from preventable accidents caused by cell phones . For proof that cell phone accidents are increasing , people simply need to look at sections of websites devoted entirely to car accidents caused by people using cell phones while driving (Car Accidents . We live in the now generation . We want everything as soon as possible and preferably before we know we want

it . Imagine how many people turn their cell phones on and call people the instant their plane lands , minutes before their plane reaches the gate . Cellular phones feed into our need to have information and always be connected , but that need is only safe as long as common sense is used . When common sense is not in effect , driving while using a cell phone can be dangerous

Problems

Cell phone accidents injure 330 ,000 people a year and kill 2 ,600 a year (Britt 2005 . Most people have seen someone talking on a cell phone and driving erratically . They are typically not hard to see because they are usually weaving into the next lane or have poor reflexes when confronted with a red or green light . We ban drinking and driving because there are so many deaths and injuries caused by it , so why do we continue to ignore the dangers of calling and driving

The problem has...