No Cell Phones while Driving (help me with this)

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Hands-free is not Accident-free

In the recent decade , there was a significant increase in the use of cellular phones as a means of communication . Indeed , it gives people a chance to be mobile and be in touch with the world all at the same time Cellular phones have been marketed such that it would be portable and would be able to accompany people from anywhere they need to be

. Without the wires that looped all around the area before , the cellular phones easily became a part of everyday living . A statistics of June 2005 revealed that over 190 million people used cell phones in the United States which is significantly higher than the recorded 4 .3 million people in 1990 ( Employer Cell Phone Liability

Certainly , there is nothing wrong with the sole use of cell phones . The makers of cell phones has all the good intentions when they invented it which is to make things a lot faster especially as the demand for it arises . It is good to know that one could check on his /her family at home when stuck in traffic with just a dial on the cell phone . A student could easily contact his /her group mates regarding a project they need to complete immediately and gather updates from there on . People all around the globe had transactions a lot faster , thanks to this new invention

However , the costs surpass the benefits when the use of cellular phones is mixed with the task of driving . According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety , people who use their cell phones while driving increases their risk of meeting accidents by four times ( Cell Phone Risk . To address this concern , the government has made policies to make the use of cell phones while driving a prohibited act . Everything is supposed to be well but they did not take into consideration another loophole , which is that there are hands-free cell phones that allow the users to still make calls through a loudspeaker or a headset

It is of great concern that these hands-free cell phones be banned , as well , for the safety of the drivers and other people on the road

David Strayer of the Applied Cognition Laboratory at the University of Utah has placed the subject matter of using cell phones while driving under study . His findings revealed that cell-phone conversations disrupt driving performance ( Driven to Distraction . In the study , those who were not talking on their cell phones and those who were took simulation tests . Significantly , those who were using their cell phones had slower reaction or impaired reactions compared to those who were not using their phones and had their full attention to their driving ( Driven to Distraction

Due to the limited capacity of the human brain , it can not be involve at several tasks that requires much attention ( Driven to...