Should Cell phones be illegal to use while driving in Alabama?

REASONS WHY CELL PHONES SHOULD BE BANNED IN ALABAMA

Globalization trend has made cellular phones no longer a mere technological innovation meant for fashion . Cellular phones , especially for the young generation are already a vital part of their everyday life to the point of feeling insecurity without them . We have seen the importance of the cellular phones in our everyday life , especially for parents who always wanted to monitor the affairs of their kids . People in the field of business have seen the importance of having cellular phones in their daily communication

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As much as there has been a good side of the presence of cellular phones , the said technology has caused people damages . They are already being used to exploit or violate the rights of others for privacy (mobile phone with camera , to spread malicious ideas and information and are being used in schools for cheating in examinations . What is new and alarming is that these pieces of technology have been recently linked to car accidents as youngsters and even adults carry and used them while driving . The cities of 1New York , Connecticut , New Jersey Washington and the District of Columbia has already recognized the risks of using hand-held cellular phones and they have actually passed laws banning the use of them while driving . There are evidences available to prove the danger of cellular phones while on the road and if other cities and states have considered them , Alabama should

Recent studies show that drivers who used their cell phone while driving are four times more prone to accident . The New England Journal of Medicine reported in 1997 that the crash caused by using cellular phones while driving is equal to that of resulting from drunk-driving (Frankenfield , Gay 2000 . Like all other issues , the cell phone ban issue was not exempted from debate . Skeptics insist that accidents caused by distractions from cell phones while driving amounts to small percentage of the the attention it has drawing the public today . The oft-repeated driving with a cell phone equals drunk driving comment is based on a small 1997 Canadian study that didn 't take other driving distractions into account (Weistein , Lauren 2002 . Lauren in his article cited a comprehensive study ' done by the University of North Carolina in 2001 which reported only 1 .5 of reported distracted driving accidents account for cell phone use

Assuming the results reported by the University of North California study is accurate . Still it is the issue should not be taken for granted . What are at risk are not properties , but lives and the future of the people involved . One should take note that car accidents do not only involve the life of the driver but its passengers . What is worse is that they involve other cars on the road and the people behind the wheels . Reports say that 89 of car accidents involved other vehicles Moreover more than half of these drivers said that their crashes happened within ten minutes after starting the trip...