Regulating Drivers' Use of Cellular Technology

Advantages and Opportunities of Using Cellular Phones while Driving

Due to the rapidly growing market and industry of mobile phones , almost every person owns a cellular phone , especially in the United States However , there have been a lot of concerns raised about the use of cellular phones while driving . About 1 .6 million car accidents due to driving while using mobile phones happen every year (Hasley , 2010 Different sectors are alarmed by this threat to travel safety . Thus various states and municipalities already passed laws either ban or regulate the use of

cellular phones while driving . Updated legislations are passed to strengthen the existing laws that ban the use of cellular phones while driving that attempt to minimize the number of accidents that happen . Surprisingly , a study of Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI significantly found out that banning the use of cellular phones does not yield to lower car accidents (Castano , 2010

One of the possible explanations of the ineffectiveness of the different legislations that either ban or regulate the use of cellular phones while driving is because of the advantages and opportunities brought about by the use of mobile phones to the user . Despite the passage of various laws and legislations , the issue of cellphone use while driving is still debatable . Before we update or alter the existing legislations and laws about banning the use of cellular phones , we should take a look first of the different advantages and opportunities that cellular technology render to us

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