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Against Cell Phone Use While Driving
Sylmarie Nunez-LunaSection 7
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Banning of Cell Phone UseBanning of Cell Phone Use In the U.S In the U.S
• The following 9 states in the U.S. have banned talking on a hand-held cell phone while driving– California,
Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Utah, and Washington
• Text messaging is banned in 30 states and the District of Columbia.
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Cell Phone Use vs. Cell Phone Use vs. Driving Under the Driving Under the
InfluenceInfluence• According to the researchers at the University of Utah, driving while using a cell phone is similar to the risk associated with driving with a blood alcohol level at the legal limit.
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Study: Cell Phone Study: Cell Phone Drivers vs. Intoxicated Drivers vs. Intoxicated
DriversDrivers• The purpose of this study was to compare the
effects that using a cell phone and consuming alcohol have on overall driving performance.
• The experiment was done in a controlled laboratory setting.
• A high-fidelity driving simulator was used in order to make a comparison between both driving situations.
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Participant talking on a cell phone while using the driving simulator
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Results of the Study: Results of the Study: Cell Phone DriversCell Phone Drivers
• When the drivers used a handheld or hands-free phone, their reactions when braking were not as quick as when they were not distracted by a phone.
• As a result, these drivers were involved in more traffic accidents than when they were not using a mobile device.
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Results of the Study: Results of the Study: Drunk DriversDrunk Drivers
• Similarly, when they observed these drivers, they demonstrated a more aggressive driving style. Furthermore, they tended to follow the vehicle in front of them more closely and used more force while braking.
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Conclusion of the StudyConclusion of the Study
• Even under controlled driving conditions, using a cell phone while driving was found to be just as dangerous as when driving intoxicated.
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Dangers of Texting and Dangers of Texting and DrivingDriving
• The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute conducted an 18 month study involving long-haul truckers.
• The collision risk was 23 times greater when the drivers were texting.
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This could happen to
you!
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Fatal Texting AccidentFatal Texting Accident
• In 2008, an engineer of a California commuter train ran a red light.
• 25 people were killed• 135 others were injured• Why?
– The accident occurred because the operator was texting.
– He never hit his breaks.
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Risk of Cell Phone Use Risk of Cell Phone Use in Our Own Statein Our Own State
• In Pennsylvania, there were 1,298 cell phone related accidents in 2008.
• 9 of those accidents resulted in death.
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Don’t use your cell phones while
driving…
You could save a life, even yours!
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SourcesSources• “Cell Phone Laws.” Highway Safety Research &Communications.
Oct 2010. Web. 14 Nov 2010.
<http://www.iihs.org/laws/cellphonelaws.aspx>.
• Editors. “Engineer in Deadly LA Train Crash Was Texting.”
Washington Post Investigations. Oct 2010. Web. 14 Nov 2010.
<http://www.iihs.org/laws/cellphonelaws.aspx>.
• Sachse, Anna. “Eyes On The Road.” The Philadelphia Inquirer.
7 May 2010. Web. 14 Nov 2010. <http://www.philly.com/philly/health_and_science/CTW_health_20100507_Eyes_on_the_road_.html>.
• Strayer, David, Frank Drews, and Dennis J. Crouch.
“A Comparison of the Cell.” Phone Driver and the Drunk Driver.” Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
4 March 2005. Web. 14 Nov 2010.
<http://www.hfes.org/Web/PubPages/celldrunk.pdf>.