By: Rachel Devero

1. Using cellphones while driving By: Rachel Devero

2. Pros of using a cell phone • You have it if there is a emergency. • If your car get stalled on the side of the rode. • It creates relief to know you have a source of communication in case of a emergency.

3. Rates of people who do and don’t • Over 1/3 of drivers (37%) have sent or received text messages while driving, and 18% said they do it regularly. • About 13% of adult drivers have surfed the Internet while driving. • A large percentage of the people said they know distracted driving is dangerous, but do it anyway.

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5. Rates of how many people get pulled over just for using cell phone. • In 30 states you will get pulled over alone for using a cell phone. • In 8 states it will add to your ticket or sentence. • In 12 States there is sadly no punishment.

6. Opposing Side • Talking on a cell phone causes intentional blindness. • It causes danger to other road users. • It causes a few seconds of distraction. • Immense amounts of people die from accidents involving cell phones.

7. Facts about using a cell phone while driving • Drivers spend more than half their time behind the wheel engaged in distracted behavior. • Using a cell phone while driving quadruples your risk of crashing. • A majority of drivers 94% agree that texting or emailing while driving is unacceptable. • 80 percent of respondents support a ban on text messaging while driving. 80 percent of respondents support a ban on emailing while driving. Two thirds (67 percent) of respondents say they are supportive of laws restricting phone calls while driving.

8. How many people die from cell phone related incidents • While teenagers are texting, they spend about 10 percent of the time outside the driving lane they’re supposed to be in. • Talking on a cell phone while driving can make a young driver’s reaction time as slow as that of a 70 year old. • Of the 5,474 killed annually because of distracted driving, 995 involved reports of a cell phone as a factor. However, the number of fatalities caused by cell phone use could be much higher. For those who were injured, 24,000 involved reports of cell phone use as a distraction.

9. Don’t let this be you!!

10. Technology that you can use instead of cell phone • Blue tooth devices • Talk to text • Connect phone to car • Another person in the car • Don’t let this be the last thing you see!

11. Opinion • In my own personal opinion I do not support using a cell phone while driving. It’s dangerous and causes a large portion of people to die. It can cause a person to lose a son or daughter a friend a significant other anyone that you have in your life could be gone from as simple of a thing as texting or talking. Before you think about using your cell phone next in a car which I hope you never do think this little insignificant thing can cause horrible tragedies so please wait or pull over and possibly save a life.

12. Sources • http://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cell-phone/statistics.html • http://www.nationwide.com/newsroom/dwd-facts-figures.jsp • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://zoomsafer.com/wp-content/uploads/map_of_texting_bans_feb_2011_via_iihs.png