Texting while Driving - The New Drunk Driving by Stephanie Hanes
1. What would make people more enthusiastic with stopping texting while driving?
2. Is everyone going to have to suffer through a life changing experience before devoting to stop texting while driving?
3. How does it feel to those who've lost family and friends by just a little thing as small as texting?
4. "...some research suggests that Americans are actually addicted to their phones. Harvard University psychiatrist John Ratey and other researchers have found that the brain receives a rush when it processes a text message or ring -- the same high a gambler feels when hitting the jackpot (Hanes,2)."
5. Are there any organizations that work to stop texting while driving?
6. What would it take to get people to unplug?
2. Is everyone going to have to suffer through a life changing experience before devoting to stop texting while driving?
3. How does it feel to those who've lost family and friends by just a little thing as small as texting?
4. "...some research suggests that Americans are actually addicted to their phones. Harvard University psychiatrist John Ratey and other researchers have found that the brain receives a rush when it processes a text message or ring -- the same high a gambler feels when hitting the jackpot (Hanes,2)."
5. Are there any organizations that work to stop texting while driving?
6. What would it take to get people to unplug?
Texting Can Kill by Rachel Waugh
Texting Can Kill by Rachel Waugh
This article tells drivers the importance of learning to unplug before driving. It also shows the consequences of getting in a car accident when texting while driving, which will show drivers the severity of the situation.
1. How much has the law for texting while driving increase in intensity?
2. What are some state's consequences for drivers that text while driving?
3. Does the age matter when choosing a consequence for texting while driving?
4. Banning texting while driving won't decrease the amounts of car accidents, so what will it help?
5. Is it true that banning it could possibly increase the amounts of accidents?
6. Since people are so attached to their phones that they wouldn't stop texting, but they would just try hiding their phones
which would make a higher chance of getting in a car accident.
This article tells drivers the importance of learning to unplug before driving. It also shows the consequences of getting in a car accident when texting while driving, which will show drivers the severity of the situation.
1. How much has the law for texting while driving increase in intensity?
2. What are some state's consequences for drivers that text while driving?
3. Does the age matter when choosing a consequence for texting while driving?
4. Banning texting while driving won't decrease the amounts of car accidents, so what will it help?
5. Is it true that banning it could possibly increase the amounts of accidents?
6. Since people are so attached to their phones that they wouldn't stop texting, but they would just try hiding their phones
which would make a higher chance of getting in a car accident.
Truths to a Ban on Texting while Driving by Jim Sollisch
Truths to a Ban on Texting While Driving by Jim Sollisch
This source explains that banning texting while driving might possibly increase the amounts of car accidents because people would began focussing more on hiding their cell phones, rather than focussing on the road. Drivers are so obsessed with their cellphones, that a ban will not stop them from constantly checking their phones. Telling people that they are not allowed to do something will just encourage them to try and get away with it.
1. Does texting distract people in other ways than just driving?
2. What is it that makes people so addicted to their cellphones and social life?
3. What can people do to get into the habit of unplugging before getting on the road?
4. What kind of people use their phones more constantly? Teens or Adults?
5. Who does it effect when texting while driving?
6. Will drivers actually attempt to stop texting while driving if the consequences were raised?
This source explains that banning texting while driving might possibly increase the amounts of car accidents because people would began focussing more on hiding their cell phones, rather than focussing on the road. Drivers are so obsessed with their cellphones, that a ban will not stop them from constantly checking their phones. Telling people that they are not allowed to do something will just encourage them to try and get away with it.
1. Does texting distract people in other ways than just driving?
2. What is it that makes people so addicted to their cellphones and social life?
3. What can people do to get into the habit of unplugging before getting on the road?
4. What kind of people use their phones more constantly? Teens or Adults?
5. Who does it effect when texting while driving?
6. Will drivers actually attempt to stop texting while driving if the consequences were raised?