Essays on Distracted Driving

Did you know that 8 out 10 car distracted driving accidents are caused primarily by the use of cell phones? “With the widespread use of cell phones, the danger of being distracted while driving has become more than an increasingly prominent social issue.” (Gale, aGengage…

Everyone’s mom has most likely said “don’t look at the screen too long, it’ll fry your brains” but that’s not really true… right? One thing that is consistently mentioned is phone usage in youth and adults, it’s almost always some bad news related to the…

Do you use your cellphone while driving? Much of society does text while driving or use any social media to take selfies while on the road. However, there are many dangers to texting while driving it does not only affect the driver but everyone that…

Motor vehicle collisions are currently considered one of the main causes of death in adolescents. These car accidents can occur for many reasons, the cause we are going to focus on is car collisions due to texting while driving. This is considered a fairly common…

  In the article by David L. Strayer and Frank A. Drews, they both came up with the idea if there were any effects when the drivers were driving while doing hands-free conversations. The findings also were done by four studies to see whether single-tasking…

Texting and driving have become a major problem in this day and age. We are in an era where almost all our activities are centered around our phones. It has almost become sort of an unavoidable and incurable addiction. It should not be surprising that…

Distracted driving is an activity where the driver takes his eyes off the road and diverts his or her attention. Distracted driving includes texting, using a cell phone, eating or drinking, reading, talking to passengers, looking a the GPS, etc. There are 3 types of…

As activity moderates and eagerness sets in, the impulse to snatch the telephone to get up to speed with email or send a snappy text is difficult to stand up to. Information for 2016 demonstrate a troubling 13 percent increase in passing’s from auto accidents…

The mobile phone use while driving (MPUWD) is a massive tendency of the people who are driving. According to and White (2010), there are 47% of Australian drivers reported that they have used the mobile phone while they were driving. Also, they found that the…

Driving and drinking is among the worst habits practiced by people all over the world. People think that it is okay to drive themselves somewhere or even to their homes after drinking. However, this is one thing that leads to occurrence of accidents on our…

10% of drivers of all ages under the age of 20 involved in fatal crashes were reported as distracted at the time of the crash. This age group has the largest ratio of drivers who were distracted. Imagine a world where everyone happens to be…

Distracted driving is a menace that compromises safety on the road. The problem contributes to the escalating number of traffic accidents and injuries. Distracted driving endangers the drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. According to statistics, more than eight people die on a daily basis from distracted…