Texting While DrivingGroup 5: Shelby Jolly, Kaitlyn Cassady, Yifan Guo,and Lee Hatchett

Dangers That Texting While Driving Brings and a Solution to How It Can

Be Prevented Shelby Jolly

America’s Obsession With Texting, Even While Driving• 40% of American Teens say

they’ve been in a dangerous situation because the driver was texting while driving.

• Cell phone usage quadruples risk of crashing.

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Distractions

8,000 crashes occur everyday from texting.

11% of survivors in crashes admit they were texting.

At highway speed, for every 5 seconds eyes leave the road, a car travels approx. 300 feet.

Deaths

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• Officers Found 3 phones in women’s car who died in car crash and 2 phones were open.

• Driving distractions was cause of 3,092 deaths and 416,000 injuries in 2010.

• Drunk people have better break reaction than those texting.

2011 Bans on Texting While Driving in the U.S.More states need to have both bans.

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Claim

Public health experts came up with the idea.

Designed to automatically switch devices into drive-mode.

Cell phone blocker forces people to pull off road and park to use phone.

Texting while driving would be eliminated.

The best solution to the problem of texting while driving is to encourage the development of a device that is designed to block phone service when the vehicle is started.

Works Cited

Daily Editorials. “The Solution for Texting While Driving.” Newspaper Contributors on Creaters.com. Web. 06 Apr. 2013. http://www.creaters.com/opinion/daily-editorials/the-solution-for-texting-while-driving.html.

Federal Communications Commission. “The Dangers of Texting While Driving.” Guide Print Email. Web. 06 Apr. 2013. http://www.fcc.gov/guides/texting-while-driving.

Hamilton, Michelle. “Tech Solution to Texting-While-Driving?” Runner’s World & Running Times. Web. 05 Mar. 2013. http://www.runnersworld.com/health/tech-solution-texting-while-driving.

Morrison, Clarke. “Cellphone Use Suspected In Fatal Asheville Crash.” Ashville’s Homepage Citizen-Times.com. Web. 05 Apr. 2013. <http:www.citizen-times.com/article/20130406/NEWS/304060016?odyssey=mod%7Cmostcom>.

Previous Solutions With the Goal of Preventing Texting

While DrivingKaitlyn Cassady

Solution 1: Public Service Announcements

•It is quite common to see advertisement and Public Service Announcements such as the one to the right in magazines, billboards, and commercials on the television.

•They often contain dramatic images or language, or personal testimonies.

Drawbacks to Public Service Announcements

Although saddening, videos and images can’t prevent someone from texting while driving.

After time has passed since someone sees one of these announcements, the effect it had on them won’t be near as dramatic and will have little effect in preventing them from texting at the wheel.

Solution 2: Distracted Driving Summits

•The US Department of Transportation started funding these distracted driving summits in 2009.

•In the picture, victims and their families are being introduced and about to share devastating stories to the summit audience.

Drawbacks to Distracted Driving Summits

Participating in these summits is voluntary, so very few citizens would directly benefit from these summits.

More than likely, most people who choose to participate in a summit are concerned about distracted driving and less likely to participate in texting while driving in the first place.

Solution 3: Legislative Action

The map to the right shows US laws on texting while driving as of April 2013.

Drawbacks to Legislative Action

•People break laws all the time, so laws do not necessarily prevent the action from occurring and putting lives in danger.

•In fact, as you can see in the chart to the right, people admit to still texting while driving, especially the younger generations.

•It is hard for law officers to spot someone texting while driving due to an inability to see what the driver is doing inside the car.

Overwhelming Theme

What is the overwhelming theme of all of these previous solutions?

The better solution is one that is able to positively prevent any driver from being able to text while they are driving.

THEY DON’T ENSURE THAT TEXTING WHILE DRIVING WILL BE PREVENTED!

Works Cited

“CDC and WHO Latest Studies on Distracted Driving.” Blank-it. N.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2013. http://blog.blank-it.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/text-email-use-us-2010.jpg

“PSA= Texting and Driving”. Balance.net. N.d. Web. 11. Apr. 2013. http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles7/266190/projects/2395034/06d79218e95416f41b3fd4a51eebf531.jpg

“2010 Distracted Driving Summit”. Fickr.com. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2013. http://www.flickr.com/photos/raylahood/5020685694/

“Cellphone and Texting Laws”. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. N.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2013.

http://www.iihs.org/laws/maptextingbans.aspx

Solution to Texting While Driving (Part C- The

Advantages of Cellphone Blocker)

Yifan Guo

OVERVIEW

What is the danger behind texting while driving?

Data from the journal of American Medical Association showed that from 2005 to 2009, while overall crash-related fatalities dropped, deaths associated with driver distraction increased by 22 percent.

The previous solutions

The best solution

Data to Show the Danger of Texting While Driving

Evidence suggests most drivers haven't changed their habits—texting while driving.

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Previous Solutions

People have tried many ways to solve this problem including policy and education.

Fourteen states have laws against texting while driving. But many drivers still have the habits that calling while driving.

The danger of this behavior, in fact, is the distracted mind of drivers.

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The Best Solution The best solution of this problem is to install a

cheap device in a car to block the cell phones signals while the engine is running (St. Louis).

The Advantages

Three main advantages of the device like cell blocker:

It eliminates the danger of texting while driving completely.

It is not very expensive.

It is convenient and simple.

Why Our Solution is The Most Effective For Texting While Driving

Doctors Jeffery Coben and Motao Zhu said: “Cell phone use while driving is a problem that has been created by technology, and solving this problem will require technological solutions” (Hamilton 2013).

WORKS CITED

Hamilton, Michelle. “ Tech Solution to Texting-While-Driving ”. NEWSWIRE. March 5 2013. Web. April 9 2013.<http://www.runnersworld.com/health/tech-solution-texting-while-driving>.

Image on page 3. Matthew Miller. “Do you text and drive? TeleNav survey shows about 1/4 of you do”. Zdnet.July 14 2010. Web. 4/22/2013.<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/cell-phones/do-you-text-and-drive-telenav-survey-shows-about-14-of-you-do/4248>

Image on page 5. mini cell phone jammers(NPC130AN). Web.4/22/2013. http://www.signalbuster.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=34

St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “The Solution For Texting While Driving”. CREATORS.COM. Web. April 92013.<http://www.creators.com/opinion/daily-editorials/the-solution-for-texting-while-driving.html>

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Solution to Texting and Driving

Lee Hatchett

Problem

Texting while driving is a growing trend.

It is estimated that one million people chat and text while driving each day.

Even though you are 23 times more likely to be in a crash if you are texting.

Our SolutionWe feel that the best solution to this problem is the creation of a device that is designed to block cell phone service when the vehicle is started.

Other Solutions

Many states have already adopted laws that make texting and driving illegal.

There has been many public service announcements that have done a great job of bringing attention to this growing problem.

There needs to be more companies like AT&T that publicly support the campaign against texting and driving.

Call to ActionAttention all cell phone providers and technology experts! It is up to you to develop this device and put it into place.

This device has the potential to save many lives and make roads a safer and better place for everybody!

Works Cited

"Texting and Driving Prevention." Ad Council. N.p.. Web. 15 Apr 2013. <http://www.adcouncil.org/Our-Work/Current-Work/Safety/Texting-and-Driving-Prevention>.

No To Texting and Driving. N.d. Graphic. zazzle.comWeb. 15 Apr 2013.

It Can Wait. N.d. Graphic. AT&TWeb. 15 Apr 2013.

Combined Works Cited (MLA)

 “CDC and WHO Latest Studies on Distracted Driving.” Blank-it. N.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2013. http://blog.blank-it.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/text-email-use-us-2010.jpg

“Cellphone and Texting Laws”. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. N.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2013.

Daily Editorials. “The Solution for Texting While Driving.” Newspaper Contributors on Creaters.com. Web. 06 Apr. 2013. http://www.creaters.com/opinion/daily-editorials/the-solution-for-texting-while-driving.html.

Federal Communications Commission. “The Dangers of Texting While Driving.” Guide Print Email. Web. 06 Apr. 2013. http://www.fcc.gov/guides/texting-while-driving.

Hamilton, Michelle. “Tech Solution to Texting-While-Driving?” Runner’s World & Running Times. Web. 05 Mar. 2013. http://www.runnersworld.com/health/tech-solution-texting-while-driving.

http://www.iihs.org/laws/maptextingbans.aspx

Combined Works Cited (MLA) Cont.

Image on page 5. mini cell phone jammers(NPC130AN). Web.4/22/2013. http://www.signalbuster.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=34.

It Can Wait. N.d. Graphic. AT&TWeb. 15 Apr 2013.

Matthew Miller. (Image on page 3) “Do you text and drive? TeleNav survey shows about 1/4 of you do”. Zdnet.July 14 2010. Web. 4/22/2013.http://www.zdnet.com/blog/cell-phones/do-you-text-and-drive-telenav-survey-shows-about-14-of-you-do/4248

Morrison, Clarke. “Cellphone Use Suspected In Fatal Asheville Crash.” Ashville’s Homepage Citizen-Times.com. Web. 05 Apr. 2013. <http:www.citizen-times.com/article/20130406/NEWS/304060016?odyssey=mod%7Cmostcom>.

No To Texting and Driving. N.d. Graphic. zazzle.comWeb. 15 Apr 2013.

“PSA= Texting and Driving”. Balance.net. N.d. Web. 11. Apr. 2013. http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles7/266190/projects/2395034/06d79218e95416f41b3fd4a51eebf531.jpg

St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “The Solution For Texting While Driving”. CREATORS.COM. Web. April 92013.<http://www.creators.com/opinion/daily-editorials/the-solution-for-texting-while-driving.html>

"Texting and Driving Prevention." Ad Council. N.p.. Web. 15 Apr 2013. http://www.adcouncil.org/Our-Work/Current-Work/Safety/Texting-and-Driving-Prevention.

“2010 Distracted Driving Summit”. Fickr.com. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2013. http://www.flickr.com/photos/raylahood/5020685694/