Wednesday, October 1, 2008
ASSIGNMENT# 5
The evidence the author provided was based on facts.The main idea of the article was that "somebody who is conversing on a cell phone is exposing him or herself and others to a similiar risk-cell phones actually are a higher risk."They said that the drunk drivers are aggresssive meaning they are very pushy. but the drivers with teh cell phones are slughish meaning they react slowly. Researchers said tehy slow down in braking and speed up after the breaking. Hands-free or handheld are both dangerous because they both distract you. The problem is not that you have one hand holding the phone but the problem is that your state of mind is not present to how you are driving. So you are not alert. Spokesman of the cell phone industry said accidents happen by people because they are not focusing, not by the cell phones.
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4 comments:
I never realized how similar a drunk person and a cell phone user are in terms of reaction time behind the wheel. It's so frightening!
I can't believe that people who use a cell phone while driving are more at risk than drunk drivers.
Its kind of unbelievable that driving while talking on a cell phone and driving drunk can be equally dangerous.
Short sweet and to the point. It does make one think about their actions on the road.
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