Pamela Rice

Argosy University

•Driving distracted is a Danger to the community.

•It’s time to say NO Phones

•5,780 accident in 2008 (DOT, 2011)

•MD & DC Law has passed for no Hand Held Phones while driving.

•NO Texting & Driving

•Police do not require another reason to stop you if they see you on the phone

•VA Law you can use Hand held phones, You can Text & Drive.

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Technology

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219 million cell phone users

73% of its population

16,000 deaths from 2001-2007 (Dot, 2011)

1999-2008 fatal car accidents involving cell phone use and texting while behind the wheel rose from 4,572(Dot, 2011)

5,780 accident in 2008 (DOT, 2011)

28 percent of all crashes (approximately 1.6 million per year), were caused by cell phone use and texting by drivers. (Globalist, 2011)

Globalist, 2011

Statistics

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•Cognitive ability is impaired when using cell phones while driving.

•We have to pay close attention when we are driving.

• Attention is the mental mechanism by which we actively process information in the sensory registers pertaining to that entity (Ashcraft & Radvansky, 2006).

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•Great for testing without causing harm•Need real conversation instead of scripted•Need to test, hand held, hands free and headsets

Examined a variety of age group from 15-80 year olds

Various scenarios: operating, talking and texting on cell phones while driving.

Photo- Dreamstime, 2011(APA, 2011)

Several states have now passed legislation with limited laws to prohibit either texting or the use of hand held phones.

No state has been able to pass a law that totally prohibits the use of cell phones while driving.

Will demonstrate that the current laws are not enough; all cell phone use (hand held, hand free, and texting) should be prohibited while driving.

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Ashcraft, M. H. & Radvansky, G. A. (2006). Cognition, 5th edition, Pearson.

Dreamline. (2011). Grandma Driving Photo. Image retrieved online December 12, 2011from www.dreamline.com

Globalist Syndication Service. (2011). Cell Phones and Globalization. Retrieved from http://www.theglobalist.com/globalicons/syndication/sample.htm

Department of Transportation. (2001). Traffic Fatality Statistics. Retrieved from www.dot.gov

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