Mobile Phones
One of the most important concepts in public safety is the idea of "accidents." That is the wrong word for a collision that was avoidable either through attention or preventative measures. There are very few accidents on the roads. There are collisions, and they are caused by either mechanical error or human error. The word 'accident' lets people off the hook for their mistakes, mistakes that nobody should make if they are doing their job. The reality is that there are a lot of things that people do to cause collisions. One is that they take their attention away from the task at hand. When a person is operating a 2000-lb, traveling at a speed sufficient to induce deadly force, one may wish to pay attention, to prevent collisions. Mobile phones are just one of many sources of driver distraction, but there should be penalties associated with driving with any distraction, including mobile phones.
The Hazards of Mobile
Mobile phones are one of the many sources of distraction on the road. Drivers look at their phones, in particular smartphones, and this takes their vision and their concentration off the road. Simple mathematics holds that taking one's eyes off of the road for 2 seconds at 100 kph means that they have travelled blind for 55 metres (Ruiz, 2014). Many drivers will look at their phones for longer, in particular if they are sending/reading text messages. A lot can change even in the short span when someone has diverted their attention. Vehicles change lanes, they can change speeds, there may be pedestrians, new vehicles or other obstacles, and there may be changes in the road conditions. Distracted motorists "swerve between lines, drive too close to the vehicle in front, misjudge traffic situations" (Ruiz, 2014) and ultimately they are the leading cause of collisions.
Among causes of distraction, mobile use is especially prevalent among younger people. This may be a combination of factors, such as young people using their phones more, or that perhaps young people are more likely to engage in risk-taking behaviours, or that young people perhaps simply lack the experience to recognize the risk. Whatever the reason, nearly one-third...
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