Today, the use of cell phone comprises an integral part of the regular life of modern people. In fact, the modern society is practically unimaginable without the use of cell phones. The emergence of new technologies and telecommunication systems contribute to the wide use of cell phones. Cell phones have opened huge opportunities for communication. Today, cell phones eliminate physical barriers and allow people to communicate with each other in spite of huge distance. Benefits of using cell phones are obvious but people often underestimate potential danger the use of cell phones can expose people to. In this respect, the potential negative impact of waves from cell phones may expose people to the risk of development some serious health problems. However, such risks and threats are rather hypothetical than real, whereas, today, people using cell phones or texting, while driving, expose themselves and other people to the great and real danger of accidents.
On analyzing the problem of using cell phones and texting while driving, it is important to lay emphasis on the fact that people are accustomed to use their cell phones anytime and anywhere they like. People are so much accustomed to cell phones that they cannot stop using them even when they drive their cars. However, they underestimate the risk and potential danger of talking or texting using their cell phones while driving. What is the most dangerous about the cell phone use and texting while driving is the lack of sense of danger. The latter means that people do not expect getting in troubles because of the cell phone use or texting while driving. Such unawareness makes people careless and, thus, extremely dangerous in regard to their own health and life as well as to the health and life of other people.
In such a context, it is necessary to understand the scope of the problem of the cell phone use and texting while driving a car. In this respect, it is possible to refer to numerous accidents which occur regularly and en masse because of the use of cell phones and texting while driving. Many people get into accidents because they talk via their cell phone or because they are texting while driving. Moreover, the number of accidents provoked by the cell phone use and texting while driving increases steadily.
At the same time, it is important to understand the actual cause of accidents involving the cell phone use and texting while driving. In fact, a cell phone itself is not actually a problem or cause of accident. The problem is the human attention which is crucial while driving a vehicle. People often forget that they have to stay concentrated on their driving all the time they drive their car because whatever happens on the road, drivers should react immediately to avert an accident. Often it is impossible to foresee what happens next right in front of your car. Hence, the total concentration of attention while driving is essential. As people start using their cell phone or texting while driving, they distract their attention because they need to focus on talking or texting instead of their driving.
As the attention of a driver grows distracted, he or she cannot control his or her car and, what is more, he or she cannot react immediately on any change that happens on the road. As a result, when the traffic situation is changing unexpectedly and a driver keeps using his or her cell phone or texting, he or she is likely to get into an accident because the lack of attention leads to accidents as drivers cannot react properly on their environment. Moreover, drivers can simply drive off the road while texting that also leads to accidents, injuries and in many cases to death of people involved in accidents.
Thus, taking into account all above mentioned, it is possible to conclude that the cell phone use and texting while driving should be banned because the risk of accidents increases dramatically. The major reasons for accidents caused by the cell phone use and texting while driving are the distraction of attention of drivers and the lack of understanding of the actual danger of the cell phone use and texting while driving that leads to the excessive use of cell phone by drivers when they drive their cars. Alternatively to the ban of the cell phone use while driving, it is possible to oblige drivers to use hands-free accessories to keep using their cell phone and driving focusing entirely on their driving.