Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Cell Phones And Driving

After reading the article, I concluded that the evidence presented by the author was based on facts. The main idea of the article is to discuss and prove that maneuvering through traffic 'while talking on the phone increases the likelihood of an accident and is actually more dangerous than driving drunk.' The reactions of drunk drivers were actually better than the reactions of cell phone using drivers, according to the Utah Survey; 'The Phone users fared even worse than the inebriated,' the Utah team stated. The signal words that assisted me when locating my answers were 'was, increases, found, & were.' The use of a hands-free cell phone were just as dangerous as the use of a handheld cell phone when driving, because, as Drews said in the article, 'there is no difference between hands-free and hand-held devices when evaluating how cell phones affect ; the problem is the conversation.' The cell-phone industry holds a strong position amidst all of this, but cell phones 'don't cause accidents, people do.' 

2 comments:

Professor Love said...

Great job of locating the answers. You really seem to get the major points of the article. We will go over the signal words in class on Tuesday.

Ahmed said...

i like what you said about the cell phone industry.