An Observational Study of Phone Use at an Intersection in a Residential Neighborhood Question: Do people who stop at neighborhood stop signs use their phones in any way, either prior to stopping or once having stopped? Hypothesis: People who stop at neighborhood stop signs tend to use their phones in some way. Stopping will be defined as bringing the vehicle to a complete stop at the stop sign, before driving away again. Neighborhood stop signs will be defined as red octagonal stop signs in residential areas. Using the phone will be defined as: looking at, handling, picking up, talking into, and holding the phone to one’s head. I have chosen to observe an intersection that is roughly thirty feet from my house. The intersection is visible from the window in my bedroom and can be seen while seated at my desk. I conducted direct observational methods without intervention, therefore using naturalistic observation, a nonexperimental study process whereby behavior is systematically watched and recorded in an attempt to describe that behavior as it naturally occurs (Passer, 2014). For analysis I will be …show more content…
I had not believed that I went into the study with observer bias, yet I found myself surprised with the number of witnessed phone acts. I had thought there would be more, perhaps as much as half, and therefore without realizing it-I did in fact bring some preconceived notions of mine to the study. Additionally, this study supposes that all drivers have cell phones, or take them when they travel, and that is most likely not the
Did you realize that people die from non responsible people. Cell phones destroy families every time one of these accidents happen. The main reasons are, unfocused behavior whilst having passengers in the car, reckless driving, face to face distractions. The list could go on and on but those were the popular topics chosen. Family members are losing their loved ones from distracted drivers.
The author is not really persuading the reader of anything, mostly informing and giving facts. In this article the thesis statement is kind of unclear. To my understanding it is how texting and driving seems to be getting worse. The author never really states exactly what he will be talking about.
Scene Description: This incident occurred on a residential property at 8441 55th Way N. This property sits on the east side of 55th way N, facing west. This property is a one story, residential home. The deceased was lying on his back facing north at an angle. See photographs for further detail On 08/25/2016 at approximately 1810 hrs I was dispatched to a death investigation at 8441 55th Way N Pinellas Park.
Gregg Easterbrook, a fellow of the Brookings Institution and author of The Progress Paradox, argues in his article “Road Kill,” that people in the United States are not paying attention to a major killer: our roads. In his essay, Easterbrook explains the lack of attention to the threat of road accidents, even comparing it to 9/11, which has become a serious threat to Americans on the road, and even worldwide. Many Americans dismiss the problem, even though it is huge even if it is not perceived as a huge threat like terrorism. Some causes of the rise in accident casualties proposed by Easterbrook are distracted driving and the rapid increase of horsepower. Easterbrook proposes multiple solutions to the problem, such as increased legislation on distracted driving and reducing horsepower in cars (A1-4).
The author believes that if cellphones are banned, the safety of many drivers would be increased. Drivers would no longer have their lives at risk if their distractions were reduced. In my view, Richtel
Early in the article, Shaun Vecera, a professor at Iowa’s Psychological and Brain Sciences Department, is introduced. He explains the experiment performed by his team of researchers to determine whether or not attention disengagement is the cause of poor driving when simultaneously using a cell phone. (Lewis 4). Subjects were classified as either active listeners or passive listeners. Active listeners had to answer true or false questions; passive listeners did not answer, just listened.
That is where it comes down to us and the government to help strengthen it, to be more on the safe side rather than being on a disastrous side. The context from the point of view databases explained that there were not enough laws that were prohibiting cell phone use. Distracted driving does not rest as something new to us, since it has been around since the 1900s. But now that technology abides as advancing a great deal of people are using their cellular devices on the road, which can be found as making it a major issue. As a result of it being such a commodious deal with the government, they are having the state’s ban handheld cell phone usage while driving, having stunning decreasing results of fatalities each year.
A. Cell phones are a distraction to drivers. B. Using a cell phone while driving is dangerous and could be deadly. C. Trends in fatalities from distracted driving have risen over the years. III. Body of the Presentation A.
Three of the high risk behaviors account for texting and driving including “eyes off of the road, at least one hand off the wheel, and mind off the driving situation” (Hollister, 2013). The three actions a person partakes in while texting and driving fall into the three major categories the Center for Disease Control established. Once people begin texting and driving, they no longer pay attention to their driving and only their phone or tablet. Distracted driving takes away the reaction time of a driver from avoiding a crash. Comprehending danger while driving takes multiple seconds.
She lost control of her car clipped an oncoming car, flipped two-and-a-half times, and landed upside down in a ditch,” (Waugh). In this article “Texting and Driving” Koraza says that even when she gets a text message she feels the need to read it immediately. An article that Koraza uses in her own article says that “studies found that 21% of all reported injury crashes involved distracted driving.” Koraza also says “It is hard to resist texting while driving as it is easy to get away with.” This is showing that if there was a law in South Carolina on texting while driving, that less people would do it because they would be afraid of getting
It makes all drivers 23 times more likely to be involved in an accident. 2. It is estimated that at least 23% of all car accidents each year involve cell phone use , that’s 1.3 million crashes. 3. Taking your eyes off
(Dreschel, 2014) b. Texting while driving not only threatens your life, but also everyone else on the road. c. (Statistic) Eleven percent of drivers aged 18 to 20 who were involved in an automobile accident and survived admitted, they were sending or receiving texts when they crashed. (Smith, 2014) d. (Fact) (statistic) Nearly half of US high school students aged ≥16 years old report texting while driving during the past 30 days. (O'Malley, 2013) e. (Fact)
General purpose: to persuade Specific purpose: to persuade my audience that the use of cellphone while driving has become a life threatening not only to the driver but also to other motorist and pedestrians. Thesis: Preview: -To discuss on how we can decrease the percentage of those who use their cell phone while driving. - To discuss the cons and the outcome of the use of cell phone while driving. A. Attention getter:
For example, according to news page On June 8 2015 , a report was released stating that Tennessee bus crash that left two young girls and a teacher’s aide died last December was the result of texting and driving. Another example is ¨40%is The percentage of teens who say they have been a passenger in a car whose driver used a cellphone in a way that put them in danger.¨ says abc news. Last off all a story of a fifteen month old baby¨The family of Henry Knoof, a 15-month-old toddler who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a head-on car crash last summer in Eagan caused by a driver who was text messaging, is cautiously optimistic that he will make a full recovery.¨ according to the
Topic: Problem-Solution: Texting and driving GP: To persuade SP: To persuade my audience to not text and drive on the road CI: To persuade my audience to not text while driving by stating factors that contribute to the problem and a few possible solutions INTRODUCTION AG: According to Edgar Snyder, 11 teens die every single day due to using the cell phone while driving. CS: I have actually used my phone while driving but I was lucky and nothing happened besides me sliding off the road.