Compare And Contrast Texting And Driving

I. Introduction Do you often catch yourself lifting up your cell phone and using it while at a stoplight? Do you even try to quickly respond to a text or answer a phone call while behind the wheel? As technology and social media applications continue to grow in communities the danger of individuals using a cellphone while driving increases. This growing issue is addressed in the publication’s “Texting and Driving: Can it be Explained by the General Theory of Crime?” by Philip Quisenberry and in “Adolescent Cellphone Use While Driving: An Overview of the Literature and Promising Future Directions for Prevention” by Kit Delgado, Kathryn Wanner and Catherine McDonald. While both of the publication’s writers describe the previously implemented

Both essays were concise and allowed the reader to form inferences and connections for themselves. In his conclusion, Quisenberry states that “It is also worth noting that there are few policy implications with regard to… self-control on distracted driving generally… (Quisenberry 313)” In making this comment, Quisenberry urges readers to recognize how through his provided research self-control of an individual should be addressed in prevention techniques. In regards to a communication perspective, Deglado, Wanner, and McDonald also use conciseness in their writing which allows readers to fully comprehend the cause and effect of cellphone usage while driving in regards to proving their own solution stated in their conclusion. In Deglado, Wanner, and McDonald’s view, “These important findings imply that interventions and policies to reduce the crash risk of distracted driving, and in particular distraction from cell phone use, need to focus on maintaining the driver’s eyes on the forward roadway (Deglado, Wanner and McDonald 82).” Each author's point is that, in using a previously stated studies research, the writers combined each of the findings into a concise phrase; therefore, readers should be able to connect the findings to the causes of crashes and the dangers of distracted driving. Both publications writers decided to use concise language in order to properly communicate the overall importance of the research they included in their essays to provide reason behind their reasoning for their own