Talking on the phone while driving causes many problems for people who are driving. When people are driving and they are using one hand to steer their vehicle and the other hand to hold their phone next to their face, it makes driving a lot harder and also harder them to control their vehicle. People face the problem of crashing their vehicle when their hands aren’t free to drive. Passing the law of making talking on your cell phone while driving should not pass, because it reduces people’s reaction time, causes people to congest traffic more, and it also distracts them from the road. When people are driving and they are on the phone it can slow their reaction time down by 38%. When they have a slower reaction time and they aren’t paying attention to the road as much their brake response is slower and can cause them to most likely get into a wreck. A person’s reaction time is slower and with it being …show more content…
The mental distraction of having a phone conversation is more dangerous than the physical distraction of handling the device. If people are driving and they are in a conversation on the phone instead of concentrating on driving creates a huge risk. While people are driving and on the phone they tend to forget what they are doing and focus on the call a lot more than the road. The call makes a person’s mind focus more on what the other person is saying than the road and the hazards in front of them. Driving a vehicle is the same thing as playing a sport. In a sport like basketball you need to be mentally focused on the game so that you can be ready for whatever the other team throws at you. Driving is the same thing, people need to be mentally focused on the road and watching what happens in front of them so that they are ready for whatever the world will throws at