Texting While Driving

Mobile devices while texting and driving has become the number one issue all across the United States. These popular mobile devices have had lots of very dangerous consequences and even some that are unintentional. Mobile devices have caused an increase in distracting driving which then causes, an accident, a personal injury to oneself, or even a loss of life. All this is when a person steps into a car and starts to get distracted by a phone ringing and a notable text. People know they should not be texting and driving but it happens anyways. Many people today live very busy lives, which means when do they get things done, it's going to be the road sometimes. People are always on a computers plus now these smart phones have gotten so much more

There are certain alerts that notify the driver like a ring tone, or even vibrate that gets the driver attention. Meanwhile the driver gets thrown off from driving on the course they were on track. In 2009 in the United States, 5,474 people were killed and another 448,000 injured in car crashes involving distracted while driving, says the government. (Copeland) Many innocent people have died because of a careless driver while texting. While talking on the phone, it is easier to keep focus on the road in front of you. So think about when getting a text alert. The driver gets the alert, and now has to pay attention to both the road and now the message that they received. It’s not possible to look at both directions at once, which means that all the focus of the driver goes straight to the mobile device. Very hard to try not to pick up a cell phone text alert, but everybody drives with one hand on the wheel and the other on their phones. A study was conducted at The University of Utah; it showed that driving with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08% is equal to texting and driving. Although, 0.08% is very close to breaking the law in that

What can we do as the people of this country to help these numbers decrease? Now we have an invention that was created by a group of engineers at Ericsson. Ericsson is a Swedish company that invented a wireless communication. This creation is now called Bluetooth. Bluetooth technology is the global wireless standard enabling, convenient, secure connectivity for an expanding range of devices and services. It is an essential element for bringing everyday objects into the connected world. (Bluetooth.com) Bluetooth is used for many different things in products and mobile phones. Most smart phones, pc and tablets all support Bluetooth. So having a Bluetooth system link up to your vehicle, can help many people talk on the phone without holding on to the actually cell phone. Mobile phones get linked up as a Bluetooth, to the cars radio system. You can them make phone call or even text. Because of this Bluetooth system, an even better invention was created. A new Bluetooth headset provides hands free solutions for mobile communication by delivering the frequency to the mobile