Erin Nolinske
ENGL 1001.65
Mitch Frye
3 November 2008
I plan to write my paper on the issue of texting messaging and talking on the phone while driving. It is an issue that has overwhelmed the United States. It is causing several accidents and incidents in teenagers but also adults’ lives. I will also briefly describe the other activities teenagers and adults are distracted by. The category my subject takes place in is the Communications category.
The sources I plan to use are the following:
• Internet sites
• Personal interview with someone who has experienced an accident while texting messaging or talking on the phone while driving
• Magazines/articles
I have come up with a thesis statement which is:
Text messaging while operating a vehicle should be an enforced traffic violation.
I plan to brainstorm other thesis statements that will work well with my paper after doing more research.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Explaining an issue
Erin Nolinske
ENGL 1001.65
Mitch Frye
30 October 2008
Cell phones are becoming more technologically advanced in each new phone that comes out. Whether it is talking to a friend or many of the other options phones these days have. People are always doing something that is distracting while driving. Two states have created laws that have banned the use of cell phones behind the wheel. Texting messaging while operating a vehicle should be an enforced traffic violation.
“An estimated 20 percent of drivers are sending or receiving text messages while behind the wheel, according to a Nationwide Insurance” (Schulte 1). For most teenagers, a cell phone is a cause of a car accident. Most parents tell their child not to use their phone while driving, but what child obeys their parents all the time. A cell phone is the most distracting product, but then can be very helpful with communication. The representative Joyce McDonald and R-Puyallup have introduced a bill to ban text messaging altogether while driving and other representatives are pushing a bill that will prohibit teenagers that have an intermediate license from text messaging and talking on the phone. (Santos 1)
Researchers are trying to find the role of cell phones in car crashes. People say it would just be easier to use hand-free devices to talk on the phone while driving. There is only one problem with that, you can’t text message. You are limited to what you can do which is only talking. Majority of the people would much rather text than talk on the phone. Representatives would like to ban all kinds of talking whether it is with a phone in hand or a hand-free device. There are also many other distracting things that can cause accidents such as eating, applying make-up, changing a CD, or having over the limit of people in the car, all these activities should be banned also. A cell phone is one thing but what about the rest? (Santos 3 and 4)
Texting has become a bigger issue. Legislation in sixteen other states is considering outlawing the use of cell phones behind a wheel of a vehicle. “..American adults believe that sending text messages of E-mails while driving is “distracting, dangerous, and should be outlawed”” (Schulte 1). The states that are considering passing the bills now are: Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. (Schulte 1)
“In Iowa, Democratic Rep. McKinley Bailey proposed a texting ban that would target only beginning drivers, ages 16 and 17. He wrote the bill because of several text-related accidents after the last legislative session ended.” The bill that McKinley proposed was considered discrimination against younger teenagers. Other parties are trying to ban the use of cell phones for all ages of drivers. (Schulte 2)
Work Citied
Santos, Melissa. "Texting while driving: Should it be a crime?" Seattle Post-Intelligencer 29 Jan.: 1+. 30 Oct. 2008 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/301561_cellphones29.html
Schulte, Bret. “Outlawing Text Messaging While Driving Legislators in several states respond to safety concerns.” U.S. News & World Report 11 Feb. 2008:1-2. 29 Oct. 2008
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2008/02/11/outlawing-text-messaging-while-driving.html.
ENGL 1001.65
Mitch Frye
30 October 2008
Cell phones are becoming more technologically advanced in each new phone that comes out. Whether it is talking to a friend or many of the other options phones these days have. People are always doing something that is distracting while driving. Two states have created laws that have banned the use of cell phones behind the wheel. Texting messaging while operating a vehicle should be an enforced traffic violation.
“An estimated 20 percent of drivers are sending or receiving text messages while behind the wheel, according to a Nationwide Insurance” (Schulte 1). For most teenagers, a cell phone is a cause of a car accident. Most parents tell their child not to use their phone while driving, but what child obeys their parents all the time. A cell phone is the most distracting product, but then can be very helpful with communication. The representative Joyce McDonald and R-Puyallup have introduced a bill to ban text messaging altogether while driving and other representatives are pushing a bill that will prohibit teenagers that have an intermediate license from text messaging and talking on the phone. (Santos 1)
Researchers are trying to find the role of cell phones in car crashes. People say it would just be easier to use hand-free devices to talk on the phone while driving. There is only one problem with that, you can’t text message. You are limited to what you can do which is only talking. Majority of the people would much rather text than talk on the phone. Representatives would like to ban all kinds of talking whether it is with a phone in hand or a hand-free device. There are also many other distracting things that can cause accidents such as eating, applying make-up, changing a CD, or having over the limit of people in the car, all these activities should be banned also. A cell phone is one thing but what about the rest? (Santos 3 and 4)
Texting has become a bigger issue. Legislation in sixteen other states is considering outlawing the use of cell phones behind a wheel of a vehicle. “..American adults believe that sending text messages of E-mails while driving is “distracting, dangerous, and should be outlawed”” (Schulte 1). The states that are considering passing the bills now are: Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. (Schulte 1)
“In Iowa, Democratic Rep. McKinley Bailey proposed a texting ban that would target only beginning drivers, ages 16 and 17. He wrote the bill because of several text-related accidents after the last legislative session ended.” The bill that McKinley proposed was considered discrimination against younger teenagers. Other parties are trying to ban the use of cell phones for all ages of drivers. (Schulte 2)
Work Citied
Santos, Melissa. "Texting while driving: Should it be a crime?" Seattle Post-Intelligencer 29 Jan.: 1+. 30 Oct. 2008 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/301561_cellphones29.html
Schulte, Bret. “Outlawing Text Messaging While Driving Legislators in several states respond to safety concerns.” U.S. News & World Report 11 Feb. 2008:1-2. 29 Oct. 2008
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2008/02/11/outlawing-text-messaging-while-driving.html.
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