Cellphones And Cars

Cellphones and cars
A dangerous mix?

*Drivers around the world have now found another way to kill and maim. It's as dangerous and lethal as driving under the influence of drink or drugs. Youmight as well take your hands off the steering wheel and just daydream. Driving, while using a cell phone is the same as loading a gun and firing it blindfolded. If you use your cell phone while drivinga car you're likely to kill yourself or someone else. You are, in fact, like a lethal weapon waiting to be discharged. Ten years ago, it was not even a problem. Yet it seems today that cell phoneshave taken over the world. They are the ‘Must have' item on every teen and young adults list. They have become an indispensable part of our lives. Our communication with each other, it seems, is nowincomplete without a phone at our sides that may go off every few minutes. Cell phones have become smaller, more powerful and ever more capable of distraction. You should never allow yourself to bedistracted while driving. That means switching off the phone when you switch on the engine.
In many places, drivers are prohibited from using hand-held cell phones while driving, and for good reason.*In most cases, technology is a wonderful thing. In the case of mobile phones, it allows us to speak to a loved one wherever we are or easily find a good restaurant to eat at in an unfamiliar place.But this technology has its negative effects too.
Talking or texting on a cell phone while driving accounts for 25% of all car accidents in Latin America.
Despite all of the warnings and even lawsagainst their use while driving, many people continue to talk or text while driving.
Here’s a few statistics for you to consider:
* Texting while driving is 6 times more likely to cause anaccident than when you are drunk.
* Over 80% of all car accidents are caused by driver distraction.
* Drivers who use hand-held devices are four times as likely to get into crashes serious enough...