Cell Phones and Driving safety

Driving while talking on a cell phone can be a very intense topic to talk about. Some people think that they can handle talking on the cellphone while driving and others may say that they think talking on the cell phone causes accidents and traffic. Though I've seen both sides talking on the cell phone is very dangerous from my persepective. I know when i'm driving on the LIE I've past drivers who are slowing down, swerving, and not paying attention and mean while they are talking on their cellphones not aware that they almost hit me. In the article Cell phones and Driving Safety the author presents facts about how driving while on the cell phone is worse than driving while intoxicated. The main idea of this article is the saftey risk of driving while talking on a celluar device wether it be an hand held or hands free device. According to the Utah Study, the reactions of drunk drivers differed from the reactions of drivers using cell phones because people who talked on the cell phone tended to be more sluggish and the people who were drunk tended to be more agressive. They also found out they have reduced reation time while talking on the phone Some of the signal words that help me locate my answer were " In addition " ,and " while". The response of the cell phone industry was that its not the cell phones that cause the accidents the people do. They believe on educating the drivers on how to best handle all of the possibilites of distractions while they are behind the wheel.