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Distracted Drivers
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Cell Phone Use While Driving
Message 1 is a fear message which contains a video that implies what can happen if you are a distracted driver.
Message 2 is a peripheal route processing video which provides a list of scenarios to either switch cell phone off, crash, write car off, injure a pedestrian, kill best friend or kill girlfriend.
Message 3 is a central route processing video that shows some results of talking/texting on a cell phone while driving.
Message 4 is a two way message that contain three videos. Video 1 is a clip of a child advising that her bestfriend's sister was killed in a cell phone texting related car accident. Video 2 is a clip of a teen indicating that texting does not affect her driving. Video 3 is a clip that indicates how many deadly cell phone related accidents are reported each year.
Fear Message
This message indicates that distractions while driving no only puts your life in danger but the lives of others on the road as well. Hang up and drive.
Peripheal Route Processing Video
This message gives you a choice before driving. Which one will you choose?
Central Route Processing video
This message indicates all of the lives destroyed in a matter of seconds due to cell phone related car accidents.
Two Way Message
Video 1 is a message from someone who suffered from a tragic loss due to texting and driving and warning others not to text and drive.
Video 2 is a message from someone advising that she texts and drives all the time and she has not suffered from any serious cell phone related accidents.
Video 3 is a statistic message advising that 2600 people die in the United States every year due to cell phone related car accidents.
Friday, July 30, 2010
THE EFFECTS OF TALKING ON A CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING
MESSAGE EXPLANATIONS
Message 1 and 2 are credible communicators. I chose Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey as both are positive influences and well respected members of society. Message 3 is an intensity classical condition which includes videos of distracted drivers. Message 4 is subliminal and shows a pedestrian that was hit by a distracted driver. Message 5 and 6 are classical conditions and contains pictures of someone being "cool" by using a head set and hands free device and a picture of someone being a "fool" by talking on a hand held phone and driving.
State legislators aren’t the only ones pushing for strict texting while driving laws. Members of the media and even President Barack Obama have joined the crusade.
On October 1, 2009, President Obama signed an executive order prohibiting federal employees from texting while driving on official government business or while using government-supplied equipment. According to a White House press release, government employees should set an example for others by not driving and texting at the same time.
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Oprah Winfrey is campaigning to stop the dangerous practice of using the cell phone while driving, a common but dangerous practice. Join the other 384, 405 smart people by taking the No Phone Zone Pledge.
Good drivers know that distractions can be harmful and/or deadly. Remaining focused is the key to successful driving
Every second counts. It only takes a few moments of distraction behind the wheel to take a life. Don't take time to look at your phone, take time to look at the road.
Cool people are too smooth to be caught with a hand held device. Hands free devices are less distracting and allows drivers to keep both hands on the wheel. Upgrade to a hands free device and become cool over night.
Only a fool would try multi-tasking behind the wheel. Mutli-tasking causes distractions which can lead to tragedies. Be safe, stay focused!
Friday, July 23, 2010
CELL PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING
Cell phone use while driving is a social problem that, despite lots of attempts to reduce it, still is harming a lot of people.
EFFECTS OF TALKING ON A CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING:
Talking on a cellphone while driving can cause distraction, impairment in judgement, lack of concentration and increases the risk x 4 of being in a car accident.
THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY:
Technology has contributed to this problem in negative ways with caller id and call waiting which causes the driver to take their eyes off of the road for a few seconds to look at the phone when ringing.
SOCIAL APPROACH:
Social engineering approaches that have been used to reduce this problem consist of articles, commercials, banning cell phone use while driving and issuing tickets to drivers who are caught talking on their cell phone.
TECHNOLOGY RESOLUTION:
Technology attempted to rectify this problem by inventing the blue tooth, speaker phones and other hands free devices.
THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION CELL PHONE RELATED ACCIDENTS STATISTICS:
http://www.drivinglaws.org/stats.php
We will never know exactly how many accidents and deaths have been caused by drivers distracted by their cell-phone conversations, however, we can attempt to draw conclusions from studies that have been done over the past 5 years.
Current studies will target hands-free legislation and should provide more insight into driver distraction issues.
According to the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society cellular phone distractions have caused 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries in the United States each year.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has compiled their data and has come up with some very compelling evidence when it comes to cellular phone use while driving.
The NHTSA estimates that your chance of getting in an accident increases by 300% if you're talking on your cellular phone while driving.
In addition their data shows that 25% of all traffic accidents are a result of distracted drivers.
Cellular phone use has gone up by over 600% in the United States .
In 2005 there were approximately 10 million cell phone users in the United States and approximately 50 to 75% of these cellular subscribers have used a cellular phone while driving.
The numbers are staggering; at any given time, there are almost 1 million drivers on the road using a cellular device.
EFFECTS OF TALKING ON A CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING:
Talking on a cellphone while driving can cause distraction, impairment in judgement, lack of concentration and increases the risk x 4 of being in a car accident.
THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY:
Technology has contributed to this problem in negative ways with caller id and call waiting which causes the driver to take their eyes off of the road for a few seconds to look at the phone when ringing.
SOCIAL APPROACH:
Social engineering approaches that have been used to reduce this problem consist of articles, commercials, banning cell phone use while driving and issuing tickets to drivers who are caught talking on their cell phone.
TECHNOLOGY RESOLUTION:
Technology attempted to rectify this problem by inventing the blue tooth, speaker phones and other hands free devices.
THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION CELL PHONE RELATED ACCIDENTS STATISTICS:
http://www.drivinglaws.org/stats.php
We will never know exactly how many accidents and deaths have been caused by drivers distracted by their cell-phone conversations, however, we can attempt to draw conclusions from studies that have been done over the past 5 years.
Current studies will target hands-free legislation and should provide more insight into driver distraction issues.
According to the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society cellular phone distractions have caused 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries in the United States each year.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has compiled their data and has come up with some very compelling evidence when it comes to cellular phone use while driving.
The NHTSA estimates that your chance of getting in an accident increases by 300% if you're talking on your cellular phone while driving.
In addition their data shows that 25% of all traffic accidents are a result of distracted drivers.
Cellular phone use has gone up by over 600% in the United States .
In 2005 there were approximately 10 million cell phone users in the United States and approximately 50 to 75% of these cellular subscribers have used a cellular phone while driving.
The numbers are staggering; at any given time, there are almost 1 million drivers on the road using a cellular device.
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