Early this morning, when I was listening to the radio on my way to school, this question popped up from the radio and I suddenly realized that I text and drive all the time! according to the official government website for distracted driving, 20% of crashes resulting in injury in 2009 are involved of distracted driving. I was cirious about what is distracted driving, so I did some research on that, there are mainly three types of distraction: Visual; Manual; and Cognitive, visual distraction takes your eye off from the road and manual takes your hands off from the road and cognitive takes your mind off from driving.
TEXTING is the most alarming distraction because it involves ALL THREE TYPES of Distraction.
It's kinda scary, isn't it?
Texting became one of the most popular activities on phone in the passed couple years, especially for teens, texting became the most popular communication method when they are at home, on the road, etc.
Luckily the state of Washington regulates texting (talking to phone) and drive when people are on the road. Police will give fine to anyone who violate this regulation but I do think other parties should do something as well. Some of the apps on iPhone and Blackberry help driver to control and prevent distracted driving, for example, ZoomSafer automatically locks your phone when you on the road.
Do you text and drive?
Interesting topic but have you also reviewed some of the apps? Would be nice to see what the pros/cons and the features are.
ReplyDeletenot really but I have watched some clips of those apps. didnt find any feee version so we can give a try, basically, it locked your iphone in order to type or pick up phonecalls.
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