Research topic: What effect does technology have on motor vehicle accidents in the United States?
Focused research questions:
- What are the different types of mobile technology used in cars while driving? Which one do we want to focus on? (cell phones-talking/texting, Bluetooth, GPS)
- What are the different types of motor vehicles? Does the size of the vehicle have an effect? (Small cars, tractor trailers, motorcycles, SUV)
- Does the area of the location that the accidents occur in matter? (Population, land mass, traffic, rural vs urban)
- Does the age of the driver make a difference? (New/young driver, elderly driver)
Group Project Third Deliverable
- Mobile Technology
- Cell phones
- Even at red lights, usage of cell phones causes accidents because drivers still have a responsibility to focus on the road (“Cell Phone Use While Driving and Employer Liability” 18).
- “Cell phone use and sending text messages while driving causes drivers to suffer from impaired visual scanning, inattention blindness, impaired ability to react appropriately and impaired situational awareness” (“Cell Phone Use While Driving and Employer Liability” 18). b) Ipods
- Liberty Mutual’s Dave Melton says that parents must take responsibility for their teens behind the wheel. Instead of having a simple conversation about not texting while driving, the conversation must “expand to ‘don’t use your cell phone, MP3 player or any computer device for any reason while driving.’ If you’re not talking about it, chances are they will do it” (“Teens Aware of Texting Dangers, Yet Carry On” 18).
- Cell phones
c) Bluetooth
- It can be concluded that drivers who use cell phones to their ears and drivers who use hand- free devices have the same distraction rate (“No Hands, No Break” 9).
- “A new survey indicates that drivers engaging in phone conversations suffer a form of tunnel vision that endangers themselves and others, regardless of whether the phone is physically held” (“No Hands, No Break” 9).
- Location
- Rural area
- In 2008, statics show that 60.2% of crashes occur in rural areas (Wilson 2214). b) Urban area
- In 2008, statics show that 39.8% of crashes occur in urban areas (Wilson 2214).
- Rural area
- Population
- No interaction between population and perceived risk (Alexander, Wesely 39).
- A test done in Nassau County concluded that “approximately 25% of car accidents in Nassau County each year involve talking or texting on cell phones” (Alexander, Wesely 37).
- This study also concluded that 25% of car accidents in the U.S. each year involve the usage of cell phones (Alexander, Wesely 39).
- No interaction between population and perceived risk (Alexander, Wesely 39).
- Age of driver
- Teen drivers
- “According to a 2011 teen-driving study by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), 53% of the 2,294 high-school students surveyed say they text while they drive at least sometimes, and 28% admit doing so often or very often” (“Teens Aware of Texting Dangers, Yet Carry On 18).
- In 2008, statics show that driver’s aged between 16-29 there is a 39% crash rate (Wilson 2214).
- Adults/ parents
- “…parents are frequent recipient of these texts, which often share where/what the teen is doing” (“Teens Aware of Texting Dangers, Yet Carry On” 18).
- Although it is important for teens to communicate with their parents what they are doing, Stephen Wallace says that parents, “…need to take a firm stance against texting while driving and other distracted driving behaviors” (Clement 18).
- Teen drivers
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Works Cited
“Cell-Phone-Related Car Crashes Underreported Across the U.S.” Professional Safety 58.12 (2013): 14. Business Source Complete. Web. 12 June 2014.
“Cell Phone Use While Driving & Employer Liability” 2011, Professional Safety, 56, 12, pp. 18-19, Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost, viewed 12 June 2014.
“No Hands, No Break.” Communications Of The ACM 46.4 (2003): 9. Academic Search Complete. Web. 12 June 2014.
“Phoning While Driving Continues to Increase Despite Evidence of Risk.” Professional Safety.51.6 (2006): 68-59. Academic Search Complete. Web. 10 June 2014.
“Teens Aware of Texting Dangers, Yet Carry on.” Professional Safety 56.12 (2011): 18. Academic Search Complete. Web. 12 June 2014.
Wilson, Fernando A.Stimpson, Jim P. “Trends in Fatalities From Distracted Driving in the United States, 1999 To 2008.”American Journal Of Public Health 100.11 (2010): 2213.MasterFILE Premier. Web. 12 June 2014.
Wu, Alexander, and Allyson Weseley. “The Effects of Statistical Format and PopulationSpecificity on Adolescent Perceptions of Cell Phone Use While Driving.” Current Psychology 32.1 (2013): 3243. Academic Search Complete. Web. 12 June 2014.
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