Directions: An expert has proposed banning drivers from using a cell phone, following an accident that an elderly cyclist was hit and killed by a driver looking at his phone in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. Studies show that using a cell phone in a car is as dangerous as drunk driving, if not more so. What do you think of this proposal? Should using a cell phone when driving be illegal? Why or why not?
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无Prohibit the Use of Cell phone While Driving
Nowadays, mobile phone has become a requisite in our life. Undeniably mobile phone has various types of function and brings many benefits to us. But most of the drivers are accustomed to using mobile phone while driving although they know it is risky. This is a risky action and might cause a serious traffic accident. In my opinion, considering the great dangers of using cell phone on the road and the expected deterrent effect of law on negligent drivers, the use of cell phone while driving ought to be made illegal and prohibited.
Firstly, talking on your phone serves as a major distraction. You’re focusing on holding your phone to your ear, listening to the conversation, and managing your car all at once. Some drivers spend much time in talking on the cell phone. As they are talking to the other person about a specific topic, their attention can be diverted. They may fail to take notice of the condition of the road and traffic signs. Thus, they may hit cars which suddenly stops or pedestrians who are going across the street on a zebra crossing when the light turns red. Talking on a cell phone is particularly risky for new drivers who are still unskillful in manipulating a car.
Secondly, writing and sending text messages while on the road is the most dangerous. Texting require a lot of focus. You’re not talking. You’re inputting letters and constructing sentences. While texting, your eyes leaves the road to check what you’re writing. This is exceedingly dangerous, as you could hit an innocent pedestrian, another car, a tree or a building. Texting while driving poses threat to both others’ lives and drivers themselves.
Thirdly, nowadays as people’s dependence on cell phone and attention on it strengthens, prohibiting its use while driving is urgent. We have heard plenty of saddening accidents about people who fall into a river or down a building while playing with their phone. So in order to avoid the repetition of similar accidents, the use of cell phone while driving should be prohibited.
Lastly, only if the use of cell phone while driving is prohibited in the way of enacting more strict law on negligent driving, will the number of related car accidents slump. Warning and educating reckless drivers is far less effective than prohibition since they don’t face a big loss from warning and educating. What’s more, reckless drivers should face severer punishment so that they won’t dare to commit the mistake again.
On the whole, I approve of the opinion that using cell phone while driving should be made illegal and prohibited. The risks of using cell phone while driving are somewhat potential. But if accidents occur, the consequences will be irrevocable. While driving, drivers often use cell phones to talk, send text message. It is suggested that drivers stop their cars on the roadside, then answer their phones and send messages.