Week 5: Video

 From watching this video I don't think I will ever even attempt to text and drive again. Such a little mistake can cause many deaths and hurt many people. If I was ever in that situation I don't know what I would do if I was responsible for my friends Deaths just because I was texting. I think this video should be shown to all drivers of all ages to show them the outcome of what can happen with a simple mistake.  I have already shown this video to many of my friends and they also agreed that its a good video to show all drivers. I almost wanted to turn it off when I saw all the blood when the cars crashed. Luckily this was all planned out and no one died in the filming of this. Great learning experience this was.

Week 4:

1.I agree that there should be an age limit on the ban mainly because younger drivers tend to be less careful when they drive and text. In my opinion texting should be illegal no matter what the age is, but in this time period, texting is more popular then calling, so i think it should only be limited to drivers under the age of 21. Drivers under 21 are less experienced and have a greater chance to get into an accident from texting. By the start of this in other states, this can help save many lives.

2. This relates to the article on cellphone use and the comparison to driving under the influence because they are all unsafe ways to drive. If cell phones were totally illegal while driving, that would be a great idea and there will be many less deaths due to careless people not paying attention while driving and using their cellphone.

Week 3: Cell Phones and Driving Saftey

1. Even though I am sometimes guilty of driving while on the cellphone, I agree that it should be illegal unless you have a blue-tooth or and hands free speaker phone. I can say it makes you unaware of the road and you can easily get into an accident. When people talk on the phone or text, it is dangerous because not many people are experienced drivers and accidents do occasionally happened, but can be even better if people did not have to use their cell phone while driving.

2. I think this article written by this author was based by facts and has been proven that using the cellphone can be just as dangerous as operating a car drunk.

3. The main idea of this article is to show that no matter what you use, it is still not safe to use a phone even if is a hand-free device, its harder for you to drive a car.

4. According to the Utah Study, reactions of drunk drivers are different from the reaction of drivers using cellphones because drunk drivers are more aggressive and people who are on cellphones tend to be sluggish.

5. The signal words that helped me were " in addition, and found". The researchers found that talking on a cellphone slowed down reaction time.

6. Cellphone industries response is to educate drivers and show them the least way of distractions when driving to stop more and more of these accidents that occur because of cellphones.

Week 2 : Smokers' Rights

1.   I think the main purpose to this article is to inform us about the affects smoking can have on people mainly in residential areas and populated places.  The question they ask "Should people be allowed to smoke at home?" I think is a great question because second hand smoke can be such a problem and cause damage to peoples lives because smoking in public places and around smokers all the time can be harmless for just about anybody around. I do not think they can stop allowing people to smoke at home because its their own home and that would be an intrusion of privacy if that had happened. This article also discuss how they want to ban smoking in apartments and condos because of the other people around. Mainly senior citizens complain because they are being affected most and are trying to ban smoking in many areas completely.

2. I do not think smokers that are U.S citizens are victims of discrimination. Many of the smokers try to quit at least once in their lives. All smokers are aware that it is in no way healthy to smoke and they realize it can cause damage to them and bad for their health. It is also a choice to do so and they chose to smoke. I do not think that makes them victims of discrimination, its just a bad habit.