This topic is news worthiness because you can almost guarantee that everywhere you go through out the day people are using technology like cellphones to communicate with people, so the number of people this impacts is huge. A Wireless survey from 2010 said that 285 million Americans are mobile subscribers, making that more than 91 percent of the total population. This will always be relevant whether of not in the future the technology or the way we communicate changes; we will always have some way to communicate with each other. Also with people becoming less impatient to wait till they are done driving to read the text they just received and possibly replying to it, it is coming a safety issue. I would say that each time I'm driving I see at least one person texting while operating a vehicle, if not more. So by informing people that police are now on the look out, it might make people think twice before picking up that phone, and realizing that it probably isn't anything urgent or that important worth the possibility of getting into a wreck.
Douglas County is starting to crack down on drivers that are texting. Officers were given the "okay" to ticket people texting while driving at the beginning of this year. Since then officers have only given eight tickets for texting and driving. In those cases 3/4 of them were given after a wreck, where the driver admitted to texting right before the crash.
As of last week, it is reporter there were 15 tickets given out. Some states have gone with a strategy of ticketing more so, to get the point across. Josh Kauffman, a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Transportation says “We feel it’s been successful in getting the word out,”. In the state of Illinois the number of tickets and warnings given out for texting were over 900, in 2010.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Freedom vs Safety
Our freedoms are there for a reason. They are our protection and safety from being harmed for our beliefs or anything else of that matter. There are times when things are said that you might not like and wish that the people saying it, could not, or they should be punished for it. But with something that is majority a good thing, there are usually a few minor bad things that come with it. "You can't have your cake, and eat it too".
We can not expect everyone to think the same way, so we need to allow people to be themselves and be comfortable with being who they are around other people with out being judged. And if we all do respect one others thoughts then there should be peace/safety.
We can not expect everyone to think the same way, so we need to allow people to be themselves and be comfortable with being who they are around other people with out being judged. And if we all do respect one others thoughts then there should be peace/safety.
Monday, September 12, 2011
9/11
Knowing the total effect of what happened, and understanding that it was not just a couple of plane crashes that took down a few buildings, would not be possible for me if it were not documented with photographs and videos. In 2001 I was in first grade and have no recollection of 9/11 so the event would not be significant.
In this particular case the only way you could go overboard on the photographs you took is if it were all of human guts or decapitated people. Showing a few dead bodies out of the hundreds of pictures they took only shows the reality of the setting and the truth of the surroundings you would see if you were there on that day.
So if there were no photographs or videos showing me what happened that day I would still to this day not have the full knowledge of this tragedy, the photographers capturing the event is what makes us remember.
In this particular case the only way you could go overboard on the photographs you took is if it were all of human guts or decapitated people. Showing a few dead bodies out of the hundreds of pictures they took only shows the reality of the setting and the truth of the surroundings you would see if you were there on that day.
So if there were no photographs or videos showing me what happened that day I would still to this day not have the full knowledge of this tragedy, the photographers capturing the event is what makes us remember.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Current Event- Motorcycle Accident
On Wednesday 8/31 there was a crash between a motorcycle and van. It is at the moment debatable about which one is to "blame" for the wreck, but it is known that the man on the motorcycle died.
I have heard that it was the motorcyclist that caused it, from weaving in-and-out of lanes. But depending on who you ask, I also heard it was the person in the van that did not see them, but it came from a source that knew the motorcyclist so I would say that, that information is not very credible.
But I'm sure whether or not who caused the accident that motorcyclist will be more careful and vehicle drivers will be more cautious and alert to motorcyclist.
I have heard that it was the motorcyclist that caused it, from weaving in-and-out of lanes. But depending on who you ask, I also heard it was the person in the van that did not see them, but it came from a source that knew the motorcyclist so I would say that, that information is not very credible.
But I'm sure whether or not who caused the accident that motorcyclist will be more careful and vehicle drivers will be more cautious and alert to motorcyclist.
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