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Works CitedBox, Sherri. “New Data from VTTI Provides Insight into Cell Phone Use and DrivingDistraction.” www.portlandpersonalinjuryaccidentlawyer.com. Virginia PolytechnicInstitute and State University. 27 July 2009. Web. 27 Nov. 2009. <http://www.portlandpersonalinjuryaccidentlawyer.com/library/7_22_09_VTTI_Press_Release_Cell_phones_and_Driver_Distraction.pdf>.

This article is about cell phone usage and vehicles in real world situations. This is a reliablesource because it is from Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and was printed under thegoal of public safety. This supports my cause because it shows that reaction times of different things to those of a non-distracted driver. The statistics shown prove thatdistraction rates of talking and dialing a cell phone are both higher than a non-distracteddriver and even a driver who is reaching for an object. A driver who is text messaging is23.2 times higher to have a crash than a non-distracted person. This supports my theorythat cell phones should be banned while driving and this article agrees as well.

Caird, Jeff. “Cell Phones and Driving Safety: Common Questions and Scientific Evidence.”www.assembly.ab.ca. Cognitive Ergonomics Research Laboratory. 21 Aug. 2008. Web.27 Nov. 2009. <http://www.assembly.ab.ca/committees/economy/submissions/EC-B204-042.PDF>.

This is a purposed bill to the Standing Committee on the Economy of Alberta. This sourceis what I said should be done in my proposal—a bill be created and presented to thePennsylvania State Legislature. It is a reliable source because it has credentials and is wellresearched due to being proposed to be a bill. This source provides much factualinformation as to statistics and relations that cell phones have on drivers. It also relays

information about cell phones and young drivers. This piece will provide great details thatI can use to support my argument.

Caird, Jeff., Chelsea R. Willness, Piers Steel, and Chip Scialfa. “A Meta-Anaylsis of the Effectsof Cell Phones on Driver Performance.”

Accident Analysis & Prevention

40 (2008):1282-93. Print.

Caird, Willness, Steel, and Scialfa show a number of studies that were conducted on effectsof cell phones on drivers. The studies address why there should be limitations on cellphones while driving. This paper states that meta-analysis is the best way to research thistopic because it allows many aspects and studies to be applied to the central idea or theory.It also allows for the combination of studies that single studies do not allow. This is a greatsource due to the fact that it is the only one that mentions this idea of meta-analysis that Ihave found and used many sources to gather their information. This article was alsoreviewed, accepted, and published so therefore is reliable.

Hodges, Don. “The High Price of Cell Phones.” Donhodges.com. California State University.n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2009. <http://donhodges.com/The_High_Price_of_Cell_Phones.htm>.

This source shows the different ways cell phones affect our society today. It was publishedby the State University of California. It tells that according to the 2005 Highway TrafficSafety Administration that ten percent of drivers on the road during the day are using acell phone. It also says that during the following year a study was conducted again by theNHTSA and second and third leading causes of crashes were cell phones. It also states thatCalifornia imposed a law prohibiting usage of a hand-held cell phone starting July 1, 2008.This supports my argument that crashes are more likely to happen with a driver using acell phone and that all states should ban them.

McCartt, A.T., and L. L. Geary. “Longer Term Effects of New York State’s Law on Drivers’Handheld Cell Phone Use.”

Injury Prevention

10 (2004): 11-15. GoogleScholar. Web. 27Oct. 2009.

McCartt and Geary talk about New York being the first state to ban handheld cell phoneuse in the United States. A study was conducted to see whether or not the ban would indeedreduce the use of cell phones while driving or not. This source was the original article andhad much factual information in it. Because of the statistical information and the root of the text this will provide much help to support my argument. This source shows thedifference between a state that prohibits the use of cell phones and a state that doesn’t. Ithink that this angle will provide great details for my piece.

McEvoy, Suzanne P., and et al. “Role of Mobile Phones in Motor Vehicle Crashes Resulting inHospital Attendance: A Case-Cross Study.”

BMJ

(2005): 1-5. Print.

McEvoy takes a different approach to conducting their study. They develop a study thatinvolves people who have personally been in crashes and resulted in hospitalizationresulting from a cell phone. They did a case-crossover to help aid their experiment as well.Details were looked at like phone records before and after the crash. This source will givemuch insight to how devastating cell phone use while driving can be. This article has greatstructure and will surely give me factual details to support my theory.

Nelson, Erik., Paul Atchley, and Todd D. Little. “The Effects of Perception of Risk andImportance of Answering and Initiating a Cellular Phone Call While Driving.”

Accident Analysis and Prevention

41 (2009): 438-44. Print.