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Karla J. Madriles
Rhetoric & Composition I 1301
Feliciano Arrieta
University of Texas at EL Paso
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Cook, J. L., & Jones, R.M. (2011). "Texting & accessing the web while driving: Traffic citations
& crashes among young adult drivers" Traffic Injury Prevention. Taylor & Francis
Group, 12:6, 545- 549. doi: 10.1080/15389588.2011.620999
Dr. Jerry L. Cook from the California State University and Dr. Randall M. Jones from the Utah
State University, conducted an experiment on undergraduate students of three campuses to find
a correlation between texting and driving simultaneously. Through a State Farm survey, 3 out of
4 drivers reported to have texted while driving, forming a correlation with the increase in the
amount of any recent accidents or citations. Drivers using a phone was found to be more
dangerous than using a calculator, writing, looking at a map or reading.
Cook and Jones address to other scholars, their intended audience, the need for improvement and
extension of this investigation to find clearer solution paths. The researchers, distinctively,
provide statistics and surveys from prestigious companies. Additionally, definitions and graphs
are included to grasp the problem better. Cook and Jones are aware of their limitations, but
manage to use ethical methods such as by not provoking real car accidents. The article appears to
be beneficial by demonstrating a subsequent effect followed by the citations. The outcome is the
great amount of expenses a typical teenager must pay to insurances and police officers. Through

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a Jessor & Jessor's problem behavior theory framework (1977), the analysts find texting and
driving a growing societal concern in traffic fatalities.