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Physical Dangers of Mobile Technology

Physical Dangers of Mobile Technology. By Gillian and Tyler. Why mobile usage in the car and while walking is dangerous. T exting while driving Distracting N ot aware of what speed limit H ow close you are to other cars and people. Walking while texting Walk through a red light

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Physical Dangers of Mobile Technology

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  1. Physical Dangers of Mobile Technology By Gillian and Tyler

  2. Why mobile usage in the car and while walking is dangerous. Texting while driving • Distracting • Not aware of what speed limit • How close you are to other cars and people. Walking while texting • Walk through a red light • Walk across a road

  3. To protect yourself to overcome this danger you could: • Not use any technology while in the car • Not use technology while walking in the street If To Prevent this happening to other people. • If you see a person walking with their ear buds in or texting someone go up to them and say to concentrate on the roads and be careful. • The police are also catching out people that are texting while driving.

  4. How could it affect you ? • This could affect us if we: • Were walking to the tram stop and we were texting someone

  5. Experiment • A 2010 experiment with Car and Driver showed that texting while driving had a greater effect on safety than driving drunk. •Unimpaired: .54 seconds to brake •Legally drunk: add 4 feet •Reading e-mail: add 36 feet •Sending a text: add 70 feet

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  7. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=road+distractions+add&view=detail&mid=8B122267DFDAE76A50648B122267DFDAE76A5064&first=0&FORM=NVPFVR http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tac+ads+&view=detail&mid=2E8BE3DB3A043CF93CC22E8BE3DB3A043CF93CC2&first=0&FORM=NVPFVR http://www.tac.vic.gov.au/ http://www.onlineschools.com/in-focus/driving-while-intexticated

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