There have been several crashes in the United States and you will find that a majority of them are caused by using your electronic device while driving. Why does the little sound of a notification on your phone make you need to check it immediately? Our brains get a hit of dopamine a chemical that leads to an increase in arousal energizing the reward circuitry in our brains, the dopamine actually takes over the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that judges if something is actually worth doing. You may think that using hands-free when your on the phone is way safer, but actually it is shown to be just as bad. It actually gives you a late reaction time if you were about to get in a crash, almost as if you are DWI (driving while intoxicated). Studies have shown that you can't focus 100% on more than one thing at once. Tibet from the Center for Internet and Technology Addiction made a product called "groove", a device that plugs into your car underneath your seat, groove notifies your phone provider to have all email, text, calls, and social media notifications turned off while driving, he hoped that this would help many people.
This was posted on November 1st by CNN Student news, showing that this problem has really gotten worse, and ways to possible solve this problem. I believe that Tibit's "groove" idea is extremely smart and will help stop so many accidents from happening. I have heard of this topic, but I never knew their was a product to stop you from getting notifications while driving, and I hope that more people will learn about it. This can relate to history because the exact same thing used to happen a long time ago, but it has gotten way worse. I really hope that people will stop using their phones while driving, it is very dangerous for yourself, and other drivers around you.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/31/studentnews/sn-content-tues/
This is really cool! I am very glad to know that we are taking precautions to prevent accidents and protect our people.
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