Why banning the use of cell phones while driving should be mandatory nationwide

Why Banning the Use of Cell Phones While Driving Should Be Mandatory Nationwide?
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TITLE: Why Banning the Use of Cell Phones While Driving Should Be Mandatory Nationwide?
General Purpose: To persuade the relevant agencies to act on reckless driving by coming up with laws to prohibit the cell-phone use for all drivers.Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience of the negative implications that result from using their cell phones while driving.Central idea: Nowadays, cell phone use is critical. People, both the young and the elderly, use phones to communicate, surf, and text. However, just like many technological advances, cell phone usage also has some implications one of them being that of exacerbating an already worse situation of road accidents. Many families have lost their loved ones in road accidents because of cell phones use while driving. That is why it is important for people to understand the negative impacts of driving and take the responsibility when they are driving. The law is the best tool to enforce a mandatory ban on cell phone use while driving.
Introduction
Just like being drunk and driving, cell phone use has been identified as a major precursor to road carnage. Distractions such as one trying to type a text, trying to locate their phone in the purse, or looking for a number while driving can lead to road accidents.
Key point #1: Campaign drives against cell phone use while driving.
Key point #2: Legislating and enforcing strict laws.

Key point #3: Safeguarding life is important.
Body
The body of the Presentation Key Point #1 Many people, especially teenagers, are addicted to cell phones use. That is why it is important to educate them about the ills associated with cell phone use while driving.
Supporting statement and resource: Technology is quite sophisticated nowadays. Cell phone companies have basically created computers in the name of smartphones. It is thus important to create awareness of the danger of cell phone use while driving via media campaigns (Strayer & Frank, 2006).
Supporting statement and resource: Cell phone beeps and the temptation to check the person calling, sent a message, or who put up a picture on social media are the main causes of accidents (Strayer & Frank, 2006). It is thus important to advise people to park their cars before checking on their phones.
The body of the Presentation Key Point #2 Legislating and enforcing strict laws will be another important means of controlling people’s mobile phones’ use while driving.
Supporting statement and resource: Drivers will be told to adhere to the law or risk being given tickets and getting their driving licenses suspended (Sturnquist, 2006).
Supporting statement and resource: Constant cell phone technology changes call for regular law modifications requiring automobile industries to develop cars that are tech-savvy to ease the dangers of cell phone distraction while driving (Farmer et al., 2010).
The body of the Presentation Key Point #3: Using the mobile phone while driving reduces one’s concentration on the happenings on the road.
Supporting statement and resource Talking and texting while driving is a major cause of distraction to the people on the steering wheel (Farmer et al., 2010).
Supporting statement and resource Cell phone use while driving also puts innocent pedestrians and passengers in danger (Sturnquist, 2006).
Conclusion
The use of cell phones while controlling the steering wheel is a major cause of accidents. That is why drivers should keep their phones away when driving to protect themselves, passengers, motorists, and pedestrians from road carnage.
References
Farmer, C. M., Braitman, K. A., & Lund, A. K. (2010). Cell phone use while driving and attributable crash risk. Traffic injury prevention, 11(5), 466-470.
Strayer, D., & Frank, D. (2006). Drivers on Cell Phone Are as Bad as Drunks. U News Center University of Utah, Salt Lake.
Sturnquist, D. M. (2006). Mobile phones and driving. Nova Publishers.