2016 Scholarship Essay Finalist, Nyjeeiah Mahal Ganan

By: Nyjeei

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y Subject:

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ould you ch

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int

oduce to

educe c

ccidents?

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     Let’s

dmit it…

e

ll h

ve texted

hile d

iving, o

t

ken

c

ll

hile d

iving, o

just h

ve been dist

cted on ou

phone

hile d

iving behind the

heel. H

ve

e eve

e

lly stopped to the conside

the possible d

ngee e p

ovoking on the d

ive

s

nd pedest

i

ns ound us? The N

tion

l S

fety Council

epo

ts th

t cell phone use

hile d

iving le

ds to 1.6 million c

shes

ye. 1 out of eve

y 4 c

ccidents in the United St

tes is c

used by texting

nd d

iving. It is p

oven th

t d

iving

hile using

cell phone

educes the

mount of b

in

ctivity

ssoci

ted

ith d

iving by 37%,

nd mo

e th

n 3,000 teens die e

ch ye f

om c

shes c

used by texting

hile d

iving.

t

ny given moment

c

oss

me

ic

,

pp

oxim

tely 660,000 d

ive

s e using cell phones o

m

nipul

ting elect

onic devices

hile d

iving.

nothe

b

ffling st

tistic I fell upon s th

t texting

hile d

iving is six times mo

e likely to c

use

n

ccident th

n d

iving

hile d

unk. These st

tistics need to be lo

e

ed,

nd ch

nge needs to h

ppen to p

otect ou

selves. Cu

ent l

s

e not stopping individu

ls f

om utilizing thei

cell phones, so ne

l

s need to be int

ct to p

event fu

the

t

gedies.

l I

ould int

oduce to

educe c

ccidents is fo

m

nd

ting c

comp

nies selling in the United St

tes to inst

ll Bluetooth systems

ithin thei

cs, en

bling specific p

i

ing bet

een the phone

nd c

hich

ould ultim

tely le

d to b

ief dis

ble of the phone until the c

is stopped

nd s

itched to p

k o

enti

ely tu

ned off.      Tod

y, m

ny mode

n c

s h

ve Bluetooth systems

ithin thei

d

shbo

ds

llo

ing phones to p

iith the c sound system to pl

y music, t

ke phone c

lls,

e

d text mess

ges,

nd etc.

s technology

dv

nces, c comp

nies

e finding ne

ys to p

ovides d

ive

s

ith convenience. The l I p

opose, fo

ces d

ive

s to st

y off thei

phones

nd focus on the

o

d.

question you m

y be

onde

ing is, ho

ill

e implement the Bluetooth dis

ble system into c

s th

t d

ive

s e cuently using?

n ide

I h

ve is fo

the fedel gove

nment to p

ovide funded m

nd

tes to the st

tes, fo

cing them to p

ovide

est

icted money to d

ive

s

llo

ing d

ive

s to get thei

Bluetooth systems inst

lled to thei

c. To check if the system is inst

lled

nd

o

king p

ope

ly, DMV employees

ill check the system eve

y ye du

ing vehicle

egisttion. Systems c

n be

s sm

ll

s

n

i

conditione

vent,

nd e

sily

pplied to the

i

ing of the

dio.

nothe

question you m

y h

ve is,

h

t if the

e is

n eme

gency

nd I need to

ns

e

text o

c

ll

hile I

m d

iving? The simple p

ocess of pulling ove

the c

nd putting it in p

k

ill tnsmit ve f

equencies f

om the c to the phone

llo

ing

ccess to the phone to compens

te fo

the eme

gency. C comp

nies

ill h

ve the leisu

e of the inst

lling systems

he

e phone c

lls c

n be

ns

e

ed by the touch of

button on the stee

ing

heel,

nd text mess

ges c

n be

e

d

loud

ithin the spe

ke

s of the c

lso by

simple button on the stee

ing

heel. M

ny people

lso use thei

phones to pl

y music, but you m

y ponde

ho

people

e going to h

ve

ccess to thei

phones to pl

y the music.

s the Bluetooth system h

s p

i

ed the phone

ith the c, the enti

e lib

y of music

ill be of use on the d

shbod

cont

ol sc

een

nd

ble to cont

ol

ithin buttons on the stee

ing

heel o

cont

ols

ithin the dio system.

nothe

common fe

tu

e

ithin ou

devices th

t

e utilize

hile d

iving is obt

ining GPS di

ections f

om ou

pplic

tions.

s my l

t

kes

y the notion of h

ndling the device

hile d

iving, d

ive

s

ill still h

ve the

bility to n

vig

te

ith the GPS

s the

pplic

tion

ill still be pl

ying th

ough the spe

ke

s of the c

s the phone is p

i

ed

nd pti

lly dis

bled.      To tho

oughly unde

st

nd ho

the Bluetooth dis

ble fe

tu

e

ill h

lt d

ive

s f

om using thei

phones,

e h

ve to b

e

k do

n the technologic

l

spect of my p

opos

l. Bluetooth technology is i

eless

lte

n

tive to d

t

c

bles by exch

nging d

t

using dio tnsmissions, it is

st

ndd fo

the sho

t-nge

i

eless inte

connection of cellul

phones, compute

s,

nd othe

elect

onic devices.

s the c stts, dio f

equencies f

om the Bluetooth hd

e

ill tnsmit ve tnsmissions f

om the c

to the device

utom

tic

lly p

i

ing

ithout the consent of the d

ive

. The d

iveill h

ve the ple

su

e of

elying on the c to p

i

the device.

s the p

i

ing is complete, the d

iveill h

ve the

bility to shift the c into the desi

ed ge

nd p

oceed on

ith thei

d

y. The vehicle

ill be

est

icted f

om moving until

device is p

i

ed

ith the c

s consistent noises

nd

le

ts

s

ell

s

system

tic lock on the ge

stick

ill p

event d

ive

s f

om d

iving. If

d

ive

does not o

n

device, the c

ould h

ve

l

e

dy detected no p

esence of

phone

s the Bluetooth

nd cellul

f

equencies

ould be

bsent

ithin the c

.
     My p

opos

l is the fi

st step to

educing dist

cted d

ive

s,

nd lo

e

ing tgic, e

sily

void

ble

ccidents. It’s evident

ithin ou

society th

t

e h

ve t

ouble b

ttling tempt

tions to

ns

e

phone c

lls,

espond to text mess

ges,

nd h

ndle othe

t

sks

ithin ou

devices. My l p

ovides

found

tion fo

technologic

l

dv

ncement

ithin c

s th

t c

n

evolutionize the

uto indust

y by p

oviding d

ive

s

ith

e

ssunce in s

fety. F

milies

ho h

ve lost loved ones f

om dist

cted d

iveccidents

ill obt

in

pe

ce of mind

s they c

n continue in life kno

ing initi

tives h

ve been t

ken to end this

eoccu

ing issue.