By: Nyjeei
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n Essy Subject:
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ould you chnge o
intoduce to
educe cccidents?
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Let’s
dmit it…e
ll hve texted
hile diving, o
tken
cll
hile diving, o
just hve been dist
cted on ou
phonehile d
iving behind theheel. H
vee eve
e
lly stopped to the considethe possible d
ngee e povoking on the d
ives
nd pedesti
ns ound us? The Ntion
l Sfety Council
epots th
t cell phone usehile d
iving leds to 1.6 million c
shes
ye. 1 out of evey 4 c
ccidents in the United Sttes is c
used by textingnd d
iving. It is poven th
t diving
hile usingcell phone
educes themount of b
in
ctivityssoci
tedith d
iving by 37%,nd mo
e thn 3,000 teens die e
ch ye fom c
shes c
used by textinghile d
iving.t
ny given momentc
ossme
ic,
ppoxim
tely 660,000 dive
s e using cell phones om
nipulting elect
onic deviceshile d
iving.nothe
bffling st
tistic I fell upon s tht texting
hile diving is six times mo
e likely to cuse
nccident th
n diving
hile dunk. These st
tistics need to be loe
ed,nd ch
nge needs to hppen to p
otect ouselves. Cu
ent l
s
e not stopping individu
ls fom utilizing thei
cell phones, so nel
s need to be int
ct to pevent fu
thet
gedies.
l Iould int
oduce toeduce c
ccidents is fom
ndting c
comp
nies selling in the United Sttes to inst
ll Bluetooth systemsithin thei
cs, enbling specific p
iing bet
een the phonend c
hichould ultim
tely led to b
ief disble of the phone until the c
is stopped
nd sitched to p
k o
entiely tu
ned off. Tody, m
ny moden c
s h
ve Bluetooth systemsithin thei
dshbo
ds
lloing phones to p
iith the c sound system to ply music, t
ke phone clls,
ed text mess
ges,nd etc.
s technologydv
nces, c compnies
e finding ne
ys to povides d
ives
ith convenience. The l I popose, fo
ces dive
s to sty off thei
phonesnd focus on the
od.
question you my be
ondeing is, ho
ill
e implement the Bluetooth disble system into c
s th
t dive
s e cuently using?n ide
I hve is fo
the fedel govenment to p
ovide funded mnd
tes to the sttes, fo
cing them to povide
esticted money to d
ives
lloing d
ives to get thei
Bluetooth systems instlled to thei
c. To check if the system is instlled
ndo
king pope
ly, DMV employeesill check the system eve
y ye duing vehicle
egisttion. Systems cn be
s smll
sn
iconditione
vent,nd e
silypplied to the
iing of the
dio.
nothequestion you m
y hve is,
ht if the
e isn eme
gencynd I need to
nse
text o
cll
hile Im d
iving? The simple pocess of pulling ove
the cnd putting it in p
k
ill tnsmit ve fequencies f
om the c to the phonello
ingccess to the phone to compens
te fothe eme
gency. C compnies
ill hve the leisu
e of the instlling systems
hee phone c
lls cn be
nse
ed by the touch ofbutton on the stee
ingheel,
nd text messges c
n bee
dloud
ithin the speke
s of the clso by
simple button on the steeing
heel. Mny people
lso use theiphones to pl
y music, but you my ponde
hopeople
e going to h
veccess to thei
phones to ply the music.
s the Bluetooth system hs p
ied the phone
ith the c, the entie lib
y of musicill be of use on the d
shbodcont
ol sceen
ndble to cont
olithin buttons on the stee
ingheel o
contols
ithin the dio system.nothe
common fetu
eithin ou
devices tht
e utilizehile d
iving is obtining GPS di
ections fom ou
pplic
tions.s my l
t
kesy the notion of h
ndling the devicehile d
iving, dive
sill still h
ve thebility to n
vigte
ith the GPSs the
ppliction
ill still be plying th
ough the speke
s of the cs the phone is p
ied
nd ptilly dis
bled. To thooughly unde
stnd ho
the Bluetooth disble fe
tue
ill hlt d
ives f
om using theiphones,
e hve to b
ek do
n the technologicl
spect of my popos
l. Bluetooth technology is ieless
lten
tive to dt
cbles by exch
nging dt
using dio tnsmissions, it isst
ndd fothe sho
t-ngei
eless inteconnection of cellul
phones, compute
s,nd othe
electonic devices.
s the c stts, dio fequencies f
om the Bluetooth hde
ill tnsmit ve tnsmissions fom the c
to the device
utomtic
lly pi
ingithout the consent of the d
ive. The d
iveill hve the ple
sue of
elying on the c to pi
the device.s the p
iing is complete, the d
iveill hve the
bility to shift the c into the desied ge
nd poceed on
ith theid
y. The vehicleill be
esticted f
om moving untildevice is p
ied
ith the cs consistent noises
ndle
tss
ells
systemtic lock on the ge
stick
ill pevent d
ives f
om diving. If
dive
does not on
device, the could h
vel
edy detected no p
esence ofphone
s the Bluetoothnd cellul
f
equenciesould be
bsentithin the c
.
My p
l is the fi
st step toeducing dist
cted d
ives,
nd loe
ing tgic, esily
voidble
ccidents. It’s evidentithin ou
society tht
e hve t
ouble bttling tempt
tions tons
ephone c
lls,espond to text mess
ges,nd h
ndle othet
sksithin ou
devices. My l povides
foundtion fo
technologic
ldv
ncementithin c
s th
t cn
evolutionize theuto indust
y by poviding d
ives
ithe
ssunce in sfety. F
miliesho h
ve lost loved ones fom dist
cted d
iveccidentsill obt
inpe
ce of minds they c
n continue in life knoing initi
tives hve been t
ken to end thiseoccu
ing issue.