Assignment 5

The evidence presented by the author was based on facts. The main idea of the article was that driving while talking on the cell phone is more dangerous and likely to get into an accident than driving while drunk. According to the Utah study people who drive while using a cell phone tend to be sluggish and drunk drivers tend to be aggressive. The signal words that helped me locate my answers were: like, were, while, and, is. The use of a hands-free cell phone while driving is just as dangerous as the use of a handheld cell phone because drivers are still not paying any attention to their driving but are to the conversation. The position that the cell phone industry holds is that the people are to blame because they are not focused and not the cell phone.