Impacts of usage of cell phones and call texting on UAE drivers

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Impacts of usage of cell phones and call texting on UAE drivers

Since the introduction of mobile phones, the order of life has been eased in society. This is because they are helpful in communication with the various individuals in the community, such as family members, the different management individuals, and the communication among the various business stakeholders. As Chandrasekaran et al. (154) detailed, this increases the efficiency of conducting business each day. In addition, to communication, mobile phones are also used for entertainment purposes through various features; internet browsing, audio and video recording, apps and games, as well as a music player and Television. In modern society, mobile phones have been modified for various uses in society such as in the transport industry, as exemplified in the United Arab Emirates. Mobile phones have increased the effectiveness of the transport services to the various residents and tourists in the United Arab Emirates as they can link with the customers through multiple apps and sites. However, the usage of mobile phones presents a looming catastrophe in the safety of the various road users ((Bendak et al. 540). This is because the drivers are involved in the call texting while driving or parked in a jam. This, therefore, inculcates to the development of the background research question; impacts of the usage of call texting and phones on drivers among the drivers in the United States. This academic attire will detail the various implications of mobile phone usage and call texting among the drivers in the United Arab Emirates.

Methods

The data provided by the traffic monitor (Closed-Circuit television) under the consent of the ministry of transport form a substantial basis for this study. This because these traffic monitors are able to keep a record of the various minute occurrences on the road and enable the data transmission to the central data collection center. The data from the ministry of road under road safety also backs up this report as it considers the causes of the various road transport accidents reported in the United Arab Emirates. These secondary data sources will be supplemented by primary sources, which will entail interviewing the different drivers on mobile phones and the multiple pedestrians on the driver usage of the mobile phones and call texting. However, the resource backup is limited to the various limitations of the CCTV footage coverage and the Road safety data source coverage.

Results and discussion

Easy communication between drivers and target passengers 

Call texting, and mobile phone usage in the United Arab Emirates has been beneficial to the drivers. This is because of the vast innovation in public transport through mobile applications (Chandrasekaran et al. 154). The modern invention in cell phone usage allows for a faster link between the drivers and the passengers, especially those using the taxi mode of transport, which has been currently linked through online software such as Uber, which boasts of a share in the taxi transport services. Through the application, both the driver and the passenger are able to communicate, and hence the customer can request a ride at their convenience thanks to the mobile innovation. The new platform also offers the various individuals sharing the same destination to be accommodated in one transport taxi at their convenience hence increasing the income to the drivers (Chandrasekaran et al. 158). The usage of the mobiles also enables the drivers to entertain the pedestrians through streaming of music while driving to the various client destination.

Distractions

While driving, various tasks are a priority to guarantee the safety of the driver and the passengers within the vehicle. These tasks include the stability control of the car as well as monitoring of the driving environment. These core activities are associated with the driver’s manual operation, and visual focus; hence, texting and mobile usage present a hazard to the drivers (Bendak et al. 536). The rise of mobile phones by drivers in the United Arab Emirates has led to increased distractions while driving. According to updated traffic statistics, the total eyes-off-road time being recorded at 33.1% and 59.5%, respectively, as the driver undertakes to answer the questions and the hand engagement in the dialing operations. Mobile phones hence account for the vast cause of the manual-visuals distractions while driving among the various United Arab Emirates drivers. This is because the drivers are engaged in communication to the next passenger anticipating destiny after taking the onboard passenger to their destination. The drivers could also be engaged in surfing music for entertainment hence causing the distraction to the driver driving (Bendak et al. 538). The net impact of the distraction usually leads to other devastating has implications in the road transport such as taking the wrong route and unnecessary traffic since one could have forgotten they were on traffic which has already moved.

Impairment of visual information processing

Due to the increased distraction while driving, the ability to process visual information is also impaired. The normalcy of the drivers to using the mobile phones frequently impairs with the drivers attention and consequently interfering with the information processing. When this type of interaction with the phone is high, the level of distraction also increases hence interference with the processing of the driving environment information (Zhang et al. 1464). The attention accordingly shifts in this particular context leading to the interference with the driver’s management behavior as well as environmental monitoring possibility. Although the conversion is auditory and driving tasks visual, the thinking distractions consequently impair the observable behavior in addition to the driver’s visual memory. This has culminated in the sluggish visualization of the information as well as the insensitivity in the undertaking of the control operations and monitoring of the driving environment (Bendak et al. 539). The driver engagement has thus led to the physiological disturbance as illustrated in the increased heartbeats, which are less different from driving under the influence.

Increased number of accidents

The increased distraction accrued from call texting and usage of mobile phones has led to the increased chances of the occurrence of various cases of accidents along the road. According to the multiple statistics updated by the national safety of the United Arab Emirates, the hand-held calls as well as sending and receiving messages led to a substantial decrease in the driver’s speed. This leads to decreased chances of stability and headway distance, leading to accidents from the various oncoming traffic from behind (Zhang et al. 1464). The reduced stability has led to the increased lateral deviation as well as the rate of frequency of changing lanes as well as lateral stability. Simultaneously, the ability of the driver to recognize and react to environmental changes is compromised, and response is slowed down. Therefore, due to the limited adherence to the external environment, the drivers are engaged in accidents on the roads due to their distracted attention to mobile phone usage. 

Interference to the self-adjustment among the drivers

 Due to the increased distraction by the phone among the drivers, the level of self-adjustment in response to the various external surrounding changes is interfered with. This is because call texting involves searching for the contact to communicate with, dialing, and talking, a process that is likely to take time (Zhang et al. 1464). During this time, the drivers are less likely to self-adjust to the various environmental hazard occurrence at such a particular time. This is due to the higher attention being generated towards the phone rather than their driving habits. This, therefore, leads to the increased chances of accident occurrence.

Conclusion

Ultimately, the invention of mobile phones has been so beneficial in society. This is because the invention has come along with the various advantages due to its application mainly to the transport industry where it is being used to link the passengers to the drivers, especially in the taxi transport, which has led to the effectiveness in the transportation. However, there have been various disadvantages attached to mobile phone usage and call texting, such as the diverted attention and consequently distractions. This is because the drivers in the United Arab Emirates are engaged in maneuvering through the road as well as taking care of the various distractions in the external environment. This explains the increased number of accidents in the United Arab Emirates, increment in visual interpretation and processing hence culminating in the delayed self-adjustment by the drivers to the various external changes on the road among the drivers as outlined above.

Works cited

Bendak, Salaheddine, et al. “Is the use of mobile phones while driving reaching alarming rates? A case study.” Transportation letters vol.11, no. 10, 2019, pp. 535-541.

Chandrasekaran, Lakshmi, Annie Crookes, and Terry C. Lansdown. “Driver situation awareness–Investigating the effect of passenger experience.” Transportation research part F: traffic psychology and behavior vol. 61, 2019, pp. 152-162.

Zhang, Lanfang, et al. “Effect of using mobile phones on driver’s control behavior based on naturalistic driving data.” International journal of environmental research and public health vol. 16, no. 8, 2019, pp.1464.

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