Cellphone usage while driving has become increasingly controversial as causes for car accidents have been attributed to talking or texting on the phone while driving. In Marueen Dowd's article, she reflects about her own cellphone usage, and about usage in general. The various studies about cellphone usage that Dowd brings up are enlightening. They prove that drivers who talk on their cellphones are as likely to get in a car accident as someone who has been drinking alcohol. Even more frightening is when Dowd shares her personal fear of crashing while in a taxi. If taxi drivers and bus drivers can't be trusted to keep their hands off of their electronics, then who can?
Dowd skillfully maneuvers from cellphone usage in moving vehicles, to cellphone usage in general. Though her observations on society are nothing new, she reiterates the important point that humans are too tech oriented, and one day robots will take over the world. She describes blackberries as creating "self-destructive cravings" and exaggerates, saying "we spiral out of control". Finally, at the end of her article, after mentioning a Will Smith movie and examples of accidents, Dowd gets back to her main point, stating a fine should be put in place for all cellphone users for $10,000.
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