The effect of cell phones on traffic accidents

Both the reading passage and the lecture are about the effect of cell phones on traffic accidents. The author of the article claims that the extended use of cell phones increases the risk for traffic accidents. Talking on cell phones distracts the driver's attention from the road and hence increases the risk for accident. The author mentions that many countries restrict the use of cell phones while driving for those reasons.

The lecturer, however, thinks that it is not accurate to blame the use of cell phones in all of the traffic accidents. He says that the reason for 80% of traffic accidents are driver's attention, but the use of cell phones is not the only reason for that. The lecturer mentions researches that found that other activities, such as eating or talking to other people in the car, cause more problems in the attention of the drivers.

Moreover, cell phones contribute to the safety of the people on the road. The lecturer says that more than 100,000 emergency calls accepted are received every day. Those calls save the lives of many people.

He concludes that we do need to be careful with the use of cell phones while driving, but also remember the positive sides of them.

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Great job!  Hardly any errors.  You did a wonderful job of showing both people's arguments, as well.