Hang Up and Drive Essay -- Persuasive, social reform, Argumentative, c

Imagine my typical workday commute on a casual mid-morning. I’ll be dressed and ready to make the ten mile drive from Vancouver to Portland for work. As I turn the key and back out, I slam the brakes as a green late model Sienna almost T-bones me when I'm clearly half-way out the street. I glare back, like any driver would, and see she is still talking on her phone making her way around me like I was a minor obstacle in her day. I drive out the neighborhood and make my way to the interstate. At the next intersection I get stuck at a light that just turns green while a kid, I can see the â€Å"Class of 2010† writing all around the car, has their head down tapping a text message out and looks up after I chirp my horn. By this time i've developed a touch of impatience that's working its way to road rage and its getting fueled by my commute that brings me across the Glen Jackson Bridge. Numerous times I see the â€Å"triangle†, which is the â€Å" i'm on the phone multi-tasking and I forgot how to drive† pose. I finally make it into work at my last wits. I start to walk in when I almost get mowed down by a fellow coworker. This is the point where I call in to work cause I need a mental health day. Everyone described is the sum product of the problem of driving while using a cell phone. This day was not a dramatization but more of a realization of a problem we have here in the Portland Metro Area. I feel on this short commute my anger was not directed at any certain demographic. There is no age, pay grade, religious affiliation associate with my rage. It is that my fellow commuters disregard their local laws while using their cell phone. My solution would be charge a cell phone user with a primary traffic infraction and implement current technol... ..., David, Frank Drews, and Dennis Couch. "A Comparison of the Cell Phone Driver and the Drunk Driver." A Comparison of the Cell Phone Driver and the Drunk Driver. University of Utah, 04 Mar. 2005. Web. 28 Feb. 2010. . Repko, Melissa. "Oregon Senate passes bill banning driving while using hand-held cell phone | Oregon Local News - OregonLive.com." Oregon Local News, Breaking News, Sports & Weather - OregonLive.com. The Oregonian, 23 June 2009. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. . "Cell Phone Subscribers in the U.S., 1985–2008 Infoplease.com." Infoplease: Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, Thesaurus. Free online reference, research & homework help. Infoplease.com. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. .