Safety Risks Associated with Auto Drivers using Phones when Driving

Prompt for Informational Report—
Goal: This is a report generated by you, a researcher at the Verizon Wireless Phone Company, to be delivered to the CEO for Verizon. This is written in narrative (not outline) style. (It’s based on the outline we developed in class discussion.)
Assignment: The CEO is concerned about increasing reports of safety risks associated with auto drivers using our hands-free cellular phones while driving. He/she/they have asked us:

1. to report on the safety risks involved with using phone hands-free while driving
2. to provide evidence of those safety risks—be it data, survey research, expert opinion, or anecdotes
3. to report on the solutions that have been employed to counter those safety risks—be they legal approaches, workplace regulations, technological fixes, public education campaigns, or other approaches
4. to provide evidence of the effectiveness of those approaches—be it data, survey research, expert opinion, or anecdotes
   (If you’re unable to find evidence of an effective solution, perhaps there is a historical precedent that convinces you a particular solution could work. For example, evidence might suggest that strategies used to promote seatbelt use could be effective on promoting safer use of cellphones too…)
   This report is to be no longer than 2.5 pages double spaced. This is an example format for the report:
   I. Introduction (concisely set up the challenge—note the model introduction posted on Canvas)

II. PROBLEM

1. Cognitive Distraction (WITH EVIDENCE)
2. Physical Distraction (WITH EVIDENCE)
   III SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TRIED TO SOLVE EACH OF THESE PROBLEMS
3. Solutions to Cognitive Distractions
   (possibly legal approaches (WITH RESULTS OF THIS APPROACH), tech approaches (WITH RESULTS OF THIS APPROACH), public education approach (WITH RESULTS OF THIS APPROACH))
4. Solutions to Physical Distractions
   (possibly legal approaches (WITH RESULTS OF THIS APPROACH), tech approaches (WITH RESULTS OF THIS APPROACH), public Education approach (WITH RESULTS OF THIS APPROACH)) IV CONCLUSION (In an Informational Report, this is only a summary of your findings—NOT an opinion of what Verizon should do.)
   Include Section Heads, to introduce the Problem Section and the Solution Section. (See the posting on Canvas) These section heads should be boldfaced, so they separate sections and make reading the report easier on the eye. They are one line, summarizing the section to follow.
   This is NOT a document that defends Verizon, introduces marketing strategies, considers political or legal strategies. It simply reports the safety problem of consumers using our product while driving, solutions that have been employed to reduce those safety problems, or solutions that could yet be employed to reduce those safety problems.
   Citations are included within the body of the paper, at bottom of same page. (See posting on Canvas) There is to be no source page attached to the end of the paper. Citations are designed to be read easily and quickly. If in print, they should include the publication name, article name, and date of publication; if on the web, they should include the URL.
   Keep this report factual—this is NOT an opinion paper.
   Provide evidence of all assertions.
   Provide sources for all data.
   This paper is to be written clearly, logically, and concisely.