It depends which country you're talking about. There are many countries where it's still legal to text and drive. Here in the UK, it's always been possible you could be charged with 'dangerous driving' if you caused an accident and it could be proved you were texting at the time.
The year, make, model and engine info would help.
well as you know there is a high risk of injury when driving. But i will take a rough estimate that 2 teens start driving every year.
The year was 1990's when the first text message was ever sent out.
178,000 babies die each year from texting and driving.
Yes, extremely. It is a major distraction and causes a large number of crashes every year around the world, all of which could be avoided if the person either pulled over and then read/wrote the text or waited until they were at journey's end.
The driving age where you live is the same no matter when you were born.
If they were texting and they died, then how would you know? The phone would probably be broken or depending on if they had started the text may appear as if they were talking on the thing.
Last year, 2012.
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