According to various studies and reports, over 3,000 people die each year in the United States alone due to accidents involving distracted driving, with a significant portion of these incidents attributed to the use of mobile phones. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) highlights that texting and talking on the phone can significantly impair a driver's attention. Globally, the numbers are even higher, with tens of thousands of fatalities linked to phone-related distractions while driving. It's a critical public safety issue that continues to grow as mobile phone use increases.
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Over 2,600 die and 330,000 get injuried from using their cell phones while driving a year.
No one should use cell phones while driving. Cell phone use while driving has been shown to cause as many accidents as drunk driving, even when hands-free devices are used. Texting while driving is even worse.
Many states in the United States have banned texting on cell phones while driving.
Everybody gets lost while driving once in a while.
In many states, the requirement for drivers is to use hands-free cell phones only to reduce distractions while driving.
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Very very very many 100% A teenager with a cell phone will be texting, some not so much, most inseparable from their cell phones.