Each day approximately nine people die and over 1,000 people are injured because of texting and driving. Although people think it is ok to send one quick message to a friend, that one message could take multiple people's lives.Texting and driving is responsible for many innocent deaths per year, and it needs to stop. Texting and driving is very dangerous and could be punishable by large fines or even jail time, not all states ban texting and driving but most do, thousands and thousands of people are texting behind the wheel at any point of the day.
Texting and driving is a problem in the United States, but not all states prohibit it. In the U.S. Washington D.C and 43 other states ban texting and driving. 1 Four states have
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In the United States most states have fines ranging from $20 to $10,000. The lowest fine for texting and driving is $20 in California. The highest fine is $10,000 in Alaska. Alaska has a larger fine because it is trying to protect the people in their state from serious injury or even death. You could spend up to 2 years in prison if you kill someone while texting and driving. The charge may differ by state from vehicular homicide, to manslaughter, but the fact that you intentionally engaged in a distracting activity is an aggravating factor that gives rise to these type charges, where otherwise you may have been able to avoid the accident or limit the injury caused. 1 Texting and driving may not only hurt another person but it could also hurt you as well. Distracted driving can be extremely dangerous and result in terrible accidents. The severity can range from minor vehicle damage all the way up to a totaled car and devastating injuries or possibly even deaths. 2 Texting and driving can not only get you huge fines and time in the slammer, but more importantly it could severely injure or kill you or someone else. Millions of people text and drive anywhere at any point in the