Bent metal, shattered glass, and flashing lights… all for one text. Someone you love or even yourself could be in this life ending and life threatening situation. Cell phone use while driving is extremely dangerous. Texting and driving has been proven so dangerous and life threatening as many as forty-six states have gone as far as banning texting while driving. Many states followed the lead of Washington, by banning texting and driving(Distracted Driving Laws). These forty-six states are hopeful this law is will lower the death rate of texting and driving, however, this is only if the law is followed. Nearly all states include at least one category on police crash forms for distracted driving, this provides the best practice on the distracted driving data collection(Model Minimum Uniform...). This law could help save many lives, including yours. …show more content…
From the online article, Unsafe Driving in the Cell Phone Era, it was stated, “simulations suck the life out of your driving concentration.” This could affect not only how much you are paying attention to the road, but your ability to react when seconds count. Therefore, you should not use your cell phone, while driving. “In a split second you could ruin your future, injure or kill others, and tear a hole in the heart of everyone who loves you”(CBS 137). Sharon Heit, was a mom of a victim from texting and driving. The agony and pain she experienced from her son's fatal death was awful and wants no one else to lose their loved ones to texting and driving. Not only are people talking on the phone “they’re multi-tasking; checking email, updating social media and texting”(KUTV 139). This takes eyes off the road and can seriously injure