Cell phones make life so much easier, don’t they? Not while you’re driving, texting and driving is illegal but I think talking on a non-hands-free phone is just as bad. You need two hands on the wheel, most people don’t do this but it is very important for maintaining control of your vehicle. There are other perks to using hands-free devices. It will be easier to pay attention to the road. Struggling with your phone and trying to maintain control of the wheel is very dangerous. Just like texting and driving, which is illegal and talking on a non-hands-free device is just as distracting as texting and driving. According to edgarsnyder.com "The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year". These statistics show how dangerous it is to talk and text and drive. 74% of drivers support …show more content…
Talking on a hand-held cellphone slowed drivers’ reactions to seeing a pedestrian enter a crosswalk by 40 percent compared with no conversation. Too many injuries too many deaths. You would think with so many people supporting the ban on hand-held cell phone use while driving that there would be fewer accidents. According to edgarsnyder.com "In 2012, 3,328 people were killed in distraction-related crashes. And the number of injuries was about 421,000 people were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver. In 2013, the numbers went up. In 2014, 3,179 people were killed, and 431,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers. Drivers under the age of 20 have the highest proportion of distraction-related fatal crashes. Young drivers are at the greatest risk for distracted driving incidents. Some researchers speculate that this is because inexperienced drivers are the most likely to overestimate their ability to multitask. The NHTSA says that in 2009, some 16 percent of teen drivers involved in a fatal crash were reported to have been