Texting while driving is a risky
behavior, that can take your life or let you live with the guilt of taking the
life of someone else. There are many of stories of people losing family members
and friends in car crashes from texting and driving, but the issue still seems
unreal to a profuse amount of people. No state bans all cell phone use for all
drivers (http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/cellphone_laws.html).
However there are many rules that pertain to novice drivers, it may seem that
teens are ones that text a massive amount but numerous adults are guilty
themselves.
In this chart you see how many states that have no laws against cellular use while operating a car.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, State Laws on Distracted Driving, available at http://www.distraction.gov/state-laws/ as of September 5, 2011.
Since 30% of the U.S. is still able to get away with using your cell phone at the same time as you are driving, everyone should be aware of the instability of the whole situation. Some may argue and say that they multi task but studies show that the human brain cannot focus on two things simultaneously. Instead, your brain shifts its' focus on the multiple tasks at hand (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95256794). In the moment that your brain is switching, your life could flash before your eyes.
At [http://itcanwait.com/] you can take the pledge to never endanger yourself or others by using cell phones while driving
