Did you know that most accidents today are caused by distracted drivers? Although the use of cell phones is prohibited while driving, people continue to use them illegally, resulting in many accidents. There are many ways to be considered a distracted driver, such as texting, using a cell phone, talking to others in the car, combing your hair, watching a video, adjusting car settings, eating and/or drinking, and reading maps or books. How has texting affected the number of wrecks in the United States? “The government says 3,092 people died in one year in “distraction-influenced” crashes, a recently refined measurement meant to count the effect of texting, calling or simply answering a cell phone while driving. There was one crash for every 11 traffic deaths in the United States.” www.content. usaday.com. One way to put an end to texting and driving is to educate others about the danger it causes. Approximately 421,000 people were injured in a car accident involving a distracted driver during the year 2012. Overall, to stop texting wrecks is to let others text you or wait until when you have not reached the designated location to respond.How Does the Cell Phone Ban Law Affect Driver Behavior? Study shows that people who talk on cell phones tend to be less safe drivers, says a new MIT study that included a test drive. Studies also say that you can get the driver away from the cell phone but you can't get the behavior away from the driver “www.news.sciencemag.org/2012/08/why-cellphone-bans-dont-work”. These also involve 108 people, equally divided into three age groups, namely between 20, 40 and 60 years old. As a result, if more people obey the cell phone ban law while driving, their behavior as drivers will improve and they will not be considered a distracted... middle of paper... .d thing to be considered a distracted driver. It is unsafe to text and drive, use the phone and drive, talk to others in the car and try to concentrate and drive, comb your hair, watch a video and try to drive, adjust car settings and try to concentrate while driving, eating and/or drinking, or even reading a book or map. You should ask someone to do it for you or wait until you have reached the designated area to do what you would like to do. Most disasters wouldn't happen if people focused primarily on the roads and not on other things. Works Cited www.content. usaday.com http://www.drdriving.org/articles/distracted.htm http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/brochures/fast_facts/ffdl28.htm www.news.sciencemag.org/2012/08 /why-cellphone-bans-don't-work www.nydailynews.com/new-york/eating-driving-80-car-accidents-study-shows-article-1.427796