Traffic Accidents Causd by Texting and Driving

The amount of traffic accidents in the United States has sky rocketed and has been a huge effect in our country. According to the National Safety Council they estimated at least “28% of all traffic crashes, or at least 1.6 million crashes each year are caused by drivers using cell phones and texting. NSC estimates that 1.4 million crashes each year are caused by drivers using cell phones and a minimum of 200,000 additional crashes each year are caused by drivers who are texting.” (Web NSC). This is a true fact that many Americans do not pay attention to and don’t realize how many lives have been ruined by cell phones.
Froetscher said. "There was great progress made in 2009, particularly regarding a broad recognition that texting is dangerous. We now need the same broad consensus that recognizes cell phone use while driving causes even more crashes.” (Web, Froetsher). Froetsher is stating that cell phones do cause accidents and progress has been made where people have realized the hazard of this issue. When people are driving, their cell phone should be placed in their glove box where no distractions will be made and if they do receive a call or text they do not have the temptation of grabbing the phone by looking down to see who has called or texted. A study shows by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration “distracted deaths as a share of all road fatalities increased from 10.9 percent to 15.8 percent from 1999 to 2008, and much of the increase occurred after 2005”(Web NHTSA). If people follow this law, people will concentrate on their driving rather than staring at the phone or being in a deep conservation.
Do you think the amount of traffic accidents will increase if people are still using their phones while driving?