Why People Should Ban The Use Of Cell Phones While Driving

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There Needs to be a Ban against Cell Phones While Driving According to a Harvard University study, cell phones cause over 200 deaths and half a million injuries each year. I believe that every state in the United States should have a law that bans the use of cell phones while driving. When people use their cell phones while driving they could have a car crash or get a ticket because they are paying more attention to the phone than to the road. People are distracted from the road when they are trying to find their phone, texting or dialing. I also believe that there should be a ban on hands-free headsets while driving. People who use their cell phones while driving have an increased risk of getting into a wreck or getting a ticket. One day I was driving on the interstate while talking on my cell phone and I didn’t notice that it had become a construction area and I was pulled over for speeding. I truly believe that if I was not on the phone I would have noticed that I had came to a construction zone and would have not received that ticket. I, like many people, get so involved in the conversations on the phone that we pay less attention to the road without noticing. If there was a very important call that you had to make you should pull over and make it instead of taking a risk of getting into a wreck. People get distracted when they look away from the road while trying to find their cell phone, or while texting, or when dialing a phone number. People who are messing with their phones can only have one hand on the wheel because their other hand is on the phone and that can be very dangerous. When someone is dialing the phone or texting they have to take their eyes off of the road and it is so dangerous to take your eye off of the road for a second and it isn’t worth taking that risk for a cell phone. It is very hard to concentrate on the road and text at the same
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