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    The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year.
    Nearly 330,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving.
    1 out of every 4 car accidents in the United States is caused by texting and driving.
    Texting while driving is 6x more likely to cause an accident than driving drunk.
    Answering a text takes away your attention for about five seconds. Traveling at 55 mph, that's enough time to travel the length of a football field.
    Texting while driving causes a 400% increase in time spent with eyes off the road.
    Of all cell phone related tasks, texting is by far the most dangerous activity.
    94% of drivers support a ban on texting while driving.
    74% of drivers support a ban on hand-held cell phone use.
    Teen Driver Cell Phone Statistics

    11 teens die every day as a result of texting while driving.
    According to a AAA poll, 94% of teen drivers acknowledge the dangers of texting and driving, but 35% admitted to doing it anyway.
    21% of teen drivers involved in fatal accidents were distracted by their cell phones.
    Teen drivers are 4x more likely than adults to get into car crashes or near-crashes when talking or texting on a cell phone.
    A teen driver with only one additional passenger doubles the risk of getting into a fatal car accident. With two or more passengers, they are 5x as likely.

    https://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-acci...tatistics.html
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    What about eating? Changing radio station? Yelling at kids?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Establishment View Post
    So, cellphone use while not driving, doesn't lead to all of these crashes, then?
    Neither do guns when used by rational responsible citizens, but gun crazed nuts want them banned, confiscated and outlawed. Do you believe in "equal protections" of the law?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Teflon Don View Post
    What about eating? Changing radio station? Yelling at kids?
    I'll be interested in your posting those death statistics. When can I expect to see them?
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