Texting and driving puts innocent lives at risk every day, Higher risk than drunk drivers. However, some people feel that creating a law against phone usage is violating personal rights. Others feel that banning someone from using their cell phones is equivalent to telling someone that they can't adjust their radio or talk to someone else in their car. However, using a phone, whether talking or texting, while driving can be dangerous to your family or friends in the car including you and the people of your surroundings. All of the damage you could cause and all that has been caused in the past can and still could be avoided by simply pulling over. There are so many places to stop over and relax while you drink something and respond to the text where it is safe. If everyone turned their phone off before getting in the car, then there would be no worries about feeling the urge or need to pick up the phone and risk lifes. Research shows that while on the phone, crash risk quadruples.

Well-enforced traffic laws have been a highly effective countermeasure for reducing risky driving behaviors and the associated crashes, deaths, and injuries. However, it is not clear that laws limiting drivers' cellphone use are having the same beneficial effects. The research on the effects of driver cellphone and texting bans found mixed results. Even though the law has passed people are still going to text and drive but it helped a little and scared a few younger people being a law.