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Glass everywhere, cars tuned over all because of a cell phone. Many teens are getting in accidents because of the usage of cell phones while driving. As times change cell phones do the opposite. Cell phones have been the problem while driving for years. Mostly the inexperienced drivers should not use their phones while driving because they cause accidents which lead to injuries, death, and jail time.

 Any phone usage while driving causes accidents which are 25% of all accidents (Edgar Snyder). When these car accidents occur most of them become injuries. “The first study of drivers texting inside their vehicles shows that the risk sharply surpasses the dangers of other driving distractions” (Ritchell). Finding this shocked many people because people because people felt like they could be in danger of being injured at anytime. Half a million people were injured in 2008 from being distracted by drivers using cell phones need to become totally illegal to use while driving they are too dangerous.

 Driving using a phone can also lead to killing. Almost 6,000 people were killed due to phone usage while driving (Snyder). Deaths because of phone usage in teens are the highest because they are inexperienced. Not only are teens killing in car accidents but adults do it as well for same reasons teens do. Killing can also lead to the jail time or other charges being brought up. Death can be the affect of using a phone while driving. “45 percent of Americans said they’ve been hit or nearly hit by a driver on a cell phone” (Saletan). Most of these people we pedestrians who were walking. If a full speed car were to hit them head on they would be killed most likely.

 “25 People died and 130 were injured in a train crash near Los Angeles. The cause, apparently, was a cell phone” (Saletan). Not only are car crashes killing people using cell phones, but trains have been involved in phone related crashes as well. Following the death of a love one someone is always at fault. When someone is at fault they usually tried with manslaughter. In New Delhi if you talk on the phone you can be given 6 months in jail. This has brought down their accidents due to cell phones dramatically. This law needs to be used as a law in the U.S because then maybe people would take phone usage while driving seriously.

 Cell phones should not be allowed in the U.S while driving. Although, “Young people were telling us, ‘It needs to be more shocking, it needs to be more violent” (Clifford) that is true but at the same time there are a lot of videos that show graphic pictures and teens still continue to use their phones. Phones need to be taken out of the youths daily driving because they cause problems such as injuries, deaths, and even jail time. Communities need to talk to their states’ representatives and talk to them about the laws concerning phones while driving.