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You are three times more likely to get in a car accident while texting

Cell phones are involved in 18% of all distracted deaths

Texting and driving is most dangerous due to yours eyes off the road and your hands off the wheel

500,000 adults a year get hurt as a result from texting and driving

In 2011 23% of car crashes involved cell phones. That's 1.3 million crashes.

13% of people from the age of 18 to 20 in a car accident admitted to texting while driving

The smallest amount of time a txt message can take your eyes off the road is 5 seconds

77% of young adults are confident that they can text and drive safely

55% of young claim that it is easy to text and drive

Zweifel Westerkamp