Why Must People Text While Driving?

Vermont is the same as any other state. Their are distracted drivers and a lot of it is caused by texting or being on the phone at all. Why must people be on the phone constantly while driving? why can't it wait until you get to the destination that your are going to? 5,474 people die each year form accidents caused by distracted driving and 3,600 of those people were killed in an accident caused by the use of a cell phone.

An 18 year old girl named Emma Veira from Vermont hit a 52 year old woman walking her dog due to texting and driving. The woman was in critical condition and the dog ended up dying. Emma still denies that she was texting but police looked up her text messages and proved that she was texting at the time she struct the woman. Emma could now serve up to 15 years in jail. If this girl wasn't texting, none of this would of happened. Don't use your cell phone while driving.

A Deadly Addiction or: How I Learned to Stop Texting + Driving and Learned to Be Safe (in Vermont)

Are there problems enforcing this no texting-while-driving policy? What 'drives' people to do it?

"Distracted Driving Laws" They do exist in Maine!

So it's clear to me that almost everyone in this world thinks texting while driving is worth it. Well guess what? It's not at all. People are getting killed because of this and it needs to stop now! Maine now has the "distracted driving" laws. Maine's cell phone law was enacted in 2003. The reason and point of these laws is to get people to stop doing what they are doing. Texting while driving or even just answering a phone call is very dangerous. Not only are you risking your life but you're also risking the life of everyone else around you. A lot of innocent people are dying from it. Do you know anyone who texts while driving? Do you try to get them to stop? I bet you didn't know that there has been 12,000 crashes each year due to distracted driving. That is absolutely ridiculous. Maine sets fines up to $500 for distracted driving. Distracted driving means doing something that is unnecessary while driving. A phone call or a text is not worth someones life!