Texting and Driving

TEXTING AND DRIVING ABOUT 660,000 DRIVERS USE CELL PHONES AT ANY GIVEN TIME DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS IN THE UNITED STATES TEXTING WHILE DRIVING MAKES A DRIVER 23X MORE LIKELY TO CRASH * X23 DRIVERS TALKING ON A CELL PHONE ARE 4X MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A CAR ACCIDENT X4 * TALKING ON A CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING CAN MAKE A YOUNG DRIVER'S REACTION TIME AS SLOW AS THAT OF A 70 YEAR OLD ANSWERING A TEXT TAKES AWAY YOUR ATTENTION FOR ABOUT FIVE SECONDS. THAT IS ENOUGH TIME TO TRAVEL THE LENGTH OF A FOOTBALL FIELD R. CashSherpa.com