and the cognitive distraction significantly increases the crash risk. Sure a cell phone would let you know there is possibly a family emergency, but you don't want to become that family emergency.
The second reason cell phones are dangerous to everyone if you're texting and driving is that you’re distracted.
If you are distracted while driving you could crash into another car or even a pole, sign or anything that is not moving around you. in fact in the article “ The Science Behind Distracted Driving “ (The Science Behind page 139) is says “ they are not looking at the road. They are not staying in their lane. And they are missing traffic lights “ all of that means they are texting and driving, which is causing them to be distracted and do bad things.
The third reason cell phones are dangerous to everyone if you are texting and driving is that you could crash. You could crash because you are distracted and not focused on the road. You could hit a pole or a person or another car. Also if you are distracted you can and most likely will kill someone else. in fact in the article Parents share sons fatal text message to warn against texting and driving it says on page 137 that in a split second you could ruin your future, injure or kill others and tear a hole in the hearts of everyone who loves
you.
In conclusion, cell phones can bring about your untimely death. We need stricter laws to lower the death rate caused by texting and driving. Yea those laws would make it difficult to stay in touch with your family, but nothing someone would text you is more important that you life or someone else's. So please put away your cell phone before you get on the road.