Just five seconds of looking at your phone while driving could end multiple lives. Texting while driving is the number one cause of distracted driving, which can raise your chances of getting in a car crash by as much as twenty-five percent.

According to the official Texting and Driving Safety website, about thirty- percent of teens (ages sixteen too seventeen) have texted while driving. In addition, fifty-two percent of teens have talked on the phone while driving.

Forty-eight percent of young adults and kids have seen their parents talk on the phone while driving. On average, forty-eight percent of kids (ages twelve to seventeen) have been in a car where the driver has texted while driving.

A small amount of adults have admitted to sending or receiving texts while driving.

Ann Brenoff, Senior Columnist at The Huffington Post, states in her article about texting or answering calls while driving, “It turns out teenagers aren’t the only ones who text and drive. Middle aged drivers do it too…”

Brenoff also states, “Middle aged drivers continued to use their mobile phones… they felt a pressure to answer a call from the office.”

Texting while driving causes 1,600,000 accidents per year and 3,330,000 injuries per year. In addition, texting while driving causes twenty-five percent f car accidents.

The National Conference of State Legislature’s official website shows that 46 states have a text messaging ban for all drivers, all ages.

Fourteen states prohibit all drivers from using cell phones while driving.

These states prohibit texting while driving by stating the consequences in their city laws.

“It Can Wait” is a pledge you take to not text while driving.

Texting while driving isn’t worth possibly taking someone’s life.

Take the “It Can Wait” pledge at www.itcanwait.com/pledge .