This study is alarming, especially when combined with other studies that prove texting and driving is dangerous and kills. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports distracted driving kills more than 9 people and injures more than 1,060 Americans every day. The Texas Department of Transportation found distracted driving caused more than 81,000 collisions and claimed more than 360 Texans' lives last year. The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute discovered that when drivers text, they are 23 times more likely to crash, and car crashes remain the leading cause of death for U.S. teens.
Twenty four Texas cities currently ban texting while driving. Houston is not one of them.
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