More than 5,000 traffic fatalities occur each year due to texting and other distractions. Most states have enacted laws to restrict texting or talking on handheld cell phones, and policymakers face calls for near total ban -even on hands-free communication devices including those built into the dashboards of new cars and heavily marketed by automakers. The State of Texas has yet to pass a law to make hand held communication in the vehicle illegal. Even if more restrictive laws get approved, many motorists would find it hard to set aside the devices (Hosansky). If we accept that distraction holds an issue for traffic safety, can we find a way to decrease the amount of traffic accidents caused by distractions? One way of eliminating driving distractions is to install a no-texting app onto cell phones. Several apps already exist by automatically sending calls to voicemail and silence texts while in a moving vehicle. Some apps also send automated messages, saying “Sorry I cannot take your call right now, I’m driving.” Others allow parents to remotely cut teens’ phone service while driving (New Approaches). Even though these types of apps exist already, and could be very useful, they have been slow to catch on and the state and government likely cannot mandate it because the complaints that such legislation violates personal freedom (New Approaches). The reason behind the app is not to “Violate your freedom”, but to help save your life on the roads. In Texas, there is no law in place to eliminate texting while driving but a couple dozen cities have banned texting while driving. The State of Texas has tried to pass multiple bills but failed each time. The House Bill 63 proposed that the bill would ban typing on a handheld device to send an electronic message while behind the wheel (Chammah). The bill did not pass because people thought it would not help with using a device behind the wheel based on statistics from other states