Distracted driving is when people concurrently operate a vehicle and engage in non-driving actions that could redirect their attention away from the task at hand, driving. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that in 2009, 450,000 people were wounded and 5,500 people died in car accidents in which distracted driving was a component (Ferdinand, Menachemi, 2014). Although cell phones have become very popular in recent years, a vehicle is not the place for them because the driver could injure himself/herself or another person. They could also get into a car accident, or they could even be pulled over by the police because it is illegal in many states. Consider this, Bobby Valentine, a manager of the Boston Red Sox, tumbled off a bicycle while reading a text from Red Sox All Star second baseman, Dustin Pedroia. Valentine stated that he glanced up , and violently swerved to dodge the umbrellas of two tourists trotting in front of him. His bike then drifted, causing him to lose his balance and lurch to the bottom of a ditch. Valentine admits now that he should not have been texting while riding on his bicycle (Long, 2013). If he could not even text while riding his bicycle without crashing, why do people think it is safe to do in a vehicle? Another good point is though there are restrictions on handheld phones and texting while driving in nearly every state, people still do it. Evidence shows that the act of being reserved in a conversation on a cell phone, rather than holding that cell phone is the primary source of distraction, and therefore of potential injury. Studies show that people recognize the risks of talking on the phone and texting more than they perceive the risks of hands free phones, due to distractions. A recent study by Ohio State University analyzed the number of injuries endured by distracted driving in emergency rooms nationwide from 2004 to 2012 and showed an increase each year. Two-thirds