Dangers of Texting and Driving---Erin

Texting and driving, what a deadly accident this can cause. I believe this activity should be banned for all ages in the driver's seat, because this not only applies to teenagers but adults too. Currently about 20 states have made texting and driving illegal. Iowa has not made it a law yet, but I think there should be a law passed banning text messaging while driving. Although texting and driving is very dangerous to anyone on the road, some people feel it is necessary to be in-contact with someone else while driving.
One reason why people cannot stop texting while driving is because they always want to be in touch with the outside world. Even though it can cause harm to someone other than themselves, people still keep texting. An example of someone dangering others while texting according to "Time" is of a man driving a trolley in Boston. While he was texting, he slammed into another trolley. Even though people say they are only going to look at their phone for a second, it is enough time to cause an accident. Since people travel at higher speeds, it does not take very long for someone to travel length of a football field in about five seconds. Although not many people think a car accident can happen that fast, it can only take a second to look down at a phone, cross the median, and hit a car head-on.
I do not believe cell phones should be banned in a vehicle. When someone is talking on a cell phone, they are less likely to cause a crash than someone texting. Also many new gadgets have come about to help make this task hands free. I do not think a cell phone for just teens would be effective. In a "Time" article, it explains how it would be difficult to target one age group, because not all police officers know if they are using their cell phone legal or illegal by their age division. I believe that if texting and driving was publicized more, then more people would stop the use of texting if they were haunted by the deadly results.