text: Although texting and driving puts you at risk of fines, jail time, or even DEATH, there are other alternatives; like the "Hands-Free Driving" that persuades people into buying phone stands for their cars. With the phone stand, the phone is either at eye-level below the rear view mirror or down to the side either on your left or right. By simply moving the phone to a different angle, people think that it's simply going to reduce the risk of texting and driving. The "Old" way of texting and driving was to have the phone in a position where your eyes weren't even near the road, but now the "new and improved" texting and driving now has your peripherals as your safeguard from motor accidents. The main issue with "distracted driving" specifically texting and driving was not that your hands not being on the wheel was causing accidents; it was that people's eyes were on their phone screen instead of the road. "Hands-Free" texting and driving only solves a minor part of a major problem. Before "Hands-Free '' texting and driving was more of a sharpened skill because of the task of averting your hand(s) and eyes to type a message all without running into oncoming traffic or running into anyone else. In short, "hands-free" isn't a safe alternative to texting and driving.