text: Texting or speaking on a mobile phone while driving is distracting to a driver of a vehicle. These types of distractions may cause drivers to lose focus of the road or their surroundings which can ultimately endanger the driver and others. Talking to people, while operating a vehicle increases one's distraction. Conversations, by mobile phone, while driving, can be emotionally charged which only decreases awareness on the road, its rules and other drivers on the road. Cell phone distraction rates, due to texting or speaking while driving, are at an all-time high. Taking one's eye off the road or removing a hand off the steering wheel significantly increases the chance of an unnecessary car accident. It is not only the responsibility of the driver with a cell phone, but the individual on the other end of the conversation, to be respectful of the need for a driver to have complete focus while driving. At one time, cell phones did not exist, so it is imperative that conversations between people are held before or after a person is no longer operating a vehicle. There are state laws which have recently passed that impose fines, upon individuals, for cell phone abuse, such as texting while driving.