text: Additionally, when driving a car, the driver should be alert and paying attention to their surroundings. The driver should not be dialing, sending a text, or reading Facebook because it stops the driver's concentration from the road. Texting while driving is the cause of more than 58% of crashes involving teen drivers. Life is more important than "I'm close or an OMG" text! It takes five seconds to send a text and five seconds to be the cause of a crash, that can hurt or endanger the lives of other people. The National Safety Council reports that cellphone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year and nearly 390,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting and driving. One out of every four car accidents in the United States is caused by texting and driving.