text: 1.6 million people die each year from texting and driving. Texting while driving, or touching your phone at all, is now completely illegal in Georgia. This helps the death rate each year go down, but many people in Georgia still use their phones while driving. In addition to this many states, other than Georgia, don't outlaw texting and driving. All states should make it illegal to text while drive, in addition to touching or supporting a hand held device while driving.