text: I believe people should not have their phone in their hands or looking at it while they drive because it distracts them from the road. The correlation between phone usage and accidents is 1.6 million crashes every year. Many people don't see it as such a bad thing or a something that is so important but in reality it is. When you stare at your phone for just second while driving that can cause you to not pay attention to anything that can happen around you.