text: The statistics do not support using a phone while driving. In fact, 1.6 million crashes on average per year are caused by phone use while driving while 390 thousand injuries are caused by these crashes and 3 thousand deaths are averaged between them respectively. (Edgar synder and assc. pg.1) The amount of people that are distracted while driving is even higher than the accident rate, with surveys conducted having an average of 30% of answers admittedly stating distraction while driving is common for these drivers. Unfortunately, watching Netflix, youtube or other streaming apps while driving is something done regularly, which is extremely dangerous to other people around them. It is 8 times more likely for a crash to occur when reaching for any object while driving, and even eating and drinking increases the risk by 3 times. Eating and drinking while driving is much more common than watching streaming apps. However, recklessness like that causes many accidents, which could have been avoided by being responsible.