text: In 2018 4,637 people died in car crashes due to cell phone use. In my opinion I say that people should not use their cell phone while driving. People lose their lives everyday just because of a single text or phone call. Researchers have come to a conclusion that using your phone while driving is 6x dangerous than driving drunk. If you answer or check a text that could take about 5 seconds but if you are traveling 65 mph while doing that who knows what can happen in those seconds. 94 percent of drivers support a ban on texting while driving .74 percent of drivers support a ban on hand-held cell phone use. The fact that those numbers do not equal out are problem and this is why I do not agree that people should be allowed to use their phone while driving.