text: Texting and driving has been banned in 47 of the United States, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam. Of those, only 15 states ban completely hand held use of cell phones while driving. Not enough is being done to combat this problem; in spite of these steps taken in the right direction, the statistics surrounding cell phone related car accidents is still far too high. There should be a national level ban of handheld use while driving in the United States.