text: These are the reasons why cell phone usage should be prohibited while driving. It is simply not worth it, you can also be arrested and fined. Also, you can cause hurt and heart ache between family and friends and it can weigh heavily on your conscience financially and mentally. This is one area my parents constantly talk about when teaching me how to drive. I can agree it is a distraction to many teenagers but one story my mom shared with me about a young girl getting killed while texting will always be in my subconscious. I have decided life is more important than a moment of inference while driving.