text: It should not be a hotly debated issue whether or not cell phone usage while driving should be illegal or not. It should clearly be illegal. Consider the thousands of victims killed by distracted drivers each year. Cell phones can be great and helpful but, people need to learn to put them down! If people were not be distracted by their cell phones while driving, the roads would be so much safer. No notification one receives while driving should ever be more important than keeping yourself and others safe.      Phones & Driving