text: That is proof that banning cell phones while driving hasn't slowed down anything. Everyday people are coming up with more and more ways to conceal the usage of there phones without getting caught. There are also drivers who come up with different ways and places to hide their phone so they can text and drive. It's not necessarily the use of the cell phones that caused the accidents, any driver distractions causes the accidents with that being said, the roads didn't get safer when they made the use of phones while driving illegal.