text: Texting and driving can cause car crashes and most of them end up with someone getting badly hurt or even dying. It is not fair to the other drivers for someone to be texting while driving and they get hurt because of someone else's wrongdoing. The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year. 1 out of every 4 car accidents in the United States is caused by texting and driving.