text: When driving you should not use your phone, because texting while driving is against the law for a reason. The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use has been the cause of 1.6 million crashes each year. The amount of injuries that come from texting while driving each year is nearly 390,000, according to the website "https://www. edgarsnyder. com/car-accident/cause-of-accident/cell-phone/cell-phone-statistics. html". Those deaths are from People who were using their phones while driving. However, if you haven't gotten into an accident yet, you could get other people in the car with you at risk.