text: The national safety council estimates that 1.4million accidents occur every year due to people using their cell phones. 200,000 of those accidents alone are from texting and driving. How some people believe that texting and driving needs to be closely monitored because of the risk it involves. While other people think that it's alright to use your phone while driving as long as you keep glancing at the road as you are replying to your text. This negatively affects teens and their society, and should be strictly avoided.