text: The zebra started a survey on people within the ages of 18-24 about texting while driving. Most of these respondents knew texting while driving was illegal. Would you believe me if I said that 36% of the respondents admitted to texting while driving. Out of the 36% of people who admitted it 51% of them admitted to being very aware that it was illegal. In 2018 4,637 people died in car crashes due to texting and driving.