text: Every year in the U.S., almost a half million people are injured or killed in traffic accidents to the combination of texting and driving. The statistics are shocking, especially in view of the fact that this danger could be completely avoided more than 3,000 teens die each year in crashes caused by texting while driving. "High school students who reported frequent texting while driving was less likely to wear a seat belt, more likely to ride with a driver who had been drinking alcohol, and more likely to drink and drive".