text: According to the AAA poll 94% of teen drivers acknowledge the dangers of texting or calling on the phone, but 35% admitted to doing it anyway. If you are still asking if using your phone while driving is safe its not. If there is a text or call that is really important than pull over to the closest store or parking lot. Not only will u be hurting or killing yourself you are also damaging other people's lives too. We learned a lot from this research put the phone down while driving.