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Statistics say that at least 23% of vehicle accidents have involved cell phone use, which is 1.3 million crashes! The least amount of time it takes to send a message is 5 seconds! That means if you are driving at around 55 mph, then you are driving the length of a whole football field without looking where you are going. 13% of drivers from the age of 18 to 20 years in car wrecks are being exposed to phone usage. The sad thing is that some people say that there isn't any danger. 77% are very confident about safely texting and driving. 55% claim that it is easy to text and drive.