There are so many excuses for distracted driving these days. Lives are put at risk every time a distracted driver is on the road, and deaths have increased dramatically over the past decade. On Thursday, April 26, 2014, a woman's bad judgment cost her her life (Hastings, 1). Not only was she affected, but her friends and family definitely felt an ache in their hearts. In the few seconds it took Courtney Ann Sanford to post a few words on Facebook, it was enough to distract her from the road and cross another lane and drive across a median straight into a truck (Hastings, 1). She was immediately killed. Shortly before his Facebook post, he was sending selfies to his friends (Hastings, 3). This simply shows that these types of programs have proved immense help in the number of victims on the road today. Along with these types of programs, several laws have been put in place that prohibit cell phone use while driving. In Syracuse, New York, there are strict laws against cell phone use, texting, and driving, and they have proven to be extremely effective (Copeland, 1). Law enforcement has seen over 70% of texting drivers stopped. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said, “Over half a million people are said to be injured and thousands more killed in distracted driving crashes” (Copeland, 1). Another very effective campaign that will probably soon be known around the world is “Phone in one hand, ticket in the other” (Copeland, 1). Most people in today's world will be familiar with the phrase “click or click" campaign that helped remind people to wear their seatbelt. Just as this campaign reminds people to wear their seatbelt, the “Phone in one hand, ticket in the other” campaign is designed to remind drivers that it is too dangerous to interact with your phone while driving (Copeland, the cell phone supplier known as AT&T has produced several commercials to show the dangers of texting and driving. These are designed to get people's attention and touch them in a small point in their heart to the point that they no longer feel the need to pick up the phone machine. They point out the dangers of reading just one text over and over again. Safety precautions have also been installed in teenagers' vehicles recording them as well as the road while they drive to catch any of this distracted behavior increased amount of texting and driving there have been many of the 50 states that have put laws in place to try to reduce the number of victims. The devastating part of this type of distraction is that almost every person who has owned a cell phone has taken it out at some point while driving to make a phone call or send a quick text. They've seen the commercials and know the pain that losing someone they love has caused many families, but we still have to do it anyway. It's so easy to say to yourself, "It's just a quick text, I'll be fine." At some point we have to realize that this is not the case