Handsfree Headsets. Use Them. Please.

Another driver, while talking on his cell phone, almost hit me today. Drivers either talking on the phone, or texting, are just as dangerous as drunk drivers. People need to put the phones down and concentrate on driving.

It doesn’t appear the problem will begin to wane anytime soon. Text usage and growth continues to grow at a staggering pace:

72.2% of wireless users have paid for SMS packages. This equates to 203 million Americans.
There has been a 107% increase in text message use in the USA in the past year.
2.5 billion text messages are sent each day in the USA.
More text messages are sent per phone than phone calls. The average text messages used per month is 357 compared to 204 cell phone calls.
138 million Americans have sent a text message in the past three months.

Six states have issued state-wide bans on cell phone usage while driving; six more have granted the ability for specific locales to create a ban. See more detailed info about the states who have banned cell phone and text usage during driving in The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Report.

Text messaging while driving has been banned in 14 states. This is a nice start, hopefully the momentum will continue and more states will jump on the bandwagon.

Plenty of low-price, high-quality hands-free solutions exist:

Pick one out, start using it and save a life.