On estimate, each year there are about 1.6 million car accidents caused by cell phone use. Since 2009, the year they passed a law banning cell phone use while driving, that number has not gone down very much. That is proof that banning cell phone use while driving hasn't stopped many people from using their phones. Even though there are safe ways to make hands-free calls, drivers still aren't using the options available to them. Every day people are coming up with more and more ways to conceal the usage of their cell phones without getting caught and fined. There are also drivers who are finding different ways and different places to hide their phones so they can text while driving without getting caught. The last point is that it isn't necessarily the use of cell phones that are the cause of accidents but that any driver distraction causes the accidents. With that said, the roads didn't get much safer when they made the use of cell phones illegal.
             Firstly, there are so many things today that have been invented for drivers to help them use their phones hands-free. One of the options is to use a Bluetooth device, a microphone/speaker that hooks to your ear. However, a study by engadget.com shows that Bluetooth use has "declined from 43% to 26% of drivers using them". Bluetooth devices can't make driving any safer if drivers don't use them. Another option is using the speakerphone on your cell phone. However, this option is not completely hands-free as it requires the driver to perform an action to either make a call or answer a phone call. A third option is to subscribe to a built-in phone service available in newer vehicles such as OnStar. To use this option a driver must "say the phone number or the stored name for the contact you want to call" which can still be distracting as a driver is trying to remember a phone number rather than concentrate on the road. So, no matter how you are talking on the phone hands-free or not it is ...