Title: Why banning the use of cell phones should be mandatory A. To persuade and convince;
B. To convince my audience that the use of cell phones while driving is deadly;
C. The use of cell phones should be banned while driving because one can’t focus on driving and pay attention to the road at once.
I. Introduction
A. Texting while driving kills people;
B. Texting while driving injures people;
C. Texting while driving is a distraction.

II. Body

A. Texting while driving kills people
1. In 2011, 3,331 people in the US were killed due to texting while driving.
(http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/distracted_driving/)
2. According to data collected by Official US Government Website For Distracted Driving 11% of all drivers under the age of 20 involved in fatal crashes were reported as distracted at the time of the crash. This age group has the largest proportion of drivers who were distracted.
(http://www.distraction.gov/content/get-the-facts/facts-and-statistics.html)

B. Texting while driving injures people
1. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) revealed that 515,000 people were injured in various car crashes in the US due to texting. Around 28% of all crashes in 2008 were caused by drivers in the age group of 18 and 29, who admitted to texting while driving.
(http://www.buzzle.com/articles/texting-while-driving-statistics.html)

2. Sending or receiving a text takes a driver’s eyes from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, the equivalent at 55mph of driving length of an football field, blind. This causes the driver to crash 23 times the normal rate. Over 10,000 injuries nationwide due to texting while driving have been reported between 2007-2009.
(http://www.distraction.gov/content/get-the-facts/facts-and-statistics.html)

C. Texting while driving is a distraction
1. When a driver texts while driving, his reaction time will decrease by 35% and his/her steering capability goes down by tremendous amount; A driver is 23 times more likely to get in a car accident while driving and texting. (http://textinganddrivingstatistics.com)

2. 52% of US drivers ages 18-29 reported texting or e-mailing while driving at least once in the last 30 days, and more than a quarter report texting or e-mailing “regularly” or “fairly often” while driving. On September 30,
2009, President Obama issued an executive order prohibiting federal employees from texting while driving on government business or with government equipment. On October 27, 2010. The Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration enacted a ban that prohibits commercial vehicle drivers from texting while driving.
(http://www.cdc.gov/Motorvehiclesafety/Distracted_Driving/index.html)

I. Conclusion: Banning texting while driving would save many life’s. Our streets would be a better place for young driver as future comes.