ONE STUDY SHOWS ALMOST HALF OF ALL VEHICLE ACCIDENTS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO CELLPHONE USE AND TEXTING WHILE DRIVING. EACH YEAR AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY 450,000 ACCIDENTS ARE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO CELLPHONE USE WHILE DRIVING. ON ANY GIVEN DAY, 9-11 TEENAGERS DIE WHILE TEXTING AND DRIVING, THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO THE PARKLAND SHOOTING INCIDENT EVERY TWO DAYS . OVER 350,000 PEOPLE A YEAR ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN ACCIDENTS INVOLVING CELLPHONE USAGE. THE CARNAGE INCREASES EVERY YEAR. WHAT CAN BE DONE? HOW ABOUT CELLPHONE SOFTWARE THAT FINES SOMEONE $250 EACH TIME A CELLPHONE IS USED WITHOUT A HANDS FREE DEVICE IN A MOVING VEHICLE. GOOGLE MAPS MONITORS FOR INSTANT TRAFFIC JAMB UPDATES WITH DATA GATHERED ON HOW FAST CELLPHONES ARE MOVING FROM POINT A TO POINT B ON STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, SO WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY. THE FINE GOES ON YOUR CELLPHONE BILL, IF NOT PAID, YOUR CELLPHONE IS SHUT OFF. IF THE PAIN OF THE FINE DOESN'T REDUCE TEXTING AND DRIVING, SHUTTING OFF CELLPHONES WILL.
