Technological Fixes

There aren't too many ways to fix texting and using cell phones while driving technologically. The aims of most campaigns to stop this are more focused on drivers making responsible choices, as opposed to forcing cellphones to stop working above, say, 25 mph, which would be terribly inconvenient.

However, there is one small change that cell phone manufacturers have made over the years to attempt to stem the flow of cell use in cars. Partly due to the changing laws across America, most phones offer "hands free" phone options. This removes the need to physically hold the phone while driving, and removes the need to take one hand off the wheel to hold the phone. Obviously the idea behind this is that if a person is simply talking, it's no different from having a conversation with a passenger.

The biggest market of hands free devices are the various Bluetooth devices, or as I like to think of them, ear bugs, that you see all sorts of affluent, or people who want to give off the persona of affluence wearing. These devices are essentially headsets that connect wirelessly to cell phones.

 

(No the headsets don't look like this, but it would AWESOME if they did. Imagine that, driving to work, feeling like a fighter pilot all damn day aww yeah. That'd be amazing.)

(No they unfortunately, |and boringly| look like this)