In many states texting and driving is illegal and may result in a ticket and a fine. Often times it is hard for authorities to catch people texting and driving because they cannot see the phone itself;however this is going to change soon. New ideas are arising in an effort to catch people committing this crime. For instance, cameras may be set up along side the road to take pictures of the activity inside your car as well as snapping a picture of your license plate. Authorities believe this will be enough to scare people out of texting and driving. If someone is to get pulled over now for texting while driving the driver will be ticketed and fined. Not only is it a large fine in most states but this also means paying higher insurance. Also, if you still have your provisional license and you are ticketed you will have your provisional license for another year. This means restricted driving and a stricter set of rules. .
Not only can you be fined and ticketed for texting while driving but you can also cause property damage. While texting many people spend more time outside the lane than inside the lane. Looking down for even 5 seconds is enough to run into a guardrail, post, or fence. Not only is this going to hurt your car but you may also cause damage to the object you hit. This not only leads to much higher insurance every month but you will also pay for the damages to the object you hit as well as the damages to your car. Unfortunately, you will be stuck waiting days if not weeks to get your car back from the shop. If authorities investigate and find out you were on your cell phone you will be ticketed and fined on top of the other expenses. Those 5 seconds have now become extremely costly and time consuming. .
The most serious consequence for texting and driving is injury or death. Many times distracted drivers will merge into oncoming traffic before swerving back into their lane. If someone was to not look up in time they could rear end or hit a car head on.