When you're driving intoxicated, your eyes are still somewhat focused on the road. When distracted by a phone, your eyes are completely off the road. This number is highly underestimated because many deaths due to phone use go under the radar due to it being harder to prove that you were using your phone while driving rather than being intoxicated. “Distracted driving is rarely as obvious, and proving someone was using a cellphone can be complicated, as drivers are reluctant to admit that they were using the cellphones before a crash.” Says Michael V. Sacchetto. The number of deaths is already high, imagine how many more are caused by distracted driving that get swept under the rug due to the inability to prove if a cell phone was present at the time of the crash.If distracted driving is equally as dangerous as drunk driving, shouldn’t there be more serious consequences and more media talking about it? Another reason why cell phone use should be diminished while driving is because when your eyes are off the road, you don’t only put yourself at risk, you put everyone else around you at