Stacey was racing down highway 80 as she received a text message from her best friend, Martha. Stacey gasped and dialed Martha’s number as quickly as she could so her eyes could return to the overwhelming traffic. Time seemed to slow down as the flaming red sports car collided with an old pick up truck. As Stacey learned that day, it is important not to text while driving. Cell phones have affected our lives by opening up distractions with apps or even texting while driving, and also keeping track of a serious emergency.
 Cell phones possess many new and trending apps, along with easy access to texting and or calling while driving. Typical teenagers, or even matured adults are caught not considering law, or even their own safety while being on the phone in the car. For example, Sam, a mother of three soon-to-be teenagers, grabs at her phone from her purse aimlessly from the drivers seat. She begins finding an address for the destination of their arrival. Though Sam frequently took short glances of the road, she noticed flashing red, white and blue lights. She threw her phone down in the seat, avoiding an on coming speeding motorcycle. Similarly, a young, free-spirited teenager named Paul cranked his rock-and-roll tunes as loud as he could, via iPhone. As he arrived his neighborhood, he snatched his phone from the AUX cord and texted his best friend Tom. Paul wasn’t paying attention to the ditches and curbs, and jammed his new Ford F-150 into a mailbox. As proven, texting can affect both mature drivers and young ones, too. Cell phones can be distractions to the not-so-cautious drivers. Many of these irresponsible accidents can cause major damage. Broken limbs. Brain damage. Paralyzed bodies. Death.
 Cell phones create connections between school events and keeping in touch with emergencies. There are many apps schools recommend for their students, such as Skyward, Quizlet, the Internet, or even social media. For example, last week Mrs.Davis assigned an assignment for the eager pupils of the Journalism one class. The project included facts and stats from the Internet and pictures, logos and memorable posts from Instagram and Twitter. All thirty one students joined forces to bring one whole entry for the upcoming “Gauger” under the titled selection “Should Cell Phone Usage Be Banned From White Oak High-School?” Because of the entry, students are now allowed to continue using their phones under responsible use of the student. Consider this: A student from Spring Hill named Ashley, is related to a White Oak student, Cameron. Ashlee has been involved in a major car accident from speeding down George Richey. Because Cameron is close to Ashley, she is able to call help as soon as she can from 911. School functions and emergencies depend very heavily on cell phones because they provide quick contact.
 Cell phones can be a distraction to drivers but also keep the present human-kind up-to-date while in risky emergencies. Though Stacey returned her accident from the Highway 80 crash, she realized cell phones can create distractions to cause emergencies. Though these devices can be used for school functions, cell phones impact our lives by giving us interruptions and knowledge for emergencies.