article_snippet.sent: : Most of the US has laws that ban drivers from texting while at the wheel to prevent accidents .
article_snippet.sent: Drivers between the ages of 25 and 40 are the most likely group of people to get in an accident related to texting and driving .
article_snippet.sent: Arizona, Texas, Montana, Missouri, and Oklahoma are the only five states in America that do not have texting at the wheel bans for all drivers.
article_snippet.sent: In Some states, law enforcement has to catch you doing something else first -- like speeding or running a red light -- and then determine that you were texting.'
article_snippet.sent: Adkins, said that adults between the ages of 25 and 40 were most likely to get in a texting and driving accident.
article_snippet.sent: Slow reaction time: Texting at the wheel is dangerous for drivers because the wheel slows down drivers reaction times .
article_snippet.sent: There is a lack in data on texting and driving but Adkins believes that as more studies show more results in favour of the texting ban, more states will be likely to implement the texting ban.
article_snippet.sent: Adkins said that drivers should avoid texting while at the wheel at all costs even if drivers consider drivers to be good multitaskers. '
article_snippet.sent: Research shows that texting at the wheel may be dangerous because the wheel slows reactions more than drink or drugs.
article_snippet.sent: A study last year found sending a text message delays reaction times by 37 per cent.
article_snippet.sent: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that nine Americans are killed every day by doing a distracting activity like texting.
highlights_snippet.sent: Arizona, Texas, Montana, Missouri, and Oklahoma are the only five states in America that do not have texting at the wheel bans for all drivers .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Study also found that older drivers were more likely to make a texting and driving mistake than a younger driver .