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Motorola created the first cell phone over 40 years again.
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Total deaths related to car accidents: 54,052
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New technology helped make cell phones more affordable
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During the late 1990s cell phone use started to become more popular
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Fatalities in the late 1990s decreased to 41, 501. More adults than teens were using cell phones durning the time, also since it was more of a luxury there wasn't much use durning driving.
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Apple Inc. introduced the first i-Phone to the cell phone market
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Car accident fatalities was similar to in the late 1990s with 41,059 deaths
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18% of all car accidents in 2010 were caused by distracted drivers, ending with 3,092 deaths.
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In June 2011 the number of text messaged that were sent reached over 196 billion, 50% increase from June 2009
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Number of crashes including driver distractions were 90,378.
