New York state has increased the penalty for using a cell phone while driving. While it’s been illegal for years, but the state Department of Motor Vehicles will impose two points on the driving records of anyone found guilty of using a cell phone while behind the wheel. That's in addition to the $100 fine offenders already face. Those who get caught texting while driving also face points and fines. The DMV hopes the laws remind New Yorkers of the dangers of distracted driving. "We hope it to be a deterrent much in the way that when the seat belt law was first drafted decades ago," said David Sampson, executive deputy commissioner of the DMV. "At first there was a very little compliance with it and now New York States leads the nation with 90 percent seat belt use. We hope we can have the same impact because distracted driving has now become one of the most serious problems on our highways today." The DMV estimates that one in five crashes in the state is caused by distracted drivers, resulting in 5,000 deaths last year.
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