Despite Delaware’s strict laws against texting and driving with a car in motion, the roadways are still dangerous and action needs to be enforced.

Delaware police have issued more than 5,000 tickets to motorists since the law went into effect on the first of January.

A person can easily go out to the highway and get into a crash every day from distracted drivers either texting or talking on their cell phones.

State police say on Sunday a truck driver that was hauling potatoes missed a warning sign because he was talking on his phone.

A train had hit his truck and his potatoes were spilled all across the U.S. 113.

No one was hurt, luckily. But Distracted driving accidents are only increasing every day.

The U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood says distracted driving is currently the nation’s top driving priority.

Monday revealed new research that plans to step up all warnings and advertisements with law enforcement and hopefully cut driving accidents by a small percentage.

A brief test in Syracuse proved that both handheld cell phone use and texting behind the wheel had decline by one-third. Usages of cell phones and texting behind the wheel dropped by 57 percent in Hartford.

This was all conducted through many complains and education seminars by safety agencies, insurance companies, and law enforcement.