The days leading up to getting a driver's license can seem to drag on, but accidents caused by texting while driving can happen in a flash.

"Honestly, I'm not going to let it ring because it's not gonna be on," Joshua Carroll said.

Carroll is finishing up his driver's ed course and says texting while driving for him won't be an option.

"Your reaction time is a lot slower whenever you are distracted on other things like texting, your eyes are taken off the road," Carroll said.

Carroll could be the exception for drivers his age considering teens are more likely to grab their phones while driving.

"Teenagers are even more at risk because they don't realize how long they're looking down and they do look down two to four times longer than a typical adult," Kimma Harper, President of Driver's Ed of Northwest Arkansas, said.

Driver's ed classes in Northwest Arkansas now include tests specific to texting and driving situations.

"We want the kids to decide for themselves, that it is not a safe thing for them to do, that it is a risky behavior," Harper said.

A risky behavior new drivers must steer clear of. New drivers are no longer able to use a cell phone behind the wheel until two years after they get their license.