The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has called for a nationwide ban on the use of personal electronic devices (PEDs) while people are driving, which would include banning cell phones in cars.

“According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), more than 3,000 people lost their lives last year in distraction-related accidents,” said chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman. “It is time for all of us to stand up for safety by turning off electronic devices when driving. No call, no text, no update is worth a human life.”

Currently, the cell phone ban does not appear to limit cell phone use for emergency purposes, but it would restrict any other type of usage.

This announcement comes after a 2010 crash investigation of a pickup that ran into the vehicle in front it and then was hit by two school buses that had been traveling behind the pickup. According to the NTSB report, the driver in front of the pickup had slowed as it entered a construction zone and the driver of the pickup did not notice.

Two people were killed in the accident and 38 others were injured. Cell-phone records of the pickup driver showed that he had sent and received 11 text messages in the 11 minutes preceding the accident.

Since then, the NTSB has been following just how dangerous distraction can be in all modes of transportation, citing other examples involving motorcoaches, trains, planes and semis.