WHITFIELD: On average more than nine people are killed every day in crashes involving distracted drivers. Well, now one victim is trying to lower that figure by changing the laws. Dr. Sanjay Gupta has her story in this week's "Human Factor."</s>DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Being stubborn may have saved Jaycee Good's life.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALEL: My mom doesn't appreciate it nearly as much. I think it's my best characteristic.</s>GUPTA: In 2008, on the day she graduated from college, Jaycee and her parents were in a car accident caused by a teenager using a cell phone. Her mom and dad were killed. Jaycee was given a 10 percent chance of survival.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My pelvis was shattered, I had a damaged liver, my lungs were both partially collapsed and I had a traumatic brain injury, which put me on the edge of death.</s>GUPTA: Jaycee fought back, refusing to give in.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I wanted my life back. I had the reputation of I was the one who is going to save the world.</s>GUPTA: Her call to action came after the driver who caused the accident wasn't convicted. There was no law against the use of cell phones.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I spoke at a press conference in Pennsylvania trying to get a hand held ban and a texting ban, and finally it went into effect that texting and driving is illegal.</s>GUPTA: And now the 28-year-old also speaks around the country to raise awareness about the dangers of using a phone behind the wheel.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I am so grateful that I still have everything that I do in spite of having lost so much. Part of life is getting hurt, escaping unscathed, I survived for a reason and with a purpose to make some other lives a little bit better.</s>GUPTA: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN.
Car Crash Victim Advocates To Change Cell Laws