I was on a bus ride hone yesterday after a school competition and a couple of the other guys and I were playing the game "never have I ever", and one of the questions that came up was "Never have I ever been in a car accident". The weird thing was that apart from the person asking the question, three out of the nine people had not been in some kind of car accident after only driving for three years at the most. Now, most people would say that it is just because of us not having enough experience behind the wheel, but i think that there is another reason for this statistic as well. That cause is cell phones. With teen drivers and all drivers for that matter becoming more and more connected and dependent upon out cell phones, they have caused us to lose priority of what is really important at that moment. Whether it is getting on your phone while studying or at a social event, or looking at a text while driving, we are all too connected.
We have this need or desire for instant gratification of knowing what was said exactly in the moment when it will still be there when you get done driving. If you really need to talk to someone while you or they are driving, just connect your phone to your car's Bluetooth call or your own earpiece, but don't be that guy who on his way into work checks a text on his phone and ends up clogging the entire freeway into the city because you plowed into the side of a semi that was changing lanes and you were camped out in his blind spot but didn't know it because you were texting.
Don't be that guy. Put the phone down and drive.
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