Texting While Driving is extremely dangerous! In some states, it’s even illegal. Recent studies suggest that driving while texting is becoming more common for both adults and teens, which means more can be done to promote accident prevention and safety. To help curb this dangerous trend, start by taking a defensive driving course. Such courses do not cost much and prevent needless auto accidents as well as save lives.
Driving is already challenging enough. Adding texting to the scenario makes focusing on the road more difficult and, at the very least, distracts you from using your defensive driving skills. According to a report by Jennifer Guevin at CNET, a recent study found that “texting took a driver’s focus away from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds–enough time…to travel the length of a football field at 55 mph.” Wow! If we increase our speed to 75 miles per hour, which is common for many drivers, in 4.6 seconds we would have traveled 170 yards!! That’s really scary!!!