My daughter sent me a text message a few weeks ago, which normally would not be worth mentioning, but she happened to be driving -- alone -- to Chicago. I sent a note back saying I love you but please don't text while driving. She sent me back a smiley face.
It's pretty obvious why not, but here's an Associated Press article that shows what can happen. I'm wondering if this driver finished her conversation with another text, WPS I CRSHD!
-- David
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MASON, OHIO (AP) -- Authorities in southwest Ohio say a driver admitted that she was using a cell phone to text-message a friend when her car went off the road, hit a mailbox and overturned.

Eighteen-year-old Sarah Stearns of Monroe was thrown from the vehicle about 2 a.m. Wednesday. A spokesman for the State Highway Patrol says Stearns has been cited for operating a vehicle without reasonable control.

Stearns was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Officials say they don't know how many accidents occur while drivers are texting. The Ohio Department of Public Safety says similar practices, such as talking on a cell phone or putting on makeup, fall into a catch-all category of "driver inattention."

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Sylvania, Ohio
Aug. 23, 2008