Texting while driving:

Texting while driving is illegal for all drivers in nearly every US state and is one of the most dangerous things you can do behind the wheel. The combination of cognitive distraction (your mind is on the message), visual distraction (your eyes are off the road), and manual distraction (your hands are off the wheel) makes texting comparable to driving while drunk in terms of crash risk. Even reading a text takes your eyes off the road for several seconds — at 55 mph, you cover the length of a football field every five seconds. Texting at red lights remains legal in some states but is still distracting and disruptive to traffic flow. Use hands-free systems if you must communicate while driving, and pull over for anything that requires significant attention.