text: Texting while driving is by far the most dangerous this to do while driving a vehicle. When you are texting you take your eyes off the road many times. In the time you look at your phone to text someone back, you leave an opening for potential car accidents. For instance, let's say you get a text from an old friend and you decide to text back. In the time you are texting back you run a red light and someone crashing into you. You most definitely prevented that if only you weren't texting. While you are driving you don't need any distractions, its just you and the road. I know that people are not stupid and wont take their eyes off the road for a very long time, but lets just say that you arent looking and the other person in the other car was distracting too, there is a more likely chance for a car accident in that scenario.