text: Drivers with passengers wouldn't be safe either. You are most likely to cause more people in danger. With so many people in the car you could be more distracted with your phone and with the passengers in the car. Most likely drivers that text and drive and have passengers with them are the ones who get in the worst accidents. The driver could run into a building, run red lights, crash into other cars, move to another lane because they distracted. Most of the times the passengers get hurt in the accidents not the driver but there may be a point where everyone does.