text: When texting and driving is occurring at the same time it forces the driver to multitask. Some evidence states "Driving and cell phone conversations both require a great deal of thought. When doing them at the same time, your brain is unable to do either well." Multitasking is already hard on people and then their attention span makes texting and driving an even worse idea. In the text it states "According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, at the U.S. National Library of Medicine, the average attention span of a human being has dropped from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8 seconds in 2013". This evidence shows that humans already have a short attention span, so imagine a younger person with a weaker mind texting and driving.