text: Driving other people in your vehicle is a huge responsibility, which most of teenagers take that lightly. Sending or reading a text message while driving puts your passengers lives at a significantly higher risk of being involved in an accident while riding in your vehicle. Could you live with the fact that your decision to pick up your phone while Driving someone to suffer a life-lasting injury or be killed? Humans are smaller and less noticeable than vehicles making it more likely of you seeing a pedestrian in your peripheral vision while looking at your phone.