Texting and driving is a major problem for teens and adults. The
temptation to fire off a fast text or check an incoming message
while behind the wheel is too much for many to ignore. We’ve
seen gruesome anti-texting while driving ad campaigns and somber
anti-texting ads before, but a new campaign from a Belgian
advocacy group takes a different approach — telling teens they
have to text and drive to pass their driving test. Surprisingly,
when instructors force teens to text and drive the teens fail
horribly and admit that it is ‘impossible’ to text and drive.
Watch the damage as teens try to text and drive while taking a
driving test after being told that they must show skill in
texting behind the wheel before they can take to the streets. In
the video students crash into cones as the instructor says,
“Imagine that’s a child.”, and students can barely keep their
cars on the road as they text simple messages like “I’ll be back
tonight.”, “I will get French fries.” and “We’ll be a bit late.”
At one point the in