texting while driving
Deadly road distraction
Texting while driving is using a mobile phone to send or read text messages while operating a vehicle.
The practice is widely illegal and recognized as extremely dangerous, since it diverts eyes and attention from the road: She was ticketed for texting while driving.
The phrase often appears in safety campaigns and traffic laws.
- distractedUnable to concentrate
- crashSudden violent impact
- phoneHandheld communication device
- cell phonePortable wireless communicator
- accidentUnintended harmful event
smartphone · dangerous · swerving · highway · notification · reckless · glancing · split second · steering · fatal · screen · thumbs · message · collision · rear end · lane · inattention · close call
- traffic offensesspeeding, DUI, DWI, red light running, running stop sign
- traffic violationsDUI, DWI, speeding, red light running, running red light
- Infractionsjaywalking, littering, loitering, speeding, trespassing
- bad decisionsprocrastination, impulse buying, overspending, binge eating, cramming
- bad habitssmoking, drinking, lying, swearing, gossiping
- driving hazardspotholes, black ice, debris, road debris, icy roads
texting while drivingsafe driving
Careful vehicle operation
eyes on the road · defensive driving · situational awareness
texting while drivinghands-free calling
Voice communication without gripping device
texted, texter, texters, textile, textiles, textual, texture, textures, textured