Imagine this.

You're on a straight stretch of a highway, and a car is coming towards you swerving... only because they are paying more attention to their phone rather than the road.

The other person in the car is your child, spouse, best friend or friend and you've ran right into them causing a head on collision. The only difference is, you're crying so much and wishing you weren't on your phone while the other person is trying their best to remain alive.

So why do you text and drive?

Texting and driving is extremely dangerous. It's against the law, but you still do it. Rethink about how the situation could be handled if you weren't on your phone.

As the driver, you are responsible for everyone in the car as well. So if you are texting and driving with your best friend and siblings in the passenger and back seats then you may have them in danger as well. Would you want to see them lying on the ground outside of the car because of just one simple text?

There are other things that are harmful like driving while being under the influence and picking songs on your phone so you can hook up the aux cord and jam.

If you put your phone in the cup holder you are able to hear it vibrate or ring. To cause less of a distraction, when it rings you are able to put it on speaker phone, so you do not have it in your hands while you are driving. Texting someone and saying "Hey, I'm about to start driving. I will text you after" is a lot better than emergency responders calling your mom, dad, husband, wife or kids telling them they need to rush to the hospital because you decided to use your phone.

Texting and driving could also harm people that are working on construction throughout the roads as they are already putting their life in danger from operating dangerous equipment.

Texting and driving has killed over thousands and thousands of people. Some may be your family members, friends, or co-workers. All because of a cell phone you can end up in jail for murdering of another person.

Our generation needs to be the generation to stop texting while driving. Especially since we're the generation who uses technology to our advantage.

Think about what could possibly happen the next time you pick your phone up while driving. People care about your life, more than you think.

It can wait, so please put it down.