Text Messaging Celebrates 20 Years

[Oscar Knight]

eandt.theiet.org/news/2012/dec/text-messaging.cfm

[Oscar Knight]

......Text Messaging to probably the worse invention ever created for distracting the human brain functions :

Deaths Caused by Text Messaging

Researchers calculate the death toll from texting while driving

September 24, 2010

According to researchers from the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Ft. Worth, texting behind the wheel accounted for 16,141 deaths between 2002 and 2007.

articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/24/news/la-heb-distracted-driving-20100924

7. An overwhelming 75% of teens even admit to text messaging while driving.

www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-teen-driving

Ten Worst Cell Phone Related Injuries & Deaths

seriousaccidents.com/blog/accident-prevention/ten-worst-cell-phone-related-injuries-deaths/

What is there to celebrate about this ?