For anyone who thinks texting and driving is no big deal

H2O_Doc

You're making assumptions that are convenient to your position. Maybe your assumption is correct that she thought texting was more important than paying attention to the road, but I doubt it. More likely (I think) is that in her youthfulness and inexperience, she thought she could she could do both - text her friends while giving sufficient attention to the road. People do this sort of thing all the time - we over estimate our abilities and this is so very common when it comes to the number of things we THINK we can pay attention to simultaneously. The scientific literature in the matter is amazing; how little we can really juggle but how well we think we are doing it.

So, maybe you are right, but you might leave a little room for other possibilities - maybe including possibilities that don't make it so easy to be so cold to human tragedy Also, understanding the reality of what happened is what allows us to look for solution. A false characterization of what happened and WHY can only lead to false solutions - not helpful to anyone, including future victims of people texting while driving. Do you want only to throw stones, or do you want to help prevent these sorts of accidents?