My sister who is in her last year of medschool, is in her ER rotation. She was required to go on one outcall with EMTs in an ambulance. She responded to a call for a car accident a few days ago. When they got to the scene they were met by a bad car accident. An 18 year old guy was fiddling around on his cellphone while driving on the freeway. He crashed into the car in front of him at 70mph. In the car was two parents and their three and four year old daughters. My sister continued to physically breathe for the three year old for twenty minutes on the way to the hospital. She died when she got there. The four year died the next day.

Now, the couple once the parents of a three and four year old leave the hospital empty handed. The 18 year old man leaves facing vehicular manslaughter and jail time.

So, please stop calling, texting, checking your emails or anything else while driving. It's just not worth it.

I know we have all made calls or texts when we are driving before. Having an hour commute each way to work, I have succumbed to the pressure of spending most of that time on the phone because I feel like I am "wasting" that time if I'm not at least doing two things at one time. This is the problem with our multi-tasking culture where we never really focus on anything we are doing. I'm sorry for the sad story, but I just want to remind everyone to pay attention when you are driving. Make the call later. Read the text later. It's to everyones benefit.