Texting sixteen year old teen dies in first drive by herself.. Unreal..

Simple human insecurity.

And narcissism.

So sad, but I'd bet most of the girl's grieving classmates are already back to texting while driving. Human nature, genie out of the bottle, won't happen to me, etc.

how is it narcissistic to use a modern form of communication?
were the first users of the telephone also narcissistic?

my guess is that you are in your 80s.

The use isn't narcissistic. The overuse is.

It's not narcissistic to use a mirror. Staring at it all day is. See the difference?

Overuse, not use.

there is no difference between a teenager now texting for hours, and a teenager in the 80s spending hours on the phone. it is not narcissism. its excessive, yes. narcissistic, no.

Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?

Technology moves onward. Some like to stay static.

I can't wait until smartphones become simple brain implants.

The difference, and it's a big difference with serious consequences, between today's teen cell phone use and yesterday's teen house phone use is portability.

Teens in the 80s weren't on their bedroom phone at school.

Teens in the 80s weren't on their bedroom phone at lunch.

Teens in the 80s weren't on their bedroom phone on the elevator

Teens in the 80s weren't on their bedroom phone at the movie theater.

Teens in the 80s weren't on their bedroom phone in the next stall.

Teens in the 80s weren't on their bedroom phone while driving.

Because today's devices are completely portable, their overuse is far more impactful than a 1980s teen's overuse of their bedroom phone. The reason we care more about cell phone overuse today is because it can and does kill, something that didn't happen from 1980s teens using their bedroom phone.

Today's cell phone overuse is more a result of simple human insecurity than narcicism, but there's a lot of overlap.

Drivers just don't realize what could happen with just a few seconds of their eyes off the road. I consider myself a professional driver, and even I find myself falling into the trap of taking my eyes off the road for a few seconds. Luckily, I usually wind up on the shoulder when it rarely happens, but you have to learn to get back on the road slowly and not overreact or else find yourself upside down. That's another problem that people don't know about. You find yourself dozing at the wheel and when you open your eyes....you tend to overreact to the situation....putting yourself in a worse one.