Honestly, I don't normally watch Oprah, but I saw a commercial for today's show on texting or using the phone while driving and decided to watch.

You can see clips and stuff here.

You can take the pledge to not text or talk on the phone while driving here.

What she's discussing is nothing new to me. I've been teaching my students for years that talking (and now texting) on the phone is distracted driving. We do some demonstrations in class that show how we often miss things that are right in front of our faces. Then I have them imagine texting or talking while doing the task and how much more they would have missed. I hope that I reach at least a few of them.

With the thousands of people who watch Oprah, I'm hoping that it starts to change things. Texting or talking on your cell phone while driving IS AS BAD AS drunk driving.

This ends today's public service announcement.