I’m about to get back to school special on you.

I can definitely relate. Sometimes it’s a STRESSFUL day when you’re speeding to a meeting and trying to take care of business. Other times you’re driving on a straightaway and just plain bored. Sometimes you’re on a freeway and you hear a text chime from your new crush. It can be really difficult to ignore your portal to the world when you’re in your car, especially when you live in a space as spread-out as Phoenix.

This person is stupid. A) for using a phone from 2002 and B) for texting while driving

But needless to say, it’s insanely stupid and dangerous. Think about it for a sec. You’re going 65, changing lanes and you’re worried about finding the comma key to complete a sentence in an e-mail to your realtor? Please. We know people who have backed into brick walls while texting, fallen down and gotten seriously injured while texting and even worse.

Even if you wrongly believe you are capable of safely texting and driving, imagine all the people  out there you don’t trust. You need to be on your defensive driving game to avoid tools who are incapable of multitasking. There are plenty uncoordinated people who can barely chew gum and drive, let alone Facebook and drive. This is why we, as a society, need to all agree not to mess with our phones while behind the wheel.

AT&T agrees, and has made texting & driving a new priority with their "It Can Wait" campaign. Read on to learn more, and read my top ten tips to STOP texting and driving.