I was interested to hear on the radio the other day some of the statistics that have been obtained in America with regard to texting while driving.  Of course, most of these statistics come from America because with a population of over 300 million, they are obviously a far more sophisticated society, with far more researchers doing research into all sorts of subjects that we never get around to in a smaller country like ours.  They found that it is six times more dangerous, based on accident statistics, to be texting while driving than it is to be intoxicated while driving!  They also found that one’s braking reaction time is lowered by approximately 18% because of sending texts or SMS’s while you are driving.  Most people assume that they can multitask and do both things, but they are not aware of the facts that their reaction times are now slowed down, and an 18% reduction in your time it takes you to react before you apply the brakes is far more likely to lead to more accidents.  The shocking part though is to try and equate the drinking while driving with the texting, and to understand that while nobody is saying you should drink and drive, which is clearly idiotic, that it is in fact even more dangerous to send a text while driving.  The problem is we all live in a world now where our clients seem to think an e-mail should be replied to within an hour or a few hours at worst, and in a day where our friends seem to think that their WhatsApp, text or other message also needs to be replied to immediately – and worse, we have all fallen into the trap of believing that.