[husker boxster]

Put the cell phone down. Try doing an autocross with 1 hand on the wheel and the other by your ear.

Autoweek recently had an article about teen driving and accidents. Distracted driving is the #1 killer of teenage drivers, ahead of drunk driving. You'll have all kinds of things thrown at you in the upcoming years as you gain driving experience. It will be hard to concur them while you're multitasking. You only get 1 mistake and the game's over. There is no reset button in the game of life.

And it may not be a mistake that you make. I'm alive today because 25 yrs ago I had the ability to react to a drunk driver heading right at me (2 car lengths apart at 55mph!). I didn't have a lot of time to react. He still struck the right side of my car, but it wasn't head on. My girlfriend and I would not have survived a head on. It's very dangerous out there. Things happen in split seconds and you need split seconds to react.

Based on your posts, you seem like a very mature young man. Please take my post to heart.