Not only text messaging but even just talking on the phone is dangerous as your mind is not focusing on driving. Recently, while riding my motorbike I was almost hit by an SUV driven by a young woman who was talking intensively on the phone. She obviously was not paying attention at what was going on on the road when she just did a U turn in front of me. Fortunately I learnt to be very careful with people driving and talking on the phone. When I saw her coming from the other direction at the cross road and talking on her phone I anticipated some stupid behavior and Bingo! it happened. If I had not been aware of a possible wrong move from her I would have hit her car. The combination of phone and inexperienced driver is a killer.