Texting while driving is dangerous and a potentially fatal behavior among the populace of college students with the influence one’s social network and how one identifies their significant other in that network being uniquely associated with this behavior. This study provided backing for the hypothesis that drivers who report texting and driving are more likely than drivers who report they do not text and drive to have others in their social network that hold comparable notions. Texting drivers believe this behavior is safe that is shared by those within their social networks. The discoveries advocate that campaigns to prevent this behavior need to concentrate on educating awareness of personal risk as well as social risk by establishing
