People like this girl though don't NEED to look at the screen to text. It's like second nature to them. I'm with you though...what a waste of the short time we have here. It's spawned a whole generation of people that are completely disconnected from reality.Texting is even worse. And I am not talking about just driving, even though some people do that while they drive. You don't see stuff around you when you are looking at your phone screen which this girl in the OP does every single minute of her life.
Obviously Rican has a valid point too in that not everyone is like that. There are certain times where texting is much more practical than talking, but that isn't every other minute in a day...IMO