My heart went out to Barb Dunn the moment her 16-year-old son, Daniel, answered my question. 

Once he gets his license in June, would he text and drive? That's what I asked during a kitchen table conversation in their Roxbury, New Jersey, home. 

As you can see in the video above, his answer was not the one his mom expected. 

"I'm taking a deep breath," said Dunn, who recently purchased visor clips for Daniel's friends who have already gotten their licenses that say "Stay alive. Don't text and drive." 

"I wouldn't even mind if he said, 'I'm at a red light and I picked up the phone for a minute to read something and put it back down,' but that moving and texting freaks me out. It's not acceptable." 

Daniel's mom might have wanted to slam her head against the counter but still she told me she appreciated her son's candor and realized in that moment how difficult it is to persuade teens, who text nearly all day long, not to do it while behind the wheel. 

"Even a well-meaning teen is going to have trouble saying no when they get that buzz" from an incoming text or status update, said David Teater, senior director for the National Safety Council. "It's almost a Pavlovian response." 

Teater sadly knows all too well what can go wrong with distracted driving. Ten years ago, a 20-year-old woman who had been talking on a cell phone ran a red light and killed his then 12-year-old son, Joe. Since then, he's dedicated his life to raising awareness about the dangers of talking on a cell phone while behind the wheel. A newer concern: how to eliminate driving while texting. 
Who answered the interviewer's question?
Who was with him?
How old is he?
When is he able to drive?
Who else has their licenses?
What did she buy for them?
What do they say?
What is she afraid of him doing?
Who believe kids have problems leaving there phones alone while driving?
What does he call their actions?
Where does he work?
What is his job title?
Did anything happen to make him chose this job?
When did it happen?
What was the driver doing?
Daniel
Daniel
his mom
his mom
16
16
in June
 in June
Daniel's friends
Daniel's friends
visor clips
visor clips
"Stay alive. Don't text and drive."
"Stay alive. Don't text and drive."
moving and texting
moving and texting
David Teater
 David Teater
a Pavlovian response
 a Pavlovian response
the National Safety Council
 the National Safety Council
senior director
senior director
His son was killed
 his then 12-year-old son, Joe
Ten years ago
Ten years ago
talking on a cell phone
talking on a cell phone