Distractions while driving

When driving on the road how hard is it to stay focused. There are many distractions now. There is either changing the music, checking your phone or even talking to someone in the car with you.

I was coming back to school one night and was driving on the freeway. There was a semi next to me and saw that i was in the middle lane. Next thing i knew he was trying to come into my lane while i was still in that lane. I was wondering what he was doing that he didn't see me, he had just seen me because i saw him look in his side mirror.

Another time I was sitting at a stop sign waiting my turn to go. Next thing I know the car behind me rear ended me. I found out that the person was checking their phone and had thought that i had already went through the intersection.

I think that if we had less distractions in the car it would make people safer drivers. People just need to pay attention to what they are doing and not worry about what else is going on until they get done driving. Less distractions would mean fewer accidents, and less to worry about on the road.