On a particular evening back in 2010, Michael watched as a young man drove his car and veered past the lane marker, his face lit up by the glowing screen—of his cell phone! Moments later, the car swerved completely off the road and slammed into a curbside tree, jolting the stunned driver back to the moment at hand.
This scene took place at a time when our distraction by mobile devices was perhaps less common and understood. Once he had pulled over and realized the driver would be okay, Michael admitted that he laughed out loud about what he observed then as an absurd incident—of someone being so utterly distracted from their surroundings due to their cell phone use.