 At highway speeds, the average text takes your eyes off the road for about five seconds. That's enough time to travel the length of a football field. Stop texts, stop wrecks.org. Hi there, it's Cooper at Tops and Stripes with my dad. Say Cooper's the best kid ever, dad. Is this on a scale of one to ten? Just wait until you see what I have the guys in the shop doing to the truck. Is this something I'm going to be upset about or mom? Does it matter? It's life or death, Cooper.