Frontline SMS is a piece of software which turns a laptop computer and a mobile phone or modem into a two-way group messaging hub.

An article in the New York Times looks at the dangers of text messaging while driving. The (overly?) lengthy report suggests that this growing trend is as dangerous as driving intoxicated and has already taken several lives in car accidents.
Extensive research shows the dangers of distracted driving. Studies say that drivers using phones are four times as likely to cause a crash as other drivers, and the likelihood that they will crash is equal to that of someone with a .08 percent blood alcohol level, the point at which drivers are generally considered intoxicated. Research also shows that hands-free devices [...]