I actually think a lot of the over zealous attitudes in this thread are more a reflection of frustration with generally poor drivers than an accurate depiction of the dangers of texting while stopped at a light, or while driving or doing a million other "distracted" things.
Fact of the matter is that most people are easily distracted behind the wheel. Even this whole bluetooth thing is hilarious. As if there is any tangible difference between talking on bluetooth, talking while holding a phone or talking on a phone that is on speaker sitting on the dash. There are so many things that cause distraction behind the wheel that in turn cause accidents.
It is one of the harder things to detect, enforce and ticket. Especially since some people do just suck at driving.
And the previous points are right. Before we had people texting with their head up. Now they are buried in their lap and there just aren't enough resources to fight it.
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