Texting while driving laws as well as most other cell phone laws are largely unenforceable until after something goes wrong. Very frequently, while in my daily travels, I see drivers pull up next to me at stop lights and a good many are testing or otherwise fooling with their phones.
Back in high school, in driver education, we were repeatedly told that driving is a full time job. Most cars then were only equipped with AM radios, and full power meant power steering and power brakes. Even then, tuning the radio, adjusting the seat, and any other activity was met with disapproval from the instructor. He would remind us that driving is a full time job. There were many less vehicles on the road at that time, and there were some highway designs that have since been done away with - like suicide lanes.
Today's casual and sometimes downright cocky attitude toward driving is a big contributing factor to highway fatalities in my opinion. Some of the things I saw when I was driving a big truck are truly scary. I have seen folks with newspapers and magazines spread out on the steering wheel while going 70 mph on the interstate. How about teenagers spread out across the entire front seat with the cruise control set at 70? I saw several young girls sitting with their legs crossed under them in the driver seat while operating the car with the cruise control.
This whole attitude toward driving goes way deeper than cell phones or texting. Attitudes need to change.
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