It's disgusting. If cities would even enforce the existing, feeble laws, they'd be awash in revenues. Every intersection. Every block. All you have to do is turn your head 90 degrees and see three people dicking around with phones while driving.
Your comment made me curious what the penalties for this were in my own country, Britain. It seems as if one can lose one's driving licence for both offences, but with drink-driving, there is an additional possibility of incarceration. With texting, if one has been driving for more than two years, that person cannot lose their driving licence from just that one offence.
In the U.S. it varies by region, but I've never seen a penalty more than $120... whereas red-light cameras and speed cameras are used to impose $400 fines or more.
It's a disgrace. I really wonder why we must tolerate this, and who or what is behind the refusal to address it.
So, so many people touch their phones while they’re driving. Many hold it in their hands the entire time they drive. I live in a hands-free state!
It’s absolute madness at this point.