I now make a practice when I am stopped at a light to check/count the drivers who cut across my front making a left turn to go down the street from which I am coming who are talking on a 'phone - almost half are talking and not driving!!
The worst offender (I believe - proving it is another thing) is the guy ahead of me who starts going much slower than traffic will bear and then, as I pull up along side him and see he's on a 'phone, picks up speed - he had to look up/select a number to dial!
I don't know what the answer is but I am thinking in terms of a zapper that will render a cell 'pnoe unusable for 2 to 5 minutes, in and out. Of course, all the 'phone users will then be able to blame EVERY problem on " being distracted by having the 'phone suddenly be zapped."
I damn near got T-boned by some idiot talking on his phone....took a lot of self-control to resist the urge to follow him home and knock out his teeth.
Ditto to everything you've said. It never fails; I'll see some idiot going way below the speed limit, tying up an entire lane of traffic . Then when I'm finally able to pass, I'll see that he/she is on the phone.
If people are so insistent that the MUST be on the phone, I believe our states should make them pass tests to see whether they're capable of driving while talking on a phone. They should be able to use turn signals and keep up with traffic; if not, they would not be allowed to drive and yack yack yack.
People will argue that other things, like eating, applying makeup, conversations with other passengers, etc. also distract drivers. And that is true maybe 1% of the time. But 99% of the time it's a driver on the phone that's the problem.
Tying up traffic is bad, but it's traffic accidents and fatalities that most concerns me.