Like others here, I’m not crazy about new laws but quite frankly, this kind of driving or, in fact, any really distracted driving, really is dangerous and should be limited somehow.
Like you, I was coming back from a grouse-hunting trip in northern Wisconsin on Interstate 90, when I got behind a Ford Focus going 60 in the passing lane. When I finally got around her, I noticed her texting. Once past, I noted in my sideview mirror that she would occasionally veer into my lane for no apparent reason.
Equally scary was a teenaged guy who was fiddling with his GPS in a strip mall parking lot. He ran into a stall full of shopping carts, missing an older lady by inches (I hope he had insurance to cover her Toyota Sienna tailgate).
LOL!
Besides my texting story I was at a tint shop once setting up an appointment. While talking to the owner a call came in from a sales person. After a minute or two he asks her if she's OK then says he'll talk to her later.
Turns out while on the phone with him she rear-ended another car! And the funny part was he told me that was THE SECOND TIME SHE HAD DONE THAT WHILE ON THE PHONE WITH HIM!!
Frankly the cops could pull these idiots over for just, well, being idiots. The problem with that is *I* rarely see cops patrolling anymore. They shoot radar non-stop, but when they do patrol it's to look for drunks or druggies so they pull over for tag lights, tint, blah, blah, blah. It's no wonder there is a free-for-all out there right now.
My biggest petpeeve besides people that drive with their head up their rears are the ones who think Right On Red means a 55mph, 10g turn coming out of their neighborhood. I've NEVER seen one of those idiots get pulled over.