Someone texting is just as dangerous to others on the road as a drunk driver.
Do with that what you will.
I came close to having a rider report a DUI going home one day. The car in front of us was ALL over the road. Crossing the center line, coming into our lane, almost into the ditch and not maintaining a steady speed.
We caught up with her at a traffic light. She finished texting as we waited for the light to change. After she took off, she drove normally. She stayed in her lane the rest of the ten miles we were behind her.
Not **just as dangerous**
Study after study has shown that handheld devices are TWENTY TIMES MORE DANGEROUS than having a .08 while driving.
I’m sorry, but the numbers don’t lie.
And while I would not do anything to pick on grieving parents, I’m not gonna get all heartbroke and riddled with angst over this. It was distracted/reckless driving.
She would have been far better off if she had been pulled over and ticketed and had her phone seized, eh?
IMHO anyone using one of these devices while driving needs to get pulled over, ticketed, and their insurance company notified ASAP!!