No, I don’t text ever, and I’m not on the phone much at all.
We should be held accountable for our own auto accidents, though, not pulled over and ticketed for talking on the phone, any more than we should be pulled over for singing while we listen to the radio, or get in an argument with a passenger.
Auto insurance removes the financial consequences of causing an accident, so many people just don’t care any more.
The law has always covered civil and criminal penalties for damages we cause.
Cell phone laws get into a new area: you haven’t swerved out of your lane, you have complete control of your car, but you have a cup of coffee in your hand, and we don’t think you can handle it, so we’re charging you with a crime.
If I’m drinking coffee or talking and I swerve out of my lane - THAT already is a crime, swerving out of my lane. Doesn’t matter why I did, I did.
Town governments love to hire more LE, though the taxpayers don’t like to pay the bill. So more traffic stops !