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America is in debt past its eyeballs. Unemployment remains stuck near double digits. Small and large businesses, unions and insurers are clamoring for Obamacare waivers in droves. Jihadists are making a mockery of homeland security. And border chaos reigns. So, what's one of the Obama administration's top domestic policy agenda items this month? Combating distracted drivers. What? You missed the Million Anti-Distracted Drivers Protest March on Washington and the Great Grassroots Groundswell for federal intervention on our highways and byways? Don't worry. You weren't the only one. Making the cable TV rounds to unveil a public service announcement campaign against...

The number of tickets issued by D.C. police to drivers using hand-held cell phones has increased since the District banned the behavior more than two years ago, suggesting that motorists are ignoring warnings not to use the devices while on the road. "There is still a blatant disregard for the law," said Capt. M.E. Gresham, commander of the Metropolitan Police Department's traffic safety and special enforcement branch. "I honestly think a lot of people do not take it seriously." Last year, officers handed out 8,342 tickets to drivers using cell phones within D.C. limits, a nearly 11 percent increase from...