>>>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/21/texter_falls_in_fountain/
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>>>While this incident is amusing, there are lots of fools who text while driving. My brother (a pedestrian) nearly got run over by someone who blew through a stop sign while doing that.
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>>The studies on accident rates while texting or talking on a cell phone are truly horrifying. You are many times more likely to get in an accident while talking on the phone, and texting is even worse. Some states have laws against one or both but they are widely ignored.
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>And I asked my son-in-law why is that. I figured he'd know, because he's the car guy (fixing, tuning via a laptop, and a few run-ins with the traffic cops). The answer "you'd have all kinds of cops writing tickets to each other - they all do it".

Another major offender group is long haul truckers. They have on-board tablet devices that communicate with the dispatch office. They are supposed to pull off the road to use them but apparently no one does. To pull a big rig off the road, then get back on and up to speed takes several minutes, and that's money. I can understand their POV but it's a serious road hazard. There are no fender benders with loaded semis.