It's Too Bad...
That someone always has to die before people do anything about people text messaging while driving. In my opinion, it's way more dangerous than talking on the phone and driving. At least your eyes are on the road when talking.
The biggest problem is lack of enforcement. I know in my state talking on the phone is now illegal, but *everyone* is on the phone around here while driving. No one takes the law seriously. This video is about a mother that's fighting back against texting while driving, after her 17-year-old daughter was killed by a distracted driver. I also read that the engineer driving that commuter train in L.A. was possibly texting. The video below says that two thirds of 18-24 year olds admit they text while they're driving. I don't know about you, but that makes me pretty darn uncomfortable to be sharing the road with these people. I have no desire to die because some chicky can't wait to tell her b.f. "u r so hott".