Cars should be equipped with a device that disables telephones and small electronics. The USB port should have to be engaged with the vehicle so that the cars computer controls the device and turns it off before it can start. I see people doing all manner of idiotic shit on the motorways while driving. I used to do a fair bit of windshield time in my day, and I was guilty of the cell phone distraction myself. I happened across a horrific crash on the way to Pensacola one trip back before Hurricane Ivan, where a car dipped in front of a tri-axle dump truck full of rock. The car was destroyed and driver of both vehicles killed. The ensuing crash caused a massive pileup in both directions. It took me two hours just to get past that mess. When I saw it on the news, they were talking about how the driver of the car was seen chatting away on the phone immediately before the crash, and abouyt how she was chopped in two by the force of the ensuing crash, along with being totally crushed to oblivion. They also talked about the three fatherless children left behind by the completely innocent truck driver.
I stopped using my phone in the car then and there. Just turn the damn thing off. When I pull in a rest area from time to time, I turn it on, check in to the office and make calls if necessary. Otherwise, my message says that I'm on the road and don't use my phone while driving.
The first time you pass an accident where you see bodies covered with blue tarps waiting for an ME to declare them will be the last time you use a phone behind the wheel.
I've seen people put on make-up while driving, read the newspaper, read books, smoke a bong of weed, re-fill their drink with a bottle of Jack, everything imaginable. I'm certain many of you have seen similar things as well and just shake your head in disbelief. How many times have we all eaten a burger and fries while rolling down the road? How many times have we all driven to the point of drowsiness?