What an evening yesterday! I am driving home and a women in an SUV passes me on the left while drifting into my lane. She has a cell phone glued to her ear. I honk my horn and curse. It makes me feel good!
About 1/2 mile up the road she is stopped at a red light. When the light turns green, she starts up, phone still glued to her ear, and suddenly swerves way over to the right onto the shoulder, then back across two lanes and back again onto the right shoulder where she runs into a curb and stops. I am run off the road, luckily uninjured (no medical insurance). A traffic cop sees what has happened and pulls up behind her. She exits the SUV, the CELL PHONE STILL STUCK TO HER EAR yapping away!
The cop asked me about my condition as well as that of the other car run off the road. The woman is STILL yapping. When the cop goes back to her, she gets angry at him because he is interrupting! She looks OK, not wobbling or acting drunk, just arrogant. I left when the cop was calling on his radio.
My opinion? Cell phones and driving just don't mix. Feel free to use them if you want, but if caught in a situation such as this, go directly to jail and have your license revoked. Personal responsibility.