Can We Really Ban This?

From Reuters:

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ninety-one percent of Americans believe sending text messages while driving is as dangerous as driving after having a couple of drinks, but 57 percent admit to doing it, a poll released on Tuesday said.

The Harris Interactive survey commissioned by mobile messaging service Pinger Inc. found 89 percent of respondents believe texting while driving is dangerous and should be outlawed.

It seems one of those sad cases where we’re asking the government to save us from ourselves. Regardless, I really don’t like the idea of handing police officers the job of figuring out what we’re doing in our cars. Are we text messaging or tuning the radio, eating a sandwich, or applying make-up/shaving? I’ve seen this kind of thing done by drivers countless times.