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EnergyPlus Sorry, but to claim you can operate a moving vehicle with the same degree of alertness and responsibility, while also looking at your phone and typing/reading messages, is pure folly. If you're as educated as you claim, then you would know that even more minor things, such as listenting to/adjusting your radio, conversations with a passenger, eating or whatever, all are distractions and reduce the alertness of a driver. You would also know that it takes less than 1/100th of a second for someone to cross into your drive path, either a pedestrian or another vehicle and it could well be that 1/100th of a second (longer, probably) that you were glancing down at your phone.
To say "Most can't do it, but I can" is simply ridiculous. So sure, let's make laws that apply to everyone but those who claim to be above all that. Sorry, but you also probably think you can have a few beers and be just as dexterous and alert and your reaction time is identical to that when you've had zero alcohol.
I know there are holes in the law, I know it's not perfect. I know that there are plenty of other distractions that seem to not have laws targeting them (there was a very popular case in Florida recently, where a woman was pulled over and cited for driving WHILE she was shaving her VaJayJay, LOL!!!
Broly, it's your kind of attitude that I find most disturbing and you would be one of the first ones I sued, if given the chance. I think you'd best go back to school and get some education in basic reasoning.