"Driven to Distraction - Britain Sets Tough New Laws for Texting While Driving" - Series - NYTimes.com

Any driver driving around Southern Village, or anywhere else, using a hand held electronic device is both stupid and selfish. It's a combination that leads to people dying. If the state of North Caorlina is not going to do what it should in banning all such use, we should be telling these jerks (the only term that describes them well) - our neighbors - to stop it. It's not a matter for debate; it's something that we all have the power to change either one-by-one or, even better, by act of our legislature.

So if you see a driver pick up a phone while driving, just say no, and/or get out of the vehicle if you are a passenger.

Fortunately, more and more people are realizing that on this issue there is only one right way to approach it - ban all handheld use while operating a motor vehicle.