This law, like so many others, presumes citizens aren’t adults with adult judgement. Most of us can determine when it’s safe to glance down to do anything quickly in a vehicle and when it’s not. I’ve been switching podcasts on my phone for years, and have never once been cited for reckless driving because I’m extremely careful, you know, like an adult. People will say “a few bad apples spoil the whole bunch,” but why not simply punish those bad apples? If someone is doing ANYTHING in a vehicle that causes them to not operate it safely, they should be cited. And the result will be something police can easily observe and deal with - an erratic vehicle.The police already have an excuse to pull over any driver whose driving is erratic. The driver might be drunk, or on medication for which he has been advised to avoid operating machinery. In any case, he can be cited or jailed. The need for a separate distracted driving law is entirely superfluous, and redundant.
How many laws on any State's books either have never been used, or have only been used once? We are a nation of laws, alright, too many laws. Start with a new law that any new law should be matched with two others to be repealed. Of course at some point a State might get down to an irreducible number of laws, but it will probably take 100 years or so. So have at it (I am looking at you, North Carolina legislature.)
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