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Despite Well Known Risks, Survey Finds Most People Use Smartphones While Driving (cbslocal.com)
From a report: Everyone knows it's dangerous, but a lot of people are still doing it -- driving while distracted. In a survey of 3-million motorists, almost 9 out of 10 admitted to using their smartphone behind the wheel. According to a report by Zendrive, which studied device use among 3.1 million drivers over 5.6 billion miles of driving, in 88 percent of trips, drivers made at least some use of their phones. On average, they spent more than three-minute on the phone.
Yes, driving means you have to be 100% focused on the road and the vehicle, no exceptions. You also should know your route beforehand is your responsibility; motorists have it easy in their ton of steel cages with belts and airbags, a small hit at 20 km/h is nothing but a bruise on the bumper, but what most of this egotistical assholes doesn't mind at all is that they share the road with pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists who will be (and are) seriously injured by the idiots that make traffic jams, stay in debt for their stupid ton of steel and waste fuel to move 20 times their fat asses weight around town.