http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/technology/01distracted.html?scp=18&sq=text&st=Search

Texting while driving isn't a new phenomenon, it's been around since phones had the ability to send a text message and teenagers were first given access to these phones. However, the debate surrounding whether texting while driving is more dangerous than driving under the influence is ongoing. The above article, which looks at the issue overseas, mentions a PSA that was created to show the dangers of texting with a reenactment of an accident involving a driver and her friends with the driver being oblivious to the road while using her phone.

The YouTube video can be found here, be warned, even though its a reenactment it is a little gory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I54mlK0kVw&feature=player_embedded

Texting and using a phone while driving is something that is universally done, regardless of age/sex/gender/occupation. Even though many states have made texting and talking on the phone illegal, it seems everyone still takes part in it or knows someone who does. Is it that elephant in the room that we know is there but nobody wants to fully acknowledge? How can we label it as illegal and deviant when the people who are enforcing the punishment (the police) are often caught on their own phones while driving?