How dumb do you have to be to text while driving?

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72. Siri only partial solution

Dialing a telephone is as bad as texting, particularly on smart phones using virtual keyboards (e.g. iPhone).

Voice commands help that a lot; otherwise, you see people you think are texting who are actually scrolling through a contact list. I see this often on rural interstates where someone in the left lane has slowed and is hugging the left median. After the erratic driving while initiating the call, I then see them talking on their phone.

Even talking on the phone is rather distracting. In NC, texting by anyone while driving is illegal, as is any cellphone use by anyone with a provisional license (under 18). Chapel Hill has passed an ordinance banning all cellphone use by anyone in the Town, but that is currently tied up in the courts.