Is Texting While Driving Enforceable?

Although there is a law out to enforce those who text while driving, it seems like it's almost unenforceable law. I've seen many a person tinkering with their phones while driving and have inevitably used mine on the road when needed.

Interestingly, the SJ Mercury is reporting the same issue. In the article "Texting tickets are few because violations are hard to spot" they report that although traffic citations for talking on your phone is high at 200,000 tickets issued, only a few hundred have been issued since the law went into effect on January 1st.

It's not hard to understand why. Traffic cops say they have a hard time verifying that people are actually texting instead of doing something else in their car. That definitely wasn't the case however for this Kettering, Ohio woman who was cited for talking on her cell phone while breastfeeding (way too much multitasking here).

But is this all hypocrisy? On the freeways, I've seen Police speed along in their cars, cutting through traffic as well as talking on their cell phones. Apparently not as cops are allowed to use their cell phones while driving regardless of how civilian law is enforced.

There is necessary concern however. Take a look at the clip below to see a teenage girls perspective on texting while driving. An interesting comment she made was "I don't feel afraid that I'm going to get into a car accident while texting because ... I'm a good texter." Shouldn't she had said ... good driver? She's got all the excuses for her minor "accidents".