Very big pet peeve of mine, and it's just getting worse. My insurance just went up, and I called my agent who is a personal friend of mine. He said "distracted driving" as they call it, is an epidemic that is costing the insurance industry millions. I see it daily, from driving right up to parking all over the place. Until society starts treating texting and messing with your phone (staring at the screen) like drunk driving, it's not going to stop. I'd nail people with a loss of license and heavy insurance premium, once they get their driving privilege back, similar to how they treat drunk drivers now. Sounds harsh I know, but I got rear ended 3 years ago by a girl who had her phone at 12:00 above the steering wheel and was trying to text and drive at the same time .... she managed to flee the scene and get away. I think a lot of those horrible parking jobs were from people jumping on their phones before the ignition key was turned off
