Is distracted driving worse than drunk driving?

By Jim Snyder

As many of you know Texas will soon have a Distracted Driving law on the books. I believe it will go into effect Sept.1. When I first heard about this law being debated I was curious as to just how big of a problem this was. Sadly, I found it to be worse than I thought.

For the past year I started watching other drivers wherever I went to see how often I saw someone using or looking at their phone while driving. Most times they were easy to spot. Whenever I noticed a vehicle swerving or drifting from lane to lane I immediately would pull up and go around them. Nine out of 10 times the driver was looking at or had the phone up to their ear or resting it on the steering wheel.

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