[JayG]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

I think phone makers should be forced to install chips that block the ability to text if the accelerometer in the phone senses you are traveling over 10 mph. If you are a passenger you would have to enter a code that would be texted to the phone company and record that you intentionally removed the block. Should there be an accident and it was shown that you removed the text block as the driver, well you assume 100% liability and not your insurance. The insurance company is covering you as a driver, not as a text monkey. It's criminal that people are dying because someone had to text a driver that there's no chicken in the fridge or some other non-emergency.

there are apps, at least for the iPhone that do just that. They are initially for teen drivers, but there is no reason an old fart could not use it as well