____ing WHilst driving

[Crazy Dazz]

There's been a big furore in the west recently about distracted drivers, and changes to the the law to make it illegal to text or use your mobile phone whilst driving.
I was listening to senior policeman on the radio answering questions, about all sorts of hypotheticals, including the use of "google" glasses, and he claimed that further changes to the law would be required to keep pace with emerging technology...

Really?
Is that how retarded our society has become?
Do we need a law that specifically says "don't drive your car from the back seat whilst waxing your bikini-line" or can we figure out on our own that it would be plain stupid?
As always, it seems to me that stopping morons and crackheads from driving would solve a lot of problems.
Furthermore that learner drivers should be required to demonstrate an understanding of the basic physics involved in a 2 tonne car travelling at 100kph.
Beyond that, the law requires a driver to take all due care and attention, and you can be fined for breaching that irrespective of whether another specific activity was involved.

Concentrating on multiple inputs (speed, steering, traffic, pedestrians, signals, sounds) is PART of driving. Some do it better than others, and its when you fail to pay adequate and timely attention to one of those that problems occur.

By all means EDUCATE ignorant drivers of what they need to be doing and the dangers of distraction. But I think ridiculous nanny laws are going in entirely the wrong direction.