This is getting all too familiar these days. The issue isn't really with the cell phone though, it's with people doing everything behind the wheel except drive.
I used to do deliveries for a living when I was younger and I've seen a lot of goofy stuff.
Eating a bowl of cereal...yes, a glass bowl with milk and a spoon.
Playing a gameboy ( before the gameboy color lol )
Putting on mascara in the visor mirror with the car moving...
and my favorite, inappropriate use of the slap stick ;) chick sitting on his lap...priceless
It's the person behind the wheel, doesn't matter if they outlaw texting or cereal for that matter, jackasses will still be jackasses.
I had the same thing happen to my Duster a while back, chick was texting. I slowed down for someone in front of me that was slowing to make a turn and she didn't. Mangled my rear bumper and the trunk floor. CRUSHED the front of her civic, folded the radiator support back onto the engine.
The main issue was the insurance adjuster ( complete tool ) started telling me that the car is only worth 3k MAX. I told him he'd better get the definition of "worth" straight before he opened his mouth again or I'd call the local news. That's when he said he'd get back to me......almost a week later said they're ready to cut a check for $1800 and would pay more if the shop found more damage. Well, I'm doing the work so what now, he says that I'm not an authorized repair shop and that I can do whatever I want with the check.
It's all good though, I used the money to install a 360 magnum and did the body work myself, it was in need of a paint job anyway. No bondo happy collision shop work here...Another few weeks and it'll see the light of day once again, but it's been a long time.
