Should Texting While Operating Anything Be Banned?

I don’t think they need banning necessarily because people are going to find ways to distract themselves whether it’s the radio, food, or talking to their passengers while taking their eyes off the road. I think it should be stressed greatly however to have better judgment about it. For instance all those seat belt commercials I saw as I was getting my license and beginning to drive always popped into my head when I got in the vehicle. Maybe more commercials and other ways of emphasizing the importance of safer driving methods.

Texting and all cell phone use should be banned while operating any type of machinery. Remember, the life you save, could be your own!

I drive for a living here in the UK and we have had a legal ban on hand-holding mobile phones whilst driving for some time now. Unfortunately, some individuals seem to think the law doesn`t apply to them and I see both blatant disregard for the law and other people`s safety on my travels every day. Not only that, I have also very nearly been run in to by idiots who seem to think that they have super-human powers and can concentrate on driving and using a phone at the same time. In one instance a large truck barrelled straight on to a roundabout, without stopping, that I was already negotiating. It would have taken the front end of my car out had I not stopped in something of a brisk fashion. Sure enough, there was the driver, phone clamped to his ear. He seemed to be puzzled as to why I got more than a little upset with him. I`ve also nearly been rear-ended by other lunatics who don`t seem discouraged at all by the law.
It`s not just drivers who are at fault. I have been close to bowling over pedestrians who are jabbering away, completely oblivious to their surroundings (away with the fairies, as we say in the UK!) and have stepped out into the road, with near-fatal consequences.
I have also seen drivers attempting to text on a motorway! Ridiculous!
It`s very rare that a prosecution is publicised, if it happens at all and I would have thought that it`s only going to be unmarked police patrol cars that would have any chance at all of catching these idiots.

What’s the diff between texting, cell phone calling, and a Woman putting on makeup while driving a car?
U tell Me!

Texting while operating things especially heavy machinery should definately be banned because there would most likely be a crime percentage increase.