Yeah, yeah you should be penalized. If it was 1 in 1000 causing the problem maybe that would be a different story. But those numbers seem (I know, very unscientific) reversed to me.

I know I am a worse driver when using a cell phone even though the entire time I am driving I am worrying about my actions more while using the phone.

Criticize me if you will, but in my youth I drove drunk on several occasions. Nothing ever happened to me. No tickets, arrests, no one died or was injured. I never even hit a telephone pole or guard rail and drove off. I also think I was an idiot who deserved something far more severe to happen to me. And it certainly does not mean I think it should be legal as it is regarding the risk involved. If the risk involved is as great or greater than driving while drunk--as many more than just this latest study have shown--then it should be illegal.

Screw business. Screw talking about your day. Screw making arrangements to pick up kids. Screw your boss calling you to find out why lunch is taking two hours. Pull over and call the person back or wait until you reach a stopping point other than a stop light.

Do not penalize me because you think you can drive better than you do while on a cell phone and hit, kill or injure me or anyone else.