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It's a loophole by xndx

for a careless and dangerous behavior that's been normalized. That it's less dangerous than regular texting doesn't make it fine. We should be looking at tech solutions to make it harder to text and drive (as suggested in Bruno's post below), not easier.

If people absolutely need to be able to text while driving, though, I guess it amounts to an improvement. I'd be happy with just minimal enforcement of the phone usage while driving laws on the books. Standing on a street corner and seeing the number of passing drivers looking down or to the side is a jaw dropping experience.