To the self-absorbed textaholic driving on a Los Angeles freeway last weekend, almost hitting the car in which I was riding, I offer this: We both know you had no idea what you were doing as you stared at a text message and pretended to drive your car.

The evidence is abundant that a long list of electronics in the car are not safe, along with other in-car behaviors that should be managed diferently, applying makeup, settling disputes between children, incessant eating. All of it.

The National Transportation Safety Board came out swinging this week against texting and talking on a cellphone, even the hands free variety.

So what was the reaction in Washington state where Sen. Tracey Eide led the charge for our state's current law which bans holding a cellphone to one's ear?
Too hard to do.

I like the convenience of using down time driving to and from work by checking in with friends and relatives as anyone. But the truth is, and many of us surely realize it, talking and driving are a dangerous mix. We may not have the fortitude to do anything about it, but the NTSB is right.