Texting while driving

There's been a bunch of talk lately about how dangerous it is to text while driving -- so dangerous, they say, that they're going to make it illegal. 

I think that's crap, personally. 

Here's a list of things that I do that are just as bad, if not worse than texting while driving...

1) changing a CD

2) talking on the phone

3) reaching to the backseat and digging around for my son's pacifier

4) reaching to the backseat and feeding my son a bottle

5) eating Wendy's/McDonalds/Tim Horton's/etc.

6) plugging in my iphone to the charger

7) looking at google maps for directions

8) looking in my purse for chapstick/lipstick

9) plugging my iphone into the cable so that I can listen to a podcast

9b) picking out a podcast to listen to

10) being sidetracked at the minivan in front of me that is playing a DVD for their kids

11) and of course... texting

I don't necessarily think that I should do these things while driving, but I know I'm not the only one that does them. 

My point is, I just don't think that eliminating texting while driving is going to do a whole lot. It seems like they would have to cut down on a bunch of other stuff if they really want to make driving safer.