I imagine it's an easy task to subpeana your cell phone bill/usage to see if you were texting at the time of a ticket. can you remove them from your bill, too? if it's not a distraction to you, and you don't get caught, then i guess it's not going to apply to you. agreed, there are other distractions, and their effect is real. many, but the risks increase as drivers become more distracted. remember this... how are you going to feel if you ARE distracted for a second, and wipeout a guy on a bike...will you feel differently? I'm not telling you what to do, or calling you a liar or a bad person, I'm just saying that there are people out there that think they can do all this stuff, and drive just fine, but it only takes once for you to be distracted at the exact wrong moment, and someone's life is over.