I'm all for exemplary sentencing. There's a need to bring home the deadly effects of distractions when driving.
It seems to make the news, with regular reports of sentences for texting, fiddling with radios etc. I do worry that a generation has grown up that sees distraction as a right, and comes up with excuses to counter any censure. But it may well be that I get an exaggerated view of the risks from the news reports, and from threads such as this.
However, I know that there's little I can do to lower the risks of these kinds of collisions, the drivers are completely at fault. I'm just left with the feeling that it's just going to get worse, as this generation gets older, and their multi-tasking exceeds their capacities.