I agree with you on the social signaling. If you're on your phone with someone else and they're cool with you chatting while you do something else then that's c

I agree with you on the social signaling. If you're on your phone with someone else and they're cool with you chatting while you do something else then that's cool, of course. The spirit of item 2 was more when it's not cool. One principle 1 I 100% agree with the disapproval. Studies show that the distraction of talking on a cell while driving is present whether the driver uses hands free or not. Given the data, it's appropriate to express disapproval of this activity just as it's appropriate to express disapproval at someone talking about how they drove drunk. Though to be fair to drunks, I think distracted drivers kill more people now but I could be wrong.