I heard a different take on the incident with the little girl ... her sisters made it across the road, she didn't and the 80 yr. old driver didn't see her, etc.

Regarding texting, that's my hot button. How many times have you ridden alongside someone and seen them texting on their phones? Scares the living daylights out of me when I think one quick second is all it takes for them to be looking down and not see a pedestrian, cyclist, whomever. They're certainly not concentrating on the road or their surroundings.