Got hit by a car today - don’t text and drive, folks.

I'm relieved that you are ok and enraged that the driver would display such a casual attitude about an incident like this. I agree with others that texting while driving isn't going away and that fines, points and even license suspensions aren't going to be enough to stop it. For that reason, and others, I'm very much in favor of requiring automobile manufacturers to equip all new cars with pedestrian detection systems that stop the car automatically when the system detects an imminent collison between the car and a pedestrian and the driver fails to activate the brakes. These systems have useful applications beyond just avoiding collisions between cars and pedestrians. My car has saved me twice from relatively high speed collisions with deer - a common and serious hazard in my neck of the woods (the woods being filled with deer). One of the two incidents happened at night in fog. The car's radar and cameras detected the deer on the road before I could even see it and brought the car to a quick, but safe stop. Saved my behind, the deer and probably what would have been collision damage that would have either totaled the car or cost thousands of dollars to repair. I'm completely sold on the technology. Truly amazing.