Texting & Driving

I watched Police Camera Action last evening - not a program I normally watch, but I was transfixed & sat through an unbelievable program on driver distractions.

4 people volunteered to take part with video cams in their cars showing a week of how they normally drive, OK it was contrived.
But real road film of them eating & texting at the same time, dog on lap & doing make-up, texting & reading. They all thought (initially) they were doing nothing wrong & where in control of their driving, they even found some things funny & were indignant that it was suggested it was both wrong, dangerous & against the law.
Watching the mentality of these & other more serious crash video of similar morons from around UK & USA it makes me fearful of actually going out on the road.

What are the police doing ?? Hand held phoning seems to be so commonplace & its obvious the message is not getting thru.
I would like to see much heavier penalties for hand held phoning, but texting & driving is so much more serious it really should be a no tolerance item & a loss of licence.

Rant over - opinions ???