Allowing police officers to pull drivers over for texting and driving will result in an abuse of power

Since the invention of cars with the combining pressure of police, people have been getting pulled over for decades now. In 1904, the first paper speeding ticket was issued to a taxi driver in New York City. He was going 12 miles per hour. Cops have the ability to pull drivers over for many reasons in addition to speeding such as broken tail lights, license plates, reasonable suspicion for distraction, and, of course, texting. The question that remains is, should cops be able to pull drivers over solely for texting and driving?
In theory, police officers having the ability to pull drivers over for texting and driving is reasonable. While most would like to say that they don’t text and drive, many drivers do it anyway, especially if it is a quick “Ok” or “omw” to someone. The difficulty, though, unlike driving over the speed limit or under the influence, is that texting is hard to prove. Furthermore, people of color can be profiled by police based only on reasonable suspicion or something as insubstantial as a hunch. If cops were able to pull drivers over because of drivers texting, it could be even easier for law enforcement officials to abuse their power over citizens.
This does not mean that every single cop will abuse the privileges they hold as public officers, it simply means that they can and based upon historical significances, some just might. It’s telling when every Black man in America can tell stories about the times when they were pulled over for being racially profiled. They aren’t supposed to be in that car, it must be stolen.
Point blank, a law that gives police the authority to pull civilians over for texting while driving has more cons than pros. Truth be told, it won’t help because in theory, we all want to know every driver is being safe, but that is not possible. In Nebraska, all passengers between the ages of six and 18 must be wear a seatbelt. Still, drivers and all passengers must wear seatbelts, yet it is not enforced. The fact not wearing a seatbelt is only a secondary law means one cannot be pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt. The only charge is a $25 fine. People continue to not wear seatbelts by their own regard. No law, no matter how serious or affirmative it is, should be implemented with the common knowledge that it can abused by those in authoritarian positions who have a reputation for police brutality and hard bias. What good will it do toward the public? How does this benefit the public plus all drivers? Attempting to police drivers by enabling laws they were already breaking is illogical and serves no real benefit.
If the law was created under the notion of it being a secondary law, the purpose is still lost. People won’t take it seriously or ignore it altogether. There are too many factors that come with police pulling civilians over for texting. One of them being: abuse of power. A cop can pull someone over due to their own bias and say they were texting; who will the police believe, their own or some random driver who was apparently endangering drivers by texting. Figured so. Second case in point, it will be hard to prove. Probably wondering how police can lie about texting but prove it anyway and the answer is planting evidence. It was used in the past, most likely being used now, and will one hundred percent be used in the future. The evidence behind texting and driving is too substantial to prove, therefore should not be considered at all. There are multiple determinants that hang above civilians’ heads to give police more authority. It’s not that they can’t handle it, it’s just their track record with police brutality and planting evidence is apparent to anyone paying attention. But yeah, let’s give them more power and implement more laws instead of enforcing the existing ones.