Frankly I‘m not a fan of the use of cell phones anywhere. The people who use them are rude, arrogant, don’t pay attention to what they’re doing, and I don‘t want to hear their stupid, inane conversations.
But, I also don't see any difference between talking on the phone while driving than being deep in conversation with a passenger where drivers are irresistibly drawn to constantly glancing at the person with whom they‘re engrossed in conversation.
One would logically conclude that being distracted by wrangling kids, a loose pet in the car, glaring electronic billboards, or a French fry or cigarette lost between one's legs would be far more distracting and accident causing.
This cabal of anti-cell phones in cars people should put their energy toward making a law the we can't do anything but drive: No eating, drinking, reading, looking at maps or directions, shaving, putting on make-up, no pets unless you‘re taking them to the vet to get their rabies shots, no radio, tapes, CDs, TVs in the back seat, and absolutely NO daydreaming or thinking...nothing that could possibly be distracting.
Driving. That’s it. Nothing else. Because with all the other things, they’re driving us crazy.
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