Most states have now outlawed texting while driving. Do you feel that there needs to be a law against all cell phone use while driving?

Yes. I personally have been hit by a car before by some moron who was texting. I was pregnant at the time.

Luckily my vulgar display of WTF got her attention and she barely bumped me, but still what if I had been a small child? I think the only thing people should do while driving, is drive. No eating, texting, make-up applying, radio tuning...just driving.As people are incapable of following common sense I say yep make it a law and impose strict punishments.

Not just a stupid fine, like say.. suspending license. It is reckless endangerment imo.

There was a study done, I think in Britain, that showed that the same part of your brain is used to drive as to talk, so even if you're just chatting with someone in the car, you're impaired. It's not the talking on the phone that is the problem. It's that they are usually talking about things that either distract them, or in the case of business people, cause them to look away from the road to find something.

If people would be responsible, and just turn off their cell phones while they are driving, it would be o.k. When there were beepers, people had to stop somewhere to use the phone to return an important phone call. Studies have shown that now that people are talking on the phone in the cars, accident rates have gone up.

Seriously, just stop somewhere and return calls. It's not going to make or break you. Donald Trump made the bulk of his money without cell phones, and you can too.

I have never had a cell phone, and somehow, my world has not come to an end.

There already is a law, it’s called inattentive driving. Making another law for the same thing isn’t going to make anyone stop doing it. Stealing is illegal, but people still do it.

Driving drunk is illegal, but people still do it. Enough of the nanny state and start enforcing responsibility.

I have to agree with unwirklich. I haven't been in an accident but have been nearly hit by people using phones in the car. Driving really takes many levels of attention to detail to avoid accidents and problems.

When a driver's entire focus isn't on the road, that's when problem occur. I think we get complacent behind the wheel of a car even though, technically, we are driving around a piece of deadly equipment. There is no "oops sorry I didn't mean to do that" when it comes to minor misses while driving.

I think even hands free equipment is dangerous because your focus is on the conversation and not on driving. I don't necessarily think that the radio is the same because you don't have to focus on the radio; it's merely background noise. We sing along because the tune and words are so well known to us that we don't have to think about it.

I don't lose my focus while singing along to the radio and driving but I know I can lose focus even with a hands free set while driving.

I don't think there needs to be a law banning hands-free devices. If one was proposed, there would be vigorous opposition anyway. What about all the cars that come with speakerphone systems installed?

Are people just supposed to just stop using them? Also, I feel that laws without enforcement only make the powers that be look weak. There are already more laws than can be enforced.

Most people can break the existing cell phone laws with almost no fear of getting caught. We even have radio ads that basically beg people to follow them willingly because they can't ticket enough people to make a difference. They sound pretty stupid, and only appeal to those who are financially motivated to not get a ticket.

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