This is nothing more than election year hot air. Truly, how many of these politicians, media-types, and others who are pushing for this sort of legislation spend half their lives on the cell phone, and driving? I'm willing to bet a large majority of them.
This is typical political stupidity of "you don't know what's best for you, we do, and we'll legislate it for you" mentality, and the problem is that people just accept it because 'it sounds good'.
I have no problem with requiring a hands free device, but what about that woman I saw putting on her lipstick in the mirror while driving? How about that idiot that I passed who was shaving in his rear-view while driving at 70mph down I-94?
The sales guy who is reading his email on his laptop in the passenger seat with a cellular modem card?
All these things are way more distracting than holding up a phone to one's ear. But perhaps we should require an IQ test prior to allowing people to purchase a cell, to keep the stupid ones who can't handle more than one thing at a time from getting them.
