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You sound like one of the democratic legistlators from California, or better yet Hillary, who said:

Got hyperbole? Strawment arguments don't cut it.

Do I need to give you a primer on whatit means to be in a Representative Republic and how laws are made?

I have been personally run out of my lane at least 10 times and was almost hit in a crosswalk when I had the green and every single time it was from someone driving while on a cell phone.

Scientific studies have shown the human brain can't properly multi-task when using a phone and that using a phone is the same as driving drunk.

Or do you think drunk driving laws are also a sign of a "Nanny State?"

As far as what you do or don't do, I clearly said "I assume" since you are defending such dangerous behavior. I also never use the phone when driving and I appreciate the fact you also show proper respect. Too bad most people don't.

Do I need to give you a primer on whatit means to be in a Representative Republic and how laws are made?

I understand that idiots can make all sorts of laws, but the question is should we? When is freedom more important than safety? 99.9999999% of the time.

I have been personally run out of my lane at least 10 times and was almost hit in a crosswalk when I had the green and every single time it was from someone driving while on a cell phone.

Freedom means individual responsibility. If someone harms you with a car whether they are talking on a cell phone or putting in a CD, they should be held responsible. I commute 135 miles a day in heavy traffic, and cell phone users are the least of my concerns because they are easily identifiable and predictable. The ones that have almost killed me are people who change lanes in four or five lane wide highways and do not look before they do it.

Scientific studies have shown the human brain can't properly multi-task when using a phone and that using a phone is the same as driving drunk.

These days scientific studies say whatever the funder wants them to say. The studies I have seen say putting in a CD is more dangerous than talking on a cell phone because of the amount of time you are not looking ahead of you. If what you say is true, cops should have to pull over before they talk on their radios.

Or do you think drunk driving laws are also a sign of a "Nanny State?"

The .08 laws certainly are since they were passed by junk science and MADD and actually make the roads less safe because they create a larger pool of offenders that have to be dealt with when the actual ones that do the killing are mostly .13 and above.

Out where I live bicyclists ride our back roads which are curvy and hilly and I have had to lock up my brakes more than once coming over a hill at 50 and seeing then right in front of me doing 20. Does that mean biking shoold be outlawed?

You either believe in freedom and personal responsibility or you do not. If someone talking on a cell phone kills someone and goes to jail for manslaughter, that sends more of a message than seat belt laws II, which trivializes the law and makes people respect it even less than they do now.