“It’s just the LEFT wanting to control you.”
I disagree. Other comments talk about the money - and I disagree.
The people that want these laws I think are genuinely concerned for our safety (I’m not sure if this cell-phone law was a referendum or not). Just like the trans-fat laws, the menu/ingredient laws, the smoking laws, etc. - they are doing it for our own good.
That is even scarier I think than if it was just for control or for money. (Although those are two obvious outcomes).
Personally I get distracted while talking on the headset too. The kids in the backseat or my wife or a passenger next to me I typically ignore - which my wife points out to me numerous times! ;) But just the other day I was next to a gal that was going too slow and kept weaving across the line. Waving her hands and looking at her passenger while gabbing away.
What I have noticed is the LEFT simply wants to control you. It matters not if it doesn't make sense. Very few accidents have been caused by people talking on their cell phones. More accidents are caused by kids, distracting the driver, reading, yes reading in the car and things like that.