IMO, cell phone users are more dangerous than people that drink and drive. I don’t have an “studies” to prove it. I only have 2 hours of commuting each day and an observant eye. Almost every time I see a driver weaving back and forth in their lane or changing lanes without looking or slamming on brakes to turn suddenly, I see a cell phone stuck to their ear. I’m not saying that 100% of bad driving is due to cell phones or that all cell phone users are dangerous but at least drunks are watching the road. And, let’s face it, since schools stopped teaching Drivers’ Ed, driving skills have really gone to hell and all you need is an unskilled driver who is putting more effort into his phone call than his driving to cause a serious problem.
One of the actual jobs of government is to protect good people from dangerous people and a cell phone ban for drivers is the same as DUI laws.
Maybe not worse but at least as bad. This was the subject of a speech & position paper I did in college. People who were driving and talking on a phone were just as dangerous as drunken drivers according to the research that I found. I usually commute on a motorcycle and I am always on the lookout for yakkers.
WOW! That's stunning. At least you prefaced that line with, IMO