[jongaltsr]

Without commenting on the danger or lack thereof concerning phoning and driving, it seems a large segment of the population in those states disagrees with the ban on cell phone use.

Because you haven't seen someone killed or maimed because some idiot was more interested in distracted driving, makes it ok.

You would obviously think differently if one of those people were to cause an accident and you or others were injured or even killed.

[BillGunn]

If that is the reasoning, then eating while driving, attending to screaming children while driving, driving while fatigued, adjusting radio while driving, should all be illegal also.

I did not comment on the wisdom of driving distracted. My question was and remains that if a majority of the folks are going to violate the law, which means they disagree with it, then it should not be a law.

It is apparent that most people are able to drive while talking, texting is another story completely.