Don't drink and drive + don't text and drive

[kitten645]

There is a law in CA about cell phone use in a car. I see NO difference. When someone is driving like an idiot it is almost ALWAYS they are on a phone. Makes me bonkers! I have an idiotphone...not a Smartphone. I use it to tell someone I'm lost or running late. I don't take pics with it or have itunes on it or do anything but make a call I HAVE to make. The option of pulling over to a payphone isn't one anymore. If my cell rings, it's not a call to subscribe to a newspaper. It's someone I know. And they need to talk to me.
It's a lifeline. Not a personal convenience. I learned in high school driving classes that if you pull over on a highway, you are more likely to be hit. The lights on your car confuse a drunk driver and even a tired one might veer toward you. Life was fine before all this gadgetries.

[wombat2u2004]

There is a law in CA about cell phone use in a car.

Same here downunder........the law has been in force for years now, and the penalties are really heavy.

[Cataholic]

There are many 'conveniences' that weren't around 50 years ago. That doesn't mean we should forego them. I can't imagine not using my cell phone while I drive. If I can manage to turn on a radio, speak to a passenger, adjust my mirrors, shift a car, etc., I can drive with a cell phone. I hope Ohio never passes such a law that bans the use of cell phones. Do I text while driving? No. Do I answer calls? Yes. Do I place calls? Sometimes...

I have used a cell phone regularly since 1995. I have had, since that time, one accident. I wasn't on the cell phone at all. I backed up right into an off duty police officer, in a parking lot. It was rainy and dark. We were on a hill, such that when I looked out my rear view mirror, I saw 'nothing'. His lights were beneath my line of vision, and with it being dark, I saw nothing in the mirror.

Does that mean cell phone use doesn't equal accidents based on one personal story? Of course not. But, all accidents are not caused by cell phone usuage. They are caused by distracted driving, and there is a host of examples for that.

If you can't use the phone while driving- don't use it, please.