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.