California Teen Cell Phone Use Ban While Driving

[TheDragoon]

Personally, I think it is unfair to target only teens. And, it should be covered by "Reckless Driving" which would include eating, putting on makeup, digging in the backseat, messing around with the radio, and any other assorted activity that distracts the driver from paying attention to the road.

We should just outlaw stupidity and be done with this silliness.

I think that the reasoning behind it is sound; people who are younger are more easily distracted while also requiring more active attention than people who are older and/or experienced at driving. I have read about several studies that concluded just this, so this law seems to be targetting that sort of activity.

Of course, I'm from Washington which is banning cell phone use by ANYONE while driving (if not using a headset) over the course of the next year or so and I think that is a fabulous idea (despite the fact that I'll have to stop doing that). :)