Croaker
While I would fully agree that texting while driving is extremely dangerous and should be banned, I have never understood the argument that cell phone use should be banned completely. Talking on the phone, either with a bluetooth device or by using the handset is, to my mind, no more distracting than talking to a passenger in the car. I would say that the vast majority of the people that I have driven with are often driving with only one hand on the steering wheel, so the argument of having to hold the phone with one hand doesn't work for me. Also, the people that say that talking on the phone splits the concentration of the driver is no more valid than if that same driver is talking to their passengers. Most people I know can't bring themselves to talk to someone in person without looking at them, so I would rather have them talking on the phone, driving with one hand, and looking forward, not looking away from the road toward the passenger or in the rear view mirror. I would prefer that the government(s) not over legislate any issue, and in my opinion the ban on texting should be the only one that is used in regards to the cell phones.
But hey, that's just me.
I guess the problem is that to text and drive you need to hold the phone with one hand but use both thumbs to type, (at least on a Blackberry), plus hold the streering wheel and look at the road. Multitasking is ok, most people do fine multitasking, but you can't be 100% concentrated in all the activities you are doing simultaneously...