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What's the difference between talking on a cell phone and being distracted by a passenger, changing the radio, eating a burger, etc?
This is exactly the point. It is impossible to ban all activities which might distract a driver. And cell phone use in a car is no worse than eating or drinking or having noisy passengers in the car with you. Bans on texting are a great idea, since you can't do it without taking your eyes off the road. I'm even okay with requiring hands-free devices to be used, since having one hand tied up holding the phone can be a problem. But outlawing cell phone use altogether is just stupid, and not only that but it would be extremely hard to enforce.