Do you support the law against using cell phone while driving?

Completely.

I know I can't drive while talking on my cell phone, so I generally don't do it. I'm on the road an awful lot and I've had narrow-misses with MANY a driver who couldn't be bothered to pay attention to where they are going because they were too busy talking on the telephone.

Have we really become a culture that can't go FIVE MINUTES without some sort of social stimulation? Text messages, cell phones, laptops, PDAs, instant messengers... REALLY?

A long time ago we had to send our communications across country on HORSEBACK, for crying out loud, and nobody shriveled up and died waiting for WEEKS for a piece of mail.

These days, we can't wait 10 or 15 freaking minutes to make a phone call or send a text message and we're willing to put ourselves and everyone around us in danger because we're THAT impatient?

Give me a break.

JUST DRIVE!!

Yes. I was almost struck on the highway by someone too busy with a phone call to maintain their lane position. I moved out of her way to save my own neck. Why can't people just drive when driving?

Its hard enough to change the radio station while driving. So yes, completely.

Yes, but only for other people. I want to still be able to use mine when I drive. :)

Yes. Reason: People are stupid.

Knowing someone who has died because they flipped their SUV while texting, I couldn't give a more adamant yes.

i might get downrated for this but yes i do support it
the reason why is because i understand and know that i cannot drive properly when talking on a cell phone i have told this story before here on AB
one time i had my moms cell and she called me while i was driving (before this law)so i answered it and they were trying to tell me what to get them from the chinese food place and i stopped at a green light i was so distracted i immediatley told them i couldnt talk and would call them back when i got to the chinese resturant to ask what they wanted
that is why i support this law because i fully understand that talking on the phone can be distracting and making a simple mistake like that made me relize that

Yes because it distracts drivers from paying attention to their surroundings, pedestrains,and street lights, this law will prevent some accidents hopefully.

Absolutely...!
You wouldn't believe some of the whacked out things I've seen
(well, maybe you would... ;-).

Heck, last year I was coming up on this huge ol' brown cadillac from back in the 70's, one of the real wide ones, and the thing is just bouncin' up and down as it's going down the highway and it's a bit unstable going from side to side comin' just over the line as I'm coming up on it... as I come alongside as I'm passing, I look over and there's a big fat guy in his 40's or so, cell phone to his ear, so animated in his conversation I could see him shaking his head while he's talkin' and hollerin' into the phone... I was like "son of a b..." un-believable...

I've read magazine articles that said in tests they've found that the reaction and awareness of 30 year olds they tested who were talking directly into a cell phone was diminished to the point of being equivalent to that of a 70 year olds... and some were diminished to the reaction times of an 80 year old...!

This isn't the article that I read, but it's useful information and points in the same direction -
http://ojas.ucok.edu/01/papers/crabtree01.htm

In Washington state, it is now illegal to use a cell phone without a hands free set. I'm all for it. I keep two bluetooth sets ready to go at all times.

Yes. Divided attention could mean you having to be cut out of your vehicle.

The law is "both hands on the wheel" Cellphone, eating or whatever.

Yes.. they cause accidents

It doesn't bother me as long as they're not doing something stupid, like driving like assholes (which most of the time is the case!) I think to make a law against it is rediculous because it's just going to cause cops from wasting more time pulling people over for stupid offenses when they could be out doing something a bit more productive.

Yes, I think it's a great thing, though I still worry about the people using ear pieces as it's been proved that listening and responding to someone that is not ion the car with you is more distracting, period.

No.

Yes. It can be dangerous and stupid. You may be driving a manual car, and gas bagging on the fone then suddenly, you need to stop or change gears because some kid runs on the road, or an accident has suddenly happened around the bend in front of you. All the while your trying to listen and concentrate on the fone conversation. Easier to pull over or quickly tell them you'll ring back or let the damn thing ring out.

yes! just like a law banning cell phones from the moives and libraries! (which I hope will be made)

Yes too many unnecessary accidents happen.

halfway. =] but i dont see how they can enforce it...i think it would be kindof hard to catch people, especially those texting. and texting while driving i do think is very bad.

I support it. The people using cell phones while driving are a hazard to both themselves and others. This has been proven many times in various studies. They are distracted from the road while trying to make a call, or talk on the cell phone while driving. I think it's a good law, but even though we have the law in eddect in my state I still see people using them all the time. Not as much now that the law has taken effect, but still quite a few still do it anyway.

I support the cell phone ban. It's irresponsible and arrogant to talk on a cell phone while driving. I don't trust those people not to run me over while I am biking wherever I am going because they are not able to concentrate fully on driving. I hate people who do that.

I hate see people driving around while talking on cell phones, but the last thing that we need are more laws. Just use common sense. Is that to much too ask?

Absolutely. It's probably just as irresponsible as drunk driving. So many people do so many STUPID senseless things while driving and talking on the phone. It should be more enforced than it already is. It's a serious problem.

definitely, i have had that many near misses where people were on their phones not paying attention, if it wasn't for the fact i am a vigilant driver i would have been hit numerous times.

There was an accident near us where a truck driver was on his mobile, and he didn't see the traffic light had changed and he ploughed straight into a little ford fiesta with a 19 year old girl driving, and she was killed instantly, the car was completely crush to about a 1/4 of its original size. so knowing thats what can happen i think it is a good law, if only it could be easily enforced

I would support it. I saw so many cases of stupid and/or dangerous behavior on the roads caused by drivers talking on the phone. I wish it would be illegal.

Absolutely! Statistically, it impairs your driving ability as much as driving drunk...

Yep, I've had waaaay to many people almost hit me because they weren't paying attention and on the phone. I especially hate texting while driving.

yes i do, a person isnt concentrating on the road if they are talking on a mobile/cell phone.:)

No way because talking on your phone is alot worse than instant messaging.
I got arrested two days ago and the cop was instant messaging and researching on the internet while driving with me and a friend in the back! I asked him to pull over and buckle me up.
Shows how much they follow their own rules.

Yes. Driving is already inherently dangerous and has its own risks. Why should anyone increase those risks by distracting themselves? It's stupid. The cell phone can wait for afterward.

YES YES YES

It is very dangerous to use the phone while driving and very annoying to use it when sitting next to me on the bus.

Yes yes yes

YES, 100%! People are such horrible drivers when they are on the phone!

Yes. I recently heard that you are 4 times more likely to have an accident using a cell phone.

I had some friends in a car that was hit by a woman who wasn't even looking at the car when she hit them because she was on the phone.

Just yesterday I almost hit a pedestrian, dressed in dark clothes, walking acroos the street, against the light, while talking on the phone. He almost came to a stop in front of me instead of crossing at the pace he had. I guess someone said something "important" to him and he had to slow down to process the information.

YES !! my town has already established the law .

Yes, I do.

Yes, yes and yes, we have enough traffic accidents without mindless idiocity, talk and walk!

in the uk that law to ban mobiles while driving has alreafy come in.you can talk on phone if you use a hands free device.not that eveyone abides by the laaw.i think its an on the spot fine,or something like that.

I did before they started putting tvs and DVD players in cars. And as long as I am on the subject radios are just as bad and those come standard even in cars that don't have DVD players. With all of the other things people have distracting them that people put into their own cars cell phone laws just don't seem as useful as they once did.

Yes. Hang up and drive.

100%, hang up and drive.
If you're in real slow traffic or at a long red light sure, but once it's green, I expect that conversation to be over.

No.

Yes!

Yes, unless the car is at a full stop. That means 0 KPH.

Yes because when you drive you must pay attention. Driving isn't a game. You could die. So many horrible drivers these days have licenses and it surprises me. Drunks, people who drive way too fast, etc. Judging by how many people that have been killed at my school merely because they are too ignorant to pay attention to the rules I approve this rule not for just my self but for the safety of others. I think at least ten to twenty people died in car crashes in my town this year.

i don't have a cell phone and if i did have one, i wouldnt use it while driving - i would support any law regarding this

i support the law. i dont know how they can enforce it.

Well until someone runs in to me i guess i would be more worried about it but as of now i have had no problems other them people being retarded while they drive.