But you wouldn't be doing it to yourself...if you got into a one-car accident and wrapped your car around a light pole, that's one thing. Hit me or someone I care about with your car, and that's a bigger problem. And if you're more likely to do that while you're holding a phone up to your ear (though I agree - it's the talking part as much as the holding up to your ear part), then it makes sense. The problem is that probably 92% of cell phone converations are completely unnecessary. You're going to potentially kill or injure me or make my life terribly inconvenient for a while because you just couldn't wait to "just call to see how you're doing?" Stupid. And humans can't be trusted to not be a danger to those around them.

You're right, of course. But what I'm getting at is that since you can't just pass a low forbidding all unnecessary cellphone calls from people genetically incapable of walking and chewing gum at the same time, the question becomes, which way is the right way to go?

While I fully understand erring on the side of caution, I worry about legislative bodies deciding where that threshold is for possible bad outcomes of any activity. It's part of the whole culture of trying to control every variable so nothing bad ever happens, and that's something I find deeply troubling.

This could be the right move, and it could reduce accidents. I just have some concerns, is all.