Ban of blue tooth mobile device in cars   

It is important that when driving, the only thing to concentrate on is driving.

Yeah here in California, that year they banned talking on cell phones in the car - thing is, it is to hard to enforce. THey aren't going to pull someone over htey see talking ... well they can but they know that the person will hang up and deny it and they can't say "show my the phone so I can see the time of the last call". And since calls can just be deleted and no record kept....

If you are talking on the phone you are not paying attention your driving. You haveonly one had on the wheel and that is dangerous. Your mind is half on your driving and half on the conversation... just to much adds up to accidents. I hae been MANY times nearly hit or side swiped by a car cause the person was on a cell phone and not watching where they were going - or what was coming toward them.. goog thing I was watching or there'd been an accident.

But once that passed they started on the text messaging while driving. That is worse than talking!!! Haven't heard the outcome of that, but still... even with a blue tooth, yes your hands are free, but your mind and attention is still split between the driving and the conversation.

I think all cell phones should be banned in the drivers seat of a car. You are there to drive. If you are to busy or have other more important things to do, pull over and stop or do them before you start.

The thing with talking on the phone is that your brain acts differently than when you have the radio on for example. And that causes accidents. If it's only a dent then what the heck right? But what if you or the others end up with something like a whiplash and their lives are pretty much ruined for the rest of their lives?
I really understand that some people really, really rely on being able to use their phones in the car...like your husband. But we got along fine without them about 15 years ago. If we needed to make a call we just stopped at a booth. Not handy, not practical but a lot safer. So would it really kill us to pull over to take or make that call? Maybe if more people did that we could get our car insurance rates slashed!

I think it is a load of twaddle. Yes it's important to use hands-free equipment with the phone, such as a blue tooth headset, but how different is it really talking on the phone compared to talking to a passenger, or listening and talking back to the radio, or even singing along to the radio.

In my eyes this is no different. Otherwise, they will all have us driving around on our own , with no music on nothing, just so we can concentrate on driving. And I bet you, there will still be the same amount of accidents.

If someone is a bad driver, they will always be a bad driver, whether they be talking or not talking on the phone.