Posted On: June 3, 2008, 1:46 pm CDT

Posted By: Stat Guy

You are so right Dread, that most are un-necessary and unimportant but for those salesfolks who insist that it lend to their productivity, I say, pull over then. Why the hurry? Never heard of "haste makes waste"?I know that there are many distraction to drivers, other than cell phones but this is the newest and I say we don't need to allow another distraction to eating, reading, putting on make up....we can't stop that realistically but we CAN stop the chatter! Someone said, let's test the proposition that cell phones are an unsafe distraction. It should not be a problem for the Consumer Product Safety Commission or J.D. Power associates to do so. why not, why should the telecommunications lobby have more influence than safety experts? We can at least limit the distractions to all of those cited, MINUS the cellphone exposure. when I look in my rearview mirror and see someone yakking, I let them pass so I can keep them where I can watch them. And for those who are sitting in the passing lane, passing the time, passing gas and yakking, they have no clue where they are, let alone how fast they are going etc. I pass them on the right and speed up to put some distance between us just in case they forget to brake. This is no joke, I think penalties for cellphone use should be severe, to get the attention of these knuckleheads. I have a right to be safe on the road and that trumps anyone's priviledge to talk at will while driving!