The issue concerning the use of cellular phones while driving is again being raised. This time by the national highway traffic safety administration. A survey done by them has shown that a quarter of the over 6 million vehicle crashes each year involve some form of driver distraction. Of course that is more than just cell phones.
People do the strangest things while driving including shaving and reading the paper.
However, the advent of cell phones have complicated the problem even more. And the answer is not using a speaker and getting rid of the hand held phone. Either way the driver is distracted. Just as we are distracted while listening to the radio or an audio tape or thinking about a business deal. We can't legislate what a person is thinking about but we may have to make rules concerning what we can and cannot do while driving a car.