Shannon probably yaks on her car phone all the way from her home in Brooks to the Capitol. I doubt she has ever had to dodge jabbering juggernauts on Sandy Boulevard. A study published in a recent New England Journal of Medicine concluded the risk of collision when using a cell phone while driving was four times higher than when a phone was not being used. The lobbyist added that phoning while driving is no more hazardous than eating or applying make-up while driving. He exercised great restraint by not comparing such cellular multitasking to changing clothes, shaving with a straight razor or playing Duke Nukem on a laptop while behind the wheel.
Wireless technology produces clueless technodependency.
Success isn't about doing two things at once, but doing one thing well. I thought that was more than reasonable. My own preference is impoundment. First offense, they lose their cell phone. Second offense, their car.