The poll results concurred with other surveys that showed people nationwide are concerned about the problems caused by driving and using a cell phone. A nonscientific survey conducted by IN Jersey, a Gannett Web site, showed 71 percent favored making it illegal to talk on any cell phone while driving. Fisher has a cell phone in his car but said he stops to make a call. And he said the situation only will get worse when the new generation of telephones that connect to the Internet become popular. Those modern phones, available now, deliver their information to a screen on which people read it.
Some pagers also provide information that way.
Currently, they would not be banned by the Marlboro ordinance because it doesn't cover reading. People polled were aware of the importance of paying attention to driving. They were opposed to any activity that causes a driver to take one hand off the wheel. A total of 56 percent said they felt anything requiring a driver to remove his hand from the wheel, including eating or drinking, should be prohibited. And even people who said they used the cell phone while driving didn't strongly oppose it.