I use a handsfree device, yet very seldome use the phone while I'm driving. Too often I see drivers of all ages pauing more attention to their phones than their driving. Those people normally become one thing -- A STATISTIC.

Ban cellphone is a good idea,that is for all ages. I think there will be less accidents.

Actually as a parent, I wouldn't want a ban on cellphones... I rarely look at my phone when I use it... and I use my Sync system in my car. And in my opinion, I am more distracted in my own thoughts than I am talking to my mom on my 25-45 minute commute home. There have been times when I am so tired or just thinking about a plethora of other things that I don't even know how I got home. And so what if there is one less distraction... there are still going to be constant distractions when driving anyway... and I'm not worried about my driving, I'm worried about the person in front of me that is going to stop short on an off ramp when they were supposed to yield and had a clear lane almost causing a multi car wreck behind her (of which she wouldn't even have been in).

YES, cell phones shold be banned worldwide while driving. People should pull over to the side (off driving road) to answer, talk, and make calls with their cell phones. How many times have you been behind drivers driving below the speed limit, and once you get pass them, they are on their cell phone?

Forget about banning cell phones! I think we need to focus on educating drivers on proper road etiquette/procedures! Ultimately I believe people should be focused on the road, period. Keep the flow of traffic moving. Use signals. Be aware of your surroundings. Move to a slow lane for speedy drivers etc.

WHAT THE EYE SEES IS NOT WHAT THE BRAIN REGISTERS! Most or half of fatal accidents are caused by Driver error.including lapses in attention.One common reason is,what the eye sees is not what the brain registers.
When drivers are looking right at something as they speak on a cell phone, they are quite likely not see it. Just because the eyes are looking at something outside the window, it does not mean the brain is going to process it.
Talking on a cell phone, halves the amount of visual information drivers process.So, while talking on a cell phone, your eyes may be focused on the road a head, but your is often elsewhere.
I would therefore be in favor of a law that forbids all cell phone use by drivers.

ban them please please please

Seat belts save drivers,Cell phones kill drivers, Pass the law like they did for seat belts.
Cut out the percentage of people who want it passed and those who don't ,and pass it before more people die.Has anyone lost a family member in a car accident with a cell phone in their hand. Case Dismissed,Think about it.

YES YES YES

well yeah cell phones should be banned while driving look at all the accident's their are they have their eye's more on the cell-phone than they do the roads...

I feel that some one should look at the point of view that we need our cell phone while driving because of the fact that something might happen to any one and you cant use your phone because of this so called law that they are tryin to pass..If they want to talk about law it's unfair how they give you more time for selling drugs then killing and individual. Someone need to check into that before they try to stop cell phone talk,text while driving,I understand the texting part it can be a bit distractive,but completely ban cell phone while driving doesn't make sense to me cause yo eyes has nothin to do wit yo ear to a phone.Regardless of the fact accidents was happen before cellphones. For Example: DUI,Rectless drivers,speeding etc. They haven't ban that. you get a DUI and right back on da road doing the same thing.Come on people lets get it together. That's not the only reason for accidents..

I agree with banning this to some extent. I have bluetooth built into my car, it allows to keep 2 hands on the wheel and pay attention to the road. I do not text and drive, it's part of a contract I signed through my employer. You don't know how many people I pass who are swerving and texting, or talking and driving (on the phone, no headset) well under the speed limit because they aren't paying attention. People are not being safe drivers at all. I was in a car accident a few months ago and the guy that rear ended me was going about 50 mph, didn't see me put my blinker on to turn right because he was on his phone.

You can't prevent every distraction like passengers and radios, but why not eliminate an unneccessary distraction that has been proven to cause otherwise preventable accidents? Some of the reasoning for not banning cell use is a little over the top- "they'll take away all of my rights" these people would be the first people to cry when their kids are killed by a texting driver or someone who looked down to dial a cell phone number- and in certain countries (like England) it is illegal to eat, drink, or talk on phones while driving and penalties are steep. Personally I think people should lose their license if they get caught on the phone or texting. I commute every day and can easily point out which drivers on on their cell phones or texting based on how they are driving. They drive too slow, block passing lanes, change lanes to exit at the very last minute, don't use indicators and are a danger to others. If is wasn't so well documented that phones and texting cause accidents, why do investigators now automatically pull cell phone records when there is a vehicle accident?

Most definately. Stop people from concertrating on who and what they are talking about. And drive and keep alert. " The Life You Save May Be Your Own". TEXTING WHILE DRIVING "KILLS" Think about it!!!!!!!!

If we ban cell phone use while driving then we're going to have a bunch of idiots that stop traffic so they can take a call. The guy doing 80 in the fast lane is going to slam on his brakes and cut across five lanes of traffic to pull off on the shoulder or, if we're lucky, to take the next exit and fully get off the road. Sorry. Not gonna work. I agree it is dangerous to have people typing and dialing and talking while driving, but not sure a ban is going to fix it.

I say yes. You can always go stop some where an talk. People are always hold up traffic and not watch the road and the car in front of tem. I have seen people T-ing . I really get tired of it.I have acell phone and I never answere it when I drive. But I let My husband answere my phone when I am driving and he talks to them for me. My husband was in a bad rack in 2006, disabled him for life because of that. Just think about that.......

Drive the #$%$ car, period.

Many people text while driving, and sometimes the police personnel do not even care,
I have seen poilice personnel look at a driver texiting, and not do anything about it. Kind of like when police see some one jay walking. Yes it is agaisnt the law, but it is a law that police do not enforce much.

i've heard debates of putting devices in cars that would block all cell phone use. all. cell. phone. use. that means texting and callls. i'm not saying its safe to beon the phone, but heres the thing. its peoples choice. plain and simple. texting is worse than a phone call though. but phones shouldnt be entirely outlawed. what if theres an emergency? you have to pick up your kid from school, but got stuck in traffic, and need to let the school know? or if you think you left a burner on, to call someone to check? seriously, banning things entirely takes away peoples ability to think for themselves.

In CA you are not allowed to text, or have your cell to your ear while driving. yet people still do it. These people need to ask themselves, is this call really that important? I admire the one driver that I saw on the road. He had pulled all the way over and came to a full stop so he could talk on his phone. It is never safe to text while driving, and it is clear people can't seem to talk on a phone while driving either.