About banning cellphones in cars...

This rant is from my TypePad blog;

I don't like cellphones but love driving. If they ban hand-held cellphones in cars it won't really inconvenience me but I wonder about the logic. I don't think using a hand-held cellphone in a car is a suicidal act but is probably best avoided depending on the circumstances. At 100km/h on the highway, no way! Sitting at the lights or inching along in the commuter crawl I can't really see a problem.

I can't comment on texting while driving as I consider texting at any time to be a completely frustrating waste of time. Probably because I'm so bad at it that I can feel my life ebbing away while trying to enter a message that would take a few seconds to speak. I mean, you've got a phone and I've got a phone so why text line by line? I have, without checking the exact number, sent less than 50 texts since getting a text capable phone in 2005. I even once got a text from Telecom telling me I could use my phone to text, as it I wasn't aware of this fact.

If they ban cellphones in cars why not other potential driving hazards like;

Makes talking on a phone seem relatively safe!