Should cell phone be banned while driving?

Question

should it be ban from using while driving

Answer 1

It is a distraction and it may cause the driver not to be attentive to the road. It can be a serious problem, it is dangerous to others which are completely unaware of the lack of responsible behavior displayed by the driver.

Answer 2

And thats why I am getting a blutooth hands free...

Answer 3

Yes, anything that distracts the driver from paying attention to the road.  What those people who do this do not understand is that when they get in an accident it affects the person who you hit.  Meaning, the other person who got hit maybe can not afford to get in an accident and loose their car for however long.  I say this because it has happened to me with a guy on a cell phone who drifted into my lane. All things that should be banned while driving: cell phone, eating, reading,watching tv, even smoking I believe.

Answer 4

it's illegal in ny

Answer 5

no it should be just how it is . . . if you are on your phone and cause an accident cause you are a moron then you get a ticket for " Failure To Control Your Vehicle " why take it away from people that can do more than one thing at once for the stupidity of others. . .

Answer 6

It should be illegal to do. It is highly dangerous no matter what girls and business men say. I have seen firsthand how horrible people drive while on cell phones. Merging without looking, cutting across traffic without looking, speeding. A lot of people are scary enough when they drive.

Answer 7

YES to many people do not concetrate while they are driving. Hopefully Ontario will pass the law NO CELL PHONES

Answer 8

In California it is, and my state (Arizona) just banned texting a half a year ago. Our state also installed about 5 speeding cameras on major freeways here and caught about 800 people the first day the first camera were installed!!!!

Answer 9

yes they should be

Answer 10

No, cell phones should not be banned while driving. I agree that using a cell phone takes away from a person's ability to drive, but the problem becomes where do you draw the line. Talking on a cell phone is unacceptable, but applying lipstick is okay?

Why isn't giving someone the finger illegal? The amount of time it takes to look at the other person, make sure s/he is looking back, then giving an obscene gesture/words takes away from your concentration.

How about trying to discipline kids in the back seat? A crying baby or two (or more) fighting kids in the back seat is far more distracting than a cell phone.

What about talking to your passenger(s)? Some passengers can be really distracting when intoxicated... but nobody ever questions people who volunteer to be designated drivers (they're practically heroes in some circles) yet they can be worse off than those on a cell phone.

What about driving when a person is tired? Will there be a device that tests how much sleep a person has gotten at night and if, say, a person has less than 7 hours sleep they are given a fine?

There are thousands of things that distract drivers while driving... cell phones are just the most convenient to label because they are easiest to spot, and easiest to enforce.

Soon, listening to the radio will be illegal too...