Jun 19 2008
The Cell Phone Ban
Why is cell phone use while driving banned in NJ (among several other states)? How is holding a cellphone any less safe than using a hands-free device to engage in a telephone conversation? Most people with half a brain can safely talk on a cellphone while driving a car, then again I guess most people in NJ don’t have half a brain.
You can’t use a cell phone while driving, yet it’s perfectly legal to smoke a cigarette. Now you have a burning stick of tobacco with a dirty ash and burning ember to worry about. You either ash outside your window (which is illegal, yet most people do anyway) or you have to take your eyes off the road and find the ash tray.
Speaking of cigarettes, they’re rather expensive in NJ.