My thinking on this really comes down to common sense. While driving and cell-phoning has not been “proven” to be as dangerous as we have been told, it does still offer a distraction from driving. And this is never good.
Once a city or state has made it illegal to drive and talk on a mobile, what are they to do if the statistics show that the law doesn’t make people safer? One possibility is that governments could realize that trying to codify good habits is bound to fail, but the more likely reaction is that politicians will just look for the next distraction to legislate away. Enter the iPod. Despite the fact that no evidence exists suggesting that mp3 players contribute to accidents, the Canadian Automobile Association is urging all provinces to ban their use in cars. At the moment, no proposed legislation is in place, but it already seems like an eventuality that such a ubiquitous device will be targeted. Source: TechDirt