why banning cell phone use in cars is dumb

[dead0man]

link - NHTSA
10% of distracted driving fatalities are cell phone related
13% of traffic fatalities involved distracted driving
thus...(is my maths right?)
~1.3% of driving fatalities are cell phone related

It's still ok to talk on a phone hands free, but lack of hands isn't what 'causes distracted driving, it's lack of brain activity devoted to the task of driving.

From a NY Times article.

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Just another dumb, pointless law that makes cops have even more interaction with the public leading to more issues between the two.  We need fewer laws, not more.

[dead0man]

30000 * 1.3% = 390 deaths via cellphone-in-car.

From a NY Times article.

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The laws aren't reducing crashes.

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You're wearing the wrong colored state sir.

[dead0man]

<tips hat>
my apologies ma'am for making assumptions, the "scarlet" should have clued me in probably

[dead0man]

Indeed, which is why this is a stupid law.