Hands Free Law

I ran across this video the other day that makes fun of the new California "Hands Free" law – wherein California makes it illegal to hold a cell phone and have a conversation.  Ironically, you can still legally text message somebody and drive in California from what I’m told (disclaimer: I am not a legal expert, nor do I play one on daytime TV – so I could be completely wrong about this). 

If you’re going to go so far as to make it illegal to hold a cellphone and talk – why would they (or anybody else) stop there and still allow texting from your cellphone or PDA?  With texting, you actually have to look away from the road while you read over your messages as well as read the responses.  I know of one person who’s 16-year-old son died last year and they determined that he was text messaging at the time of the crash.  Why would that be any safer than talking on a phone?  Come on guys…if anything, texting should be outlawed while driving. 

Doug