Larry, I agree 100%. In fact, right now there is a push in Congress to make Electronic Stability Control mandatory on all new motor vehicles, which is great(I've experienced it in action in Germany, and it delivers!), but I would be even more interested in some type of jamming device in cars that interferes with any cellular transmission while the vehicle is in any gear except Neutral or Park. While that might take some time technologically (although we already have switches that prevent engaging the transmission if the brake pedal isn't pushed in), there should at least be SERIOUS fines for talking on a cellphone while a vehicle is in motion. Repeated studies have shown that talking on a cellphone (or even worse working on a laptop or something equally STUPID) reduces driver reaction times almost as significantly as being legally intoxicated, no one seems willing anywhere to enact legislation against it! WHY? Without exception (ok, one friend of my wife who scares the bejesus out of me whose attitude is "until they make it a law..."), every person I talk to anywhere thinks it should be illegal to talk on cells and drive, even hands free (even handsfree conversations require you to divert your attention from DRIVING), but no pending legislation...
