Cell phones are a large part of our society in this day and age. Everyone from businessmen to country farmers has a cell phone. Cell phones may help in some situations, but are they really hindering more than helping?
             I admit that I am an avid user of my cellular phone. With the unlimited minutes that my cell phone comes with, I can't help but to use it for all of my calls. I also admit that I have caught myself using the phone while driving down the road.
             After reading an article in the newspaper about New York banning the use of a cell phone while driving down the road, I questioned whether or not legal action was needed.
             New York had "talking and driving" banned because of the amount of wrecks that people would cause while trying to hold a phone and steer a car. In New York, one would have to use a hands free devise in order to talk on the phone. However, studies have proven that this isn't always an effective fight against the threats that cell phone use while driving pose. A person, even while using a headset, would still be distracted.
             "How is using a headset with a phone and talking to a passenger different," some might ask. If a person were in a car as a passenger, he would sub-consciously see any hazard in the road ahead and thus pause the conversation to allow the driver to focus solely on the hazard ahead. A person on the other end of a phone call would not see the hazard, continue to talk, and turn the driver's attention away from the road.
             Although, I do use my phone while driving, I often tell the person I am talking to, to hold while I assess an upcoming hazard. However, if I do find myself not paying as much attention to the road as I should be, I quickly end the phone call. I feel that as long as I am a cautious driver, and as long as it's legal, I will continue to converse while driving.
             I do, however, intend to hold all calls until stationary once a law is pass...