Cell Phones and Driving

This is not a defending distracted driving comment, but instead a realistic view of the law and the problem itself. There was a time when the radio in your car had a dial and some push button slides. It was also mounted very low in the car. You certainly had to look down to adjust the radio, at least to see where you were starting at. Heaters being the same thing. Look away from the road for a second in order to adjust the settings. I still don't like the heater in my truck today because of it's location. OK, we made it through those days, because we had the brainpower to realize we were momentarily distracting ourselves from the task of driving. Amazing isn't it? OK, now we come to today. I will admit, I can't text and drive. I don't have the typing talent of my kids. They can text while not looking at the phone, even if they do look. But for me, this is an absolute distraction. I would have to ignore driving for seconds at a time to text. Simple answer, I don't do it. Now on to my point. Many of you will have the same opinion I'm sure. If I can't "talk on a phone", because I am holding it to my ear, what makes it any safer to do it hands free? I drive with one hand all day long. My second being in a position other than on my lap isn't going to make me lose my attention. 9 times out of 10, the conversation is the distraction. Not the actual device or the action of phoning. Perhaps a heated disagreement with someone on the phone would take your mind away from driving? How long will it be until you can't listen to your radio because you are distracted? Seriously, music can take you away just like an argument can. I have seen many people talking to themselves and not paying attention to the road. Hands free sure helped there!
My point is that holding a phone to your ear is not a distraction. It's no different than leaning on your hand against the window. However, the distraction is the conversation itself. The distraction is listening to your favorite song and singing along. The distraction is looking at store front advertising as you drive by. (Funny, they do that on purpose!) The distraction is talking with the other people in the car. The reason people are distracted is because they allow it to happen. They themselves can not handle the fact that they are in control of a 3000 pound hunk of steel hurdling along at 50 miles an hour.
You can make all the laws you want, stupid people are still driving out there everywhere. And they don't have to have a phone against their ear to get into an accident.