A city ordinance should be enacted banning the use of cell phones while driving. Most people are involved in a car accident during their time as a driver, but one's chances of causing an accident increase by almost 100% when a cell phone is involved. I am tired of having to swerve, dodge and/ or slam on my brakes because some idiot on his/her cell phone can not talk and drive at the same time. When a person is talks he/she is focused on internal thought processes. This can be dangerous if the person is not paying full attention to other people who are sharing the road. In the past month I have almost been killed by a person running a stop sign and also by someone who could not stay in his/her lane of travel, both of them were talking on their cell phones.
The people who text message while driving are worse drivers than drunks. The punishment for those causing accidents while using their cell phones should be the same punishment given to those who have caused an accident while intoxicated; in both situations the person knows before hand the risk involved in not paying close attention to the road.
An alternative to banning the use of cell phones while driving is to enact an ordinance that would demand a hands-free way of communicating while driving. This might prevent some people from talking or text messaging their way into another driver. I know some cities have introduced such ordinances. Although I am not sure how well these hands-free devises work in preventing car wrecks.
