I completely agree with your conclusion. I can think of any number of things that can distract you while driving, and am sure that if properly funded i could run a study proving that we'd have less traffic accidents/deaths if said things were banned while driving. They include talking, listening to a passenger talk, driving with a baby/small child in the car, listening to the radio, eating, appying make up, looking in the vanity mirror, etc, etc. No study proves that any of these things, or cell phone use should be banned as Salateen suggests. There is inherit risk in driving (and actually in pretty much everything we do). We can greatly limit these risks by limiting freedoms. Doesn't mean limiting freedoms is the right answer. It depends on the scale...how big of an impact would limiting that freedom have. Honestly i was not that impressed by the numbers provided. Considering how prevalent cell phone use is, if it were such a dangerous thing to talk while driving i would think the stastics would be higher. Ticket people for driving erratically. If they are operating the cell phone and you can't tell any difference simply by watching them drive, then let them continue.