by P Cooper

Created on: October 27, 2008

Unfortunately, yes. Although I'm sure there has been a lot of time and money spent on research to try to determine if talking on cell phones while driving is hazardous, just spend a little time out there on any given day in any somewhat busy traffic area, and you will see some of the rather thoughtless things drivers do while concentrating on their cell phone conversations instead of driving their cars.

The cell phone is a wonderful invention, and being able to pick up the phone anywhere or anytime and place a call is a great freedom to have at our fingertips. Who doesn't have a cell phone these days? Who doesn't pick them up and use them freely, wherever and whenever. Our lives are busy. Society tells us we can do everything we want to do. People are using cell phones more than ever to conduct business while on the road, moms are running their children from activity to activity and are keeping up with the family by using cell phones, and the list goes on and on in why we cannot live without these little gems in our lives these days. I can't think of one place I've been in the past year where there hasn't been someone talking on their cell phone. Everyone is multi-tasking and trying to get as many things done in a day that they can.

The problem is, it's become such a phenomenon to talk on the phone wherever we are, that people everywhere seem to have lost all common sense and manners for where and when to use these little marvels of technology. The simple fact that signs are now posted at gas stations, restaurants, banks, and movie theatres, telling us to turn off our cell phones, should be clue enough that we're giving it absolutely no thought as to when and where we place that all important call that can't wait for another time. We give no thought to the fact that most people don't care to hear our phone conversations or how rude it might be to try to conduct business at the bank or grocery with the phone hanging off our ear. And, we give no thought to the fact that while we're yakking away on the phone while driving, we're simply not giving our full attention to what is most important at the time. If the truth be known, I would bet that most of these yak sessions could wait until a later time when we're not on the road.

Talking on the cell phone while driving is heightening the probability of causing an accident. As a driver, we are in charge of a machine weighing thousands of pounds. Having a driver's license gives us the authority to take that machine out

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