Cell Phone Law
Looks like someone (whose client actually got off anyway) is about to sue the city against the no cell phone while driving law. Personally I love the law. From a statistical perspective driving while talking on the cell phone has problems of the same level as driving drunk (pdf), though with different indicators. In any event, I hope that this law is upheld if for no other reason that the city can’t really afford to shell out all the money that it would otherwise be getting from these tickets.
As a side note, driving while using a hands free device only minimally improves your capabilities, meaning that overall the law may not have the desired effect. The most important effect that the law can have in terms of safety is that it might force people to think about the current driving conditions before picking up the phone. As well as the proximity of the police. And a little bit less phone driving is better than more.