Let’s assume for a moment that the members of the NH Legislature that voted for HB 1360 (Restricting the use of cell phones in motor vehicles) are almost, but not quite as smart as they think they are.
Even under these more than gracious circumstances, voting to ask law enforcement to randomly fine people in New Hampshire, for engaging in conversation with an electronic device, when holding that device up to their ear, in their motor vehicle, while driving, a practice the majority of them have engaged in thousands of times individually, millions and millions of times collectively each year without incident, must be viewed in its proper context. It is an arbitrary tax on talking.
There was never conclusive evidence of any sort that a cell phone ban would reduce accidents or save lives by itself so what else could it be?
