So all this effort – if it becomes law – for a very partial solution. Indeed, how will it be enforced? It’s a gift to cell phone operators, hands-free kit makers and probably a company which uses child labor to make iPhone holders which fit into the flower vase holder in VW New Beetles.

C’mon, kids! We can do better than this, even in these inherently unsafe auto-machines. Obama, I suggest you give your NP to the person who invents a system which prevents a driver from using a mobile phone in their own car when it’s moving, but allows passengers to use theirs, and both in the taxi, train, metro, streetcar or bus, or just 911 in the car and nothing else: You’re driving or being driven after all, so make use of it and go visit the person you want to talk to.