My opinion: all cell phone conversations hand held and hands free should be illegal. There is more and more research out there demonstrating that both types of cell phone conversations can cause accidents.

I do have an iPhone and when I am on long drives in the car I put it on airplane mode so it becomes just an iPod playing music. I have told my carrier to turn off texting (I was getting so much text spam that it was starting to cost me extra $ on my bill!) and on short drives around town, I either leave the phone at home or put it away where I cannot be tempted to use it.

I have blogged about this subject
on a few occasions.

As someone who travels a lot, the cell phone and now the smart phone has been a huge improvement in my life and work, but not at the expense of my life and others' not to mention common courtesy and respect.

And don't get me started on cell phones in public places. :-)

Deb Cowan