The Left like to think of itself as "reality-based." Ironically, they are precisely the opposite. Most of their ideology is founded on what they think OUGHT to be true, and they are largely immune to whether or not their policies work. This is demonstrated daily on dozens of fronts, economics only being the most prominent one.

You see, cell phone bans don't seem to make any real difference in accident rates. Do the idiots who passed this law care? No. If I went up to them and waved the research in their face would they care? No. Leftism is a religious belief.

This law, like most "nanny state" ideas, is based on some brain fart somebody had, and then insisted become the law of the land. And stay that way.

Now it's possible that massive restrictions on our driving habits could increase safety. Setting the speed limit to 20 MPH would certainly greatly reduce traffic deaths. What's the tradeoff? In any fuzzy area, I tend to err on the side of liberty.