Moss adds, “I see near misses all the time because of people talking on their phones and driving. Everybody has a story: It’s the car sitting at a light that changes and doesn’t move until you honk, or it’s the person weaving back and forth.”
She and others figure the bill will face a battle from those who don’t want to give up phones while driving. Also, national safety groups oppose such bills saying they may worsen road safety by leading people to mistakenly believe that talking while driving with a hands-free device is safe, when studies show it is as just as dangerous as using a hand-held phone.