To be honest, the only time my cell phone is in use while driving is in town and with my bluetooth ear piece. That said, it can still impair judgment while driving and I ought to stop doing it. Eh, practice what I preach I suppose.

There are plenty of stories about driving while talking on a mobile phone and it how it impacts your driving ability, and there are just as many laws making it illegal without a handsfree kit (though, some studies suggest that the distraction is the same even with such a kit). However, most people claim that they still see tons of people on the roads talking away on their phones. A new study, however, suggests that not that many people really are yakking while driving. The study found just 1.5% of drivers were using phones. [Read the rest]