In New York State we have a ban on cell phone use while driving. They continually arrest people, charge them bucks and have points charged on their license, and yet they continue. A friend had to be nailed 3 times before he invested in a Bluetooth - which lasted for a month or so before he went back to hand held - and was again ticketed. I can't imagine what his insurance cost is, but it has to be way up.

For the most part, the LEO's are too busy as without exaggeration, 25% of the locals here have a phone stuck to their ear. In my town, the drivers of the M-B's, Lexus, BMW's and the like,of which there are a lot, it's probably closer to 75% of those often self important legends in their own minds have cells semi permanently attached to the side of their heads.

The only way to enforce a ban is to make cell phone usage impossible for the driver electronically while the vehicle is in gear. I can hear the ACLU computers gearing up as we speak, damn the highway carnage