Just Drive!

California has a new law on the books. Starting today, drivers over 18 years old must use a hands free device while talking on a cell phone and driving. Drivers under 18 cannot talk on the phone at all while driving.
I see the intent of this new law, but I'm really skepical whether it will produce the desired results. People do a lot of stupid stuff while they are driving. These are things I have seen and frankly, most of them should be done in the privacy of one's own bathroom. Applying makeup is pretty common, but I saw a woman last week plucking her eyebrows in her car. Picking one's nose is also pretty common - do these people think there is a cloak of invisibility around them? Who the hell would pick their nose in public? Yuck! I saw a guy shaving the tops of his ears with a disposable razor once. That was weird.
Some other common offenses are eating or reading - map or newspaper. Yelling at your kids is pretty distracting, as is having Fido on your lap. Texting while driving is still legal, which I find mind boggling.
What is so important that a phone call cannot wait a few minutes? Do you have a patient on the table with his chest cracked open, waiting for an organ donation? Probably not. Cars weigh thousands of pounds and with increased traffic and crappy drivers, we all need to pay more attention to the task at hand.
Hang up and just drive.