Banning it may actually make it worse thopic.twitter.com/peLZDkrhfk
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It's already illegal/banned though?
A scarily large number of Americans I've spoken to think having a DUI conviction is standard/not a big deal so phone use isn't that surprising.
And also while driving other people!
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