I had a brief conversation with a lady on Sunday that got me a little frustrated.  The topic was the new ban on using your cell phone while driving.  It seems that everyone is happy with themselves for passing such a smart law.  But to me this seems ridiculous.  Before you flame me on my opinion let me explain why I feel this way…

If you are driving and can’t seem to control your vehicle because you are busy doing something other than driving, then you are an idiot.  It doesn’t really matter if you are adjusting the radio, shaving your beard, applying makeup, or talking to the person in the passenger seat.  There are already laws on the books that prosecute people for driving reckless so why do we really need new laws?

Okay, so you think that one more law is going to make things better?   Well then I would insist that we need more laws to cover driving with a dog on your lap, or reading a newspaper, or eating that tasty hamburger.  All of these things cause people to drive like idiots so why not pass a law for them as well.

See I believe stupid people will do stupid things (see the attached picture for an example…).  Passing new laws for stupid people isn’t the answer.  If it were the answer then the girl in the picture will be much safer because she is applying lipstick while using a hands-free device.  How about we just enforce the existing laws more rigorously and that should take care of the problem.  This way non-stupid people don’t have to suffer with new and more restrictive laws.

I guess people think it’s possible to pass enough laws to prevent stupid people from doing stupid things.  Unfortunately this isn’t the case and what we’re all left with is stupid people and more laws.  Oh the humanity…