California mandates hands-free cell phones while driving

Well, it finally happened: a bill requiring hands-free devices for cell phone use in vehicles goes into effect next year:

Smoak said he hopes the new laws will stop people from talking and driving.

“We would prefer you to pull off at the next exit to make a call,� Smoak said, “but if you just have to make the call, pull to the right shoulder and make the call safely.�

Smoak said he has seen many collisions where a distraction was the cause.

Besides cell phones, people often lose sight of the road while turning radios, changing CDs, putting on makeup or reading a book.

“You name it, we’ve see it,� he said.

I’ve had a hands-free earpiece sitting in a box here at home ever since I got my Treo 650. I guess it’s time to bust it out, power it up and tell my phone how to find it via Bluetooth.

You know, some time before July 1, 2008.

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