Don't talk to me, I'm driving

Today the "cell phone driving ban" goes into effect. I wonder how many people will get ticketed? This seems to be as rediculous as the cigarette ban for bars which excludes casinos. You can't single out one thing in a large group and hold it down... well, if you're the government you can... but it's fucked up. Think about the cigarette ban for just a minute. The law was created supposedly because New Jersey is concerned for the health of it's workforce. They don't believe that non-smoking employees of bars and restaurants should be subjected to the clouds of second-hand smoke that overtake these establishments... rightfully so, I agree with them. But New Jersey casinos are exempt from this ban, making no sense at all, considering thousands of people work in those casinos 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Is the government unconcerned with their health? Are they somehow less important than local bartenders and waitresses? The answer is no, but since gambling is the biggest tax piggybank New Jersey has, they don't want to lose any business because they are disallowing people their smoking luxury. Hypocritical? Yes. Is something being done? Yes, they're working on it.
But that was just to make the comparison to the cell phone law. Okay, so now you can be pulled over for having a cell phone to your ear. What about text messaging, where you have to keep looking away from the road and thinking about how many times to push the 7 key to get an "s"? What about fast food, that you have to concentrate on to prevent yourself from wearing a ketchup-covered pickle? What about switching CDs while driving? Are these the next targets of the New Jersey government? I would like to see the statistics of car accidents caused directly by people using a cell phone. I would imagine it's not that high. People that don't pay attention to the road while on a cell phone probably won't be paying attention to the road anyway, so there's no need for the law, except, again, for the piggybank tax. What else is the big cash cow for New Jersey? Ding ding ding! That's right, traffic tickets, not to mention the inevitable $300.00 surcharge that is now imposed when you plead down your tickets so as to lessen the points on your license. Congrats, collective governers of New Jersey, you've fucked the working class once again.

Welcome to the Garden State, I'd suggest running for the exits.