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For years now, California legislators have been trying for years to pry cellphones from motorists’ hands any way they can. First, they said we couldn’t talk on them while driving. Then, we could no longer text while driving. Eventually, new laws banned us from holding them in our hand, even at traffic stops.Related Articles

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> Now, the state is being pressured to enact  the Mother of All Talking-on-Phone-While-Driving Prohibitions: don’t you dare even open your mouth while behind the wheel.