Driving w/ Cell Phone Condemns Elderly

I know the article and study was intended to demonstrate there should be tougher laws regarding driving while on a cell phone... First, I would like to say I am against any such laws -- all states already have laws that cover this (i.e. careless driving, inattentive driving, reckless driving, etc.) and in many cases can't enforce these, why would we want more laws? I believe it comes down to city and state revenue, while appeasing the "hot issue" people.

Back to my point -- pay close attention to the wording in the article.

"If you put a 20-year-old driver behind the wheel with a cell phone, his reaction times are the same as a 70-year-old driver," said David Strayer, a University of Utah psychology professor and principal author of the study. "It's like instant aging."

If you are advocating restricting younger drivers from cell phones using this study would you not have to investigate restricting driving by the elderly -- after all elderly drivers is the comparison made and if that is so bad to criminalize younger drivers with cell phones does it not by default criminalize the average "elderly driver". What will the AARP have to say about this? Will they defend their members? We will see!

Read the article here