Should Drivers Be Banned To The Road?

How many are you sick and tired of having your life endangered by drivers who are too self-important to put their phones down and pay attention to the road? There are those who love taking a quick “selfie” on a cell phone than just waiting on an important call and pulling off to any safe areas to answer a call or missed call. Once presented with the following information, one will be convinced not to use one's cell phone while driving and remember to drive now and talk later, so the drivers will definitely have to put the phone down and drive. A drive around any town provides enough evidence for most of us that cell phone use is threatening the safety of anyone who navigates on or near our roads. Reading from the articles from The New England

Well, for one thing, a passenger can see when you're trying to merge into traffic, or back out of a driveway, and will usually understand if you stop speaking and concentrate on the task at hand. The person on the other end of the cell phone has no idea what's going on with you. Not to mention that you never have to take your eyes off the road and "dial" the person in the passenger seat. (1-3)
A poll was taken on CarTalk.com, in which 10,516 people were surveyed and asked the question "Should drivers be banned from using cell phones?" Of those surveyed, 40% say yes, 32% say only use with hands free device, 27% said no and 2% did not know. (1) For the statistics of all of these things being said, the survey must have some way to get the driver’s attention.
There are further incentives not to use a cell phone while driving. For instance, a woman named Pattie Pena had a 2 1/2-year-old daughter, Morgan Lee, who was killed as a result of an auto accident that occurred on November 2, 1999. Her vehicle was hit broadside by a man who admitted that he did not stop at the stop sign because he was distracted while dialing his cellular phone. He ran into the rear passenger door at 45 mph, right where Morgan was sitting. He received a total of $50 in fines. The coroner listed the cause of little Morgan Lee's death as "blunt head

The costs added up to an estimated $43 billion a year. This takes into account auto and property damage, medical bills and loss of life. This is about the same as the researchers arrived at for the value that cell phone owners put on their phones. (AP 1) The original study found that the costs saved by a cell phone ban would be $2 billion, compared with about $25 billion in benefits lost, meaning a cell phone ban would have a loss to society of about $23 billion.(AP 2) The loss is to society's pocketbook.
I’m not a fan of using cell phones in the car while driving but if the blue tooth is already programmed into the car and ready to do whatever I say... and are we all really so selfish that we would rather endanger innocent lives then waiting 20 minutes to make a phone call? Hypothetically, I hope this is a argument proven to show those who are one hand wheel and phone users, not to drive while using the phone. Please remember, unless it is an emergency, Drive now and Talk Later is the safest way of road