It seems popular for lawmakers to want to make it illegal for people to use their cell phones while they drive. With a war in Iraq, genocide in Darfur, starving children in every country on the planet, recession, the rising cost of education, global warming, healthcare, nuclear Iran, the declining US dollar, and rising crude prices – is this really what we should be working on?

Perhaps talking on the cell phone for older people is a problem, it isn’t for Generation Y or X. Gens X and Y are masters of multitasking. Remember, Generation X mastered IMing while playing NeoPets while checking out the latest video on You Tube. Gen Y can text message, create a FaceBook, update an iPod, and visit friends on Runescape – all at the same time. (Note: to Baby Boomers, get your grandchildren to tell you what these things are.)

Obviously doing all that at the same time is much more complicated than talking on the phone behind the wheel of a speeding car – so give Xers and Yers a break!

If you want to talk about driver distraction, ask a Gen Yer to drive while oldies music is playing on the radio. It not a distraction – it’s a sleep inducer for Gen Y. Maybe there should be a law about that.