I've always been flabbergasted by that practice. I use the cell while driving only to report life-threatening emergencies to 911 when I can't stop for safety reasons, and also can't wait to report without causing danger to those involved, and I think that has happened maybe twice in the ten years that I've had one. (I only actually remember one time, so I'm hedging.) I don't keep my cellphone on most of the time, and hardly ever give out the number. Hell, even when I have to pull into a parking space to make a call to someone I'm supposed to meet, I drop the damned thing on the car floor half the time!

Catherine