Hold My Hand-Held Cell Phone, Please

California, I read, is about to pass a bill making it illegal to talk on  a hand-held cell phone. The law won't take effect until 2008--too late, as far as I'm concerned. I do talk on my cell from time to time, but I use my speakerphone function. Okay, most of the time.

Yesterday, on my way to Home Depot, I was on Van Ness, waiting to turn onto Sunset. Making a left turn was a guy talking on a cell phone. His free hand wasn't on the steering wheel. It was on the outside of his car door. So was his head. He was leaning through the open window, looking behind him.

Scary.