In addition, I do not ever partake in any form of hot beverage. I never mastered the requisite coordination to prevent severe tongue and lip blistering.

But…Mr. Jorgensen appears to be engaging in the same “bad fiction” that he apparently finds so appalling (i.e. his reference to Jerry Springer). Does he not realize that although his “Woman Applies Makeup While Driving” sample size totals (let me get out the old calculator here) ONE, he immediately leaps to the plural by referring to “these drivers who are busy doing things other than driving.” If I didn’t know better, I’d swear that Mr. J. is telling us that Makeup Maniacs are all around us, creating a danger-at-every-turn roadway for Joe American Driver. Subsequently, I was naturally a little disappointed to learn that he wasn’t drinking a 44-ounce diet hot chocolate.

Of course I’m picking at nits here. After all, “good writing” and “bad fiction” are practically synonyms. And I would rather read good writing than do something that is both uncomfortable and ends up costing me a lot of money.

There has been discussion of legislating cell phone use in vehicles here also - but as you have discovered there, it would largely be ignored.

By the way, my hands-free cell phone kit is awaiting installation this very moment.

It is now illegal in Great Britain to use a mobile (cell) phone in the car if it is not attached to a hand’s free kit, not that anyone seems to take any notice.