Admittedly, I’m one of those losers from the Ice Age that does not own a cell phone (well, technically, I do, I’ve got one of those emergency phones that you buy minutes for and are primarily used for emergencies). So there’s nothing more irritating to me than a driver that is in front of me and rolls all over the road or is doing 20 under the speed limit because they are on the phone. But I don’t know about this one:

Hawaii state senator Clarence Nishihara, a democrat, has advocated for more than a simple fine if you get busted driving and using your cell phone. According to Truemors, he says those who don’t shut up and focus on the road should face “confiscation of their beloved cell phones. He’s a former school principal, a pro at effective discipline, it seems.”

Pretty much everybody I know would get on their shit kicking boots and pull out their chola knives if somebody tried to take their phones. They live and die with those suckers. I fear for the lives of any being that would try to take the phone of some of the business people I know (who seem physically incapable of ever turning the damn thing off, even in the middle of children’s birthday parties, etc).

Plus there’s the whole issue of legality–what right does the government have to confiscate personal items like that? I guess I see a legal precedent in the way they can tow your car when you have too many unpaid tickets or are parked illegally–but I don’t know. Phones seem different than cars. Especially if people are storing information outside of “driving” on them. Would the police be allowed to go through the information on the phone?

What do you think–should this law pass?