Really now, will it make a difference if Wisconsin legislators outlaw “texting” while driving?

What about using a cell phone while driving, using a radio (or mp3 player) while driving, programing a GPS while driving? Where do you stop? Where will we draw the line? What technology will arise in the future? Should we just figure there will always be someone willing to pass a law?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not in FAVOR of activities that distract drivers away from the road. I just question how this will be enforced. How will a police officer tell that a person is texting before pulling them over to give them a citation. Will drivers be pulled over because some overzelous rookie suspected or thought that the driver may be texting? And for that matter, if we’re going to put the burden of figuring out whether drivers are breaking the law, is there some training or perhaps some technology that will give them some sort of insight as to whether a person might be texting or not? And if there is an accident that happens that could have been avoided had the police caught the renegade texter, will proponents of the law point their fingers at law enforcement and suggest they didn’t do their jobs?

Where do you draw the line?

I know that there is a Statist mentality that says that we need a law for everything and if there’s a problem, the natural thing to do is to pass a law so some grandstanding politician can say that they protected the public. But if a law really can’t be enforced, why would we be spending time and money passing another feel-good law that can’t be enforced.