According to the LA Times

Citing a fistful of studies that show teenagers among the most distracted and dangerous of drivers, the state Assembly on Monday passed a bill that would prohibit drivers under the age of 18 from using a cellphone, pager, text-messaging device or laptop while driving.

Ohh the humanity! Kids won't be able to use laptops while driving! They will be missing out on important AIM conversations, facebook messages, and new pictures of their friends posing shirtless by their cars on MySpace.

This is an abomination of law. These policy makers clearly have no idea that kids these days are more able to multi-task than them. After all how do you think they can carry on 18 conversations at once on their instant messenger? According to the Myth Busters cell phones can clearly impact your driving but they never showed anything about using a laptop while driving!

According to David the local Human Factors Expert

I certainly think this is a step in the right direction but it is no where near as encompassing as it needs to be. A few years ago there was a cell phone advocate for one of the carriers who stated "If we are going to remove two way communication devices from the passenger car, we might as well remove all distractions. In fact just the other day my mother-in-law was driving to a friends house with a soufflé in the front passenger seat, she came upon a stop sign and had to break abruptly, since she had to lean over to grab the soufflé she rear ended the car in front of her. Its about high time we put a ban on manipulating soufflé's while driving". This argument is not only sound but it addresses the millionths (0.00001) of deaths each year due to culinary in the cockpit.

Everyone should call their congressperson and make sure this ridiculous law doesn't pass!

(This post doesn't make any sense whatsoever?! haha...)