My state passed the law in June and it has made some difference I now use the blue tooth or hands free. Our law states we cannot have the phone up to our ear we can use the hands free devices. If you are seen with the phone to your ear you will get stopped and ticketed.
To make my point today a toddler died becasue a 17 year old was on the phone and hit a car stopped for a person in a crosswalk the car that was stopped was hit so hard that they hit the little girl and threw her it is heartbreaking.