The Haunting movies Today is the first day of the new law in California that states that every driver must use a hands-free device if they wish to talk on the phone while driving. Drivers younger than 18 can’t talk on the phone while driving at all.

I’ve known about this new law for more than a year and I have yet to purchase a Bluetooth headset. I’ve always thought that these hands-free devices are so obnoxious. People walk around talking to people, but because you can’t tell they’re wearing a headset you think they’re talking to you, or to themselves. Then there are the people I remember seeing walking around campus when I was in college and grad school — they would have a headset on their ear having a conversation, but they would be holding their phone in their hand out in front of them! Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of actually using the hands-free device?

Maybe it’s just me, but I have always detected a bit of arrogance from the people I’ve seen walking around with their Bluetooth devices on their ear… I think this is why I’ve known about the new law for more than a year and still have not purchased one of those things. I understand the idea behind the law– it’s attempting to make us all safer on the roads — but there’s something about that headset I don’t think I’ll ever like… Regardless of my personal feelings about those little gadgets, I’ll be out shopping for one at some point today.

Does anyone else feel this way about these things??

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