Letter: Get serious about banning cellphones while driving

I have been rear-ended three times by cellphone-wielding drivers while I was stopped at lights or in traffic. Two of these resulted in $10,000-plus each in damages. One was caused by a pickup traveling an estimated 35-40 mph at impact. Fortunately, I was never hurt.Peer-reviewed scientific studies show that a driver on a hands-free phone is impaired at a 0.08% blood alcohol content equivalent. This is the BAC which our legislature believed to be too dangerous and changed to 0.05%. I agree with t