I have driven in a lot of places although not Toronto for 30 years. But I dare say it's still much the same. <
Obviously you don't drive in Toronto... where too many drivers can only be described as maniacal, cell phone (as one medium) distracted, oblivious, discourteous, self important assholes... I hope you are poking fun... > Only partly poking fun that using cellphones should be compulsory.
Cellphones don't cause accidents any more than do the other billion possible distractions from the constant need to avoid crashing.
There is already perfectly fine law for such inattention = "Driving without due care and attention". Where it's smoking a cigarette, gawping at a girl, checking a map, or tuning a radio, they can all be totally safe, or highly hazardous, depending on the situation. We don't make laws for each individual possible distraction because it's perfectly reasonable to divert some attention from time to time, depending on the situation at hand. There isn't enough paper to make a law for each possible distraction.
Any yes, when drowsy, making a cellphone call would perk one up.
People frequently say "I was nearly crashed 3 times last week by somebody on a cellphone". Those people must be very incompetent drivers because I have never been nearly crashed by anyone using a cellphone, or driving through red lights, or failing to indicate. Those "nearly crashed" people are obviously incompetent at judging situations and the psychology of other motorists.
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