Just because a law is passed does not mean it will solve the problem. NYS and Maryland have serious fines on the books for talking/texting while driving. Drive around the Baltimore Beltway or across any of the NYS interstates and you will see talking and texting going on all the time. Most people who do it are also savvy enough to put down the phone if a cop comes into view.
By now virtually all states have had seatbelt laws for decades and overall compliance of that law is about 60%.
Where the talking/texting law does help is (unfortunately) at the scene of an accident when the police take cell phones into evidence and they check for phone activity prior to the accident.
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