Keeping Your Hands on the Wheel and Off the Phone

Forgive us, fellow drivers, for we have sinned. We are a bunch of faithless jerks zooming around in our cars, yapping on cell phones, swearing hotly as we execute triple lane changes. I'm willing to be a better person, and I want you to join me. It's time for us to take our cell phones hands-free.

Plus, we'll look cooler, like astronauts.

New York is laying down the law, fining drivers who steer and hold their cell phones beginning Dec. 1. Other states are ready to bring the smackdown. Let's look at the options, from a few bucks to several thousand dollars before we don't really have the choice. ...