Do you agree or disagree with this statement:  The roads would be a MUCH safer place . . . if YOU were driving ALL of the vehicles?

In a new survey, 80% of drivers rate their OWN driving as "very good" or "excellent."  But only 14% of people would give the same grade to other passenger cars, and only 25% would say the same about commercial vehicles. One of the biggest problems seems to be distracted drivers.  A whopping 90% of people say that it's dangerous to hold a phone in your hand while driving, whether you're using it to talk, text, or navigate. And 89% of people say they support laws to prohibit drivers from holding their phones while driving.

26 states and Washington, D.C. have hands-free laws in place.  Eight more have limited rules . . . and 16 states have NO laws prohibiting handheld cell phone use. That said, 49 states (plus D.C.) ban text messaging for all drivers . . . the only state that's still cool with drivers texting is Montana.  (Montana doesn't have any restrictions on phone use, even for school bus drivers and teen drivers.)But phones aren't the only distraction. 43% of drivers admit they've eaten while driving . . . 34% say they've taken work calls . . . 15% admit to reading emails while driving . . . and another 15% say they have done their makeup while behind the wheel.