I can't find a good version of the story (so instead I'll use this video from MyFox Boston), but basically a teenager was killed in a car crash. The twist? His last words were heard from his father, who has talking with him on his cellphone at the time. According to the video I linked, it's believed that the driver dropped the cellphone, bent over to pick it up, and drove into a tree.

Now, I'm not trying to overly callous here. When I was in high school, two students in my class of about 85 were killed in a car accident. I know what it's like to see teenagers killed in car accidents. I understand that it's hard, and I definitely understand the desire to turn the death into something meaningful.

However, that's not my problem. The grieving father is now pushing to get a hands-free law required for cellphone use while driving.

Which is great, except that it requires drivers to actually use them! According to the father, he had told his son not to talk on the cellphone while driving. Apparently this was insufficient.

If his father telling him not to call while driving was insufficient to get him to actually comply, why would a law be any better? Does the father actually believe that a police officer would have stopped the car? Does the father really believe a law would have saved his kids life?

Yes, the death is tragic - but passing laws to try and prevent things like this won't help. The only thing that will help is education - and when that fails, there's really nothing more that can be done, as tragic as that is.