Texting Banned While Driving Sept. 23, 2008 Oh my god! I don't believe it. Our Governor in California has banned texting on cell phones while driving.. How am I going to keep up with my BFF. (best friend forever) <laughing. How funny we have to have a law to tell us that. It's like saying , "don't field dress a wild yak while driving" , or "don't drive if you are blind". I have seen people reading a map, putting on make-up, dressing, kissing their dog, eating a hamburger and drinking a shake while driving. But texting? It should be a given No No. I know hundreds of people do it, the kids say the can text with out even looking at the phone. I couldn't text if the car was parked in the driveway and I was the passenger. I just learned how to do the cell phone while driving and they took that away from me, thank god for the speaker phone part of it. I know, I know, I can't hold it in my hand while the speaker phone is on. I lay it on the seat.