One day you are driving in your car to get to work and you find yourself behind some vehicle that is going below the speed limit. You try to change lanes, but you find it impossible as people speed up to get past you. You honk the horn, you scream, yell, shout. When you are able to pass the vehicle you find out that person is leisurely gapping away on the cell phone. Reflexively, you curse out to them or even
give them the bird for being "Ugly Americans" because you are already late for work, and this bozo in front of you just doesn't have a clue.

If this has been one of your experiences, then you are not alone.

Actually, this issue, which I call "Cell Rage" in applause to "Road Rage" is a growing phenomenon among people in the United States and continues to accelerate at an alarming rate. What used to be a home commodity attached to a wire, has now grown wings and spawned tiny creatures that come with "ring tones", "text messaging", "cameras", "walkie-talkies" and other little oddities that would drive the
average adult to an asylum; not to mention, also, your pocket book.

What every American citizen finds to be the next best thing since "the Internet", for others, it could be considered an alarming nightmare.

Every where we go you will find that happy loud obnoxious ringing; in a restuarant, in a church, in the movie theatre, the guy standing in line behind you, that important suit guy who stands in the airport terminal talking on a blackberry, a motorola razer, and looking even geek-squadish with that "blue tooth" in his left ear.

As more and more Americans and people across the globe get connected, the cell phone has an average of 200,000 conversations per pico-second; less than a fraction of a second. Conversations that could fill over 1 trillion bibles in a matter of days. Moreover, as we continue the pace, like the internet, which continues to hold concern over Internet official organisations and law enforcement agencies, the cell
phone could be the next in line to be restricted or enforced by public commerces.

Just think about it?

According to the APA, the American Psychology Association, people can only perform so many tasks at one time, and as the number of tasks increase, it is more likely that one skill will fail them, being their memory or their motor skill functions. As such trends grow, there will be studies on how this affects human behaviour and function. Some states in the last few years have tried to pass laws suggesting $250 fines for being in a moving vehicle while talking on the cell phone - though - this has not been legally enforced.

Celebrities use cell phones as throwing weapons all the time and have gone to county jail for midemeanors and fines up to $25,000 dollars and punitive damages. Additionally, it has been stated that driving a vehichle and operating a cell phone, is the equivalent of and inebriated driver that had at
least over two beers or two glasses of wine. Though there is no hard facts on the case, there are still studies being conducted.

Doing some research, it was actually ironic, that it was "illegal" to jam a cell phone by any means other than government, military, or law enforcement officials. And it went against the contractual agreement of the affiliated provider.

So, if this was the case, there was potentially no way to deter cell phone usage in public places, and the only way to control was through public etiquette, which brings us back to "Ugly Joe American";thus,a potential catalyst for fatalities of all kinds such as car accidents, and cell-phone rage break-outs.And such a case would lead insurance claim adjusters to modify their records for car insurance rates making it that much more expensive per year to own a vehicle; as crazy as it sounds, it's really not,just look at medical insurance and the adjustments they make for senior citizens that spend their retirement on hospital care.

Those are facts.

So what are some courtesies you can follow the next time you see some person glaring at you while you loudly talk on your cell phone, besides involving the stranger:

when you walk in to your movie theatre, turn off your cell phones. Not only is it polite, but no one wants to hear what your girlfriend had for dinner before she decided to throw it up on you.

If you must take a phone call in the car, tell them you will call them back when it is convenient, and then pull over into a parking lot somewhere. It lets other people on the road get to where they need to go.

If you are in a restaurant, and need to have your phone on, at least put it to "silent"; walkie-talkies, are a cry out, that I am rude. If you must take a call, like smokers, take it outside because it's about respecting other people around you and no one has to listen to your conversation.

If your cell phone rings in church, well, if you were ever in the military, you know what "right face!" means, as you hear that sound as everyone simultaneously turns their head to little old you sitting in the back pew.

God is watching you, son.

Turn off your cell phone. Thank you.