Permissible while the vehicle is moving or still:
– Putting on lip gloss or lipstick, which many women (and men) can do without taking their eyes off of the road.

Not Permissible while the vehicle is moving:
– Putting on foundation, blush, eye shadow, eye liner, mascara and any other cosmetic that involves the driver looking anywhere but ahead.

Why should there be a law? How many times have you been driving down the highway and happened to see the driver behind, next to, or in front of you putting on makeup while looking at a mirror and not the road and are amazed that this driver hasn’t already hit someone?

The problem with such a law: Where does one draw the line. Would putting on lotion count be included and where would the lotion go that makes it legal vs. illegal? Moreover, if two cars were in a collision and the person at fault was in fact putting makeup on but didn’t say so, how would anyone prove she was? Cell phone records can show if a person was lying about not using his or her cell phone immediately before an accident.

I know there are many well thought out arguments against a law like this but I don’t see the problem. I’m sure there are quite a few parents who have begged their kids with newly minted licenses not to use their cell phones while driving. I had a “no passengers” rule for the first few months (which I largely ignored).