Cell phone use while driving should be illegal I understand that it is illegal only on Oahu to use your cell phone while operating a vehicle. When does the state plan to make Maui residents responsible? Why do people still continue to drive while on their cell here? I mean, why the distinction? We are part of the state of Hawaii. Is someone dense? I see dangerous things all the time on this island: Young people on their cell phones, running red lights, stop signs and speeding. People texting — that’s even more reckless. Someone is going to get killed. Desiree Ann Watson Wailuku ***** HC&S should close and give money to workers All these years, all these generations of Maui people working their lives out at the hard toil of sugar. The company says it is losing $8 million a year. Why not close up this loser by taking the $8 million you would have lost and distribute it tax-free to all your workers? Give everybody an equal $10,000 as part of a severance package.