Talking on a cell phone while riding your bike may be banned in California, a nanny-stater’s dream state, where they’ve got government growth, government mandates on how to live your life, tax and fee hikes, and oh yeah, massive unemployment.

Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), who authored the 2008 California law mandating the use of hands-free technology while driving, has proposed extending that law to bicyclists.