Secretary of Transportation Roy Lahood is advocating bans on in vehicle cell phone use, even of the hands-free variety.
I don't think it is going to happen--people like the ability to make hands-free calls.
Much bigger safety gains might be made by training people to follow basic traffic rules, like not driving slow in the left lane, and wearing seatbelts. Approximately 18% of all U.S. drivers still don't regularly wear their seatbelts! (source)