BEACON HILL: Last Thursday, a new Massachusetts law outlawing “texting-while-driving” went into effect making it against the law to create, send or read a text while operating a motor vehicle. If you are caught breaking this new law, police can slap a $100 fine on you. But lawmakers are taking aim at other distractions and, if they have their way, you may soon see other reasons for police to pull you over.

“Texting is just one distraction that we successfully fought against,” said Mary Templeton, President of MMADD, Massachusetts Motorists Against Distracted Driving. “But we have other distractions that we are taking aim at.”

One of them would make it illegal for college undergrads from sun bathing along Storrow Drive during the spring and summer months.

“Have you driven down Storrow drive during one of the beautiful spring days? I have seen many male motorists not paying attention to the road and instead, gawking at scantily clad undergrads,” moans Templeton. And others agree.

“It’s a distraction, no doubt,” said John Doe. (EDITORS NOTE: Yes, that’s his real name. We checked his license because even we were like “dude, really?”) “I mean, sometimes I go out of my way to go down Storrow Drive to look at those chicks.”

But Ms. Templeton is not laughing.

“We motorists should be driving with both hands on the wheel at all times. It’s a dangerous city and there are too many cars on the road not to pay attention.”

Asked what other distractions she would like to see banned, Ms. Templeton is quick to respond.

“Coffee drinking, changing the radio station, answering your cell phone, pulling up to a toll booth and reaching in your pocket for loose change, singing, laughing, eating, should I go on? I want to see it all banned.”

And there are lawmakers on Beacon Hill who agree. One representative who wished to remain nameless during this election year told me this. “Think of the revenue. If we made all those things illegal, think of how much money we could pull in.”

Asked whether police should spend their time doing more important things, like chasing actual criminals, this rep was quick with an answer.

“We could set up a special unit of the State Police just looking out for these distractions. If our initial calculations are accurate, the added revenue would support a team of 30-40 additional officers per year. And who doesn’t want more police?”

So far, these laws have not made it past informal discussions. But that is how the “texting-while-driving” law started and there are some political analysts who wouldn’t be surprised if Ms. Templeton gets her way.

“She has a lot of clout,” said David McKinley of the Mass Law Review Institute. “She was able to get that law passed and now she’s taking aim at other distractions. It would be tough for a lawmaker to tell his constituents ‘No, I do not want to make the roads safer.’ Don’t be surprised if you start seeing more of these distraction laws.”

For now, we can revel in the small things that make our morning commute a little more enjoyable, like flipping through stations until we find that one great song. Pretty soon, that might cost you $100.