Texting when driving: when allowed?

[Ledaig]

Crafty_ said:

Samsung stuff already does that:

"Galaxy play music"
"Galaxy call fred"

etc.

There you go then - that's that sorted.

[Rawwr]

I use a Lumia 920 paired to my motorbike helmet's bluetooth. Can happily text and ride

[vit4]

Big traffic jam only IMO.

I have to say it is by far and away the driving trait that infuriates me the most, and the sheer number of people who do it is shocking. Not just teenage girls either, frequently see lorry drivers (especially 8-wheelers) doing it

[chris182]

The only time I would ever consider it safe is when stuck in stationary traffic on a motorway/DC, and I mean absolutely stationary with the handbrake on not gently rolling. It is still illegal though even then. As for voice activated phones then fair enough, so long as you aren't looking at the screen checking it's doing the correct thing. Anyone who texts whilst in control of a moving vehicle is a weapons grade bellend, no text can possibly be important enough to warrant the risk.

[biscione]

pimpchez said:

Il be first to say it then . Not sure if serious......





edit to add , i am ready and waiting for a spectacular thread.

Edited by pimpchez on Friday 2nd August 14:47

That pic just made me LOL!

Nice one

[bonesX]

Where I work I can see down into cars, and it does indeed seem 80%+ of txt'rs are women, and most of them young.

There's one, comes round to the sun-tan shop, then I see her going - no seat belt, smoking, either on the phone, or txting - with her baby in the back!

I'm going to jump out on her one day with my phone as if taking a pic of her, might scare into curbing her behaviour, but somehow I think I'm hoping for too much

[dave7692]

I literally don't understand what could be so important that I'd have to text someone whilst I was driving.

[TameRacingDriver]

Ledaig said:

Crafty_ said:

Samsung stuff already does that:

"Galaxy play music"
"Galaxy call fred"

etc.

There you go then - that's that sorted.

Not quite, the Samsung stuff you still have to invoke the voice system first.

The Motorola listens even when the handset is asleep.

[petrolsniffer]

dave7692 said:

I literally don't understand what could be so important that I'd have to text someone whilst I was driving.

This.

I think the police should invest in more 4x4's to police the roads the amount they'd rake in catching texting drivers.

[underphil]

not now in the era of touchscreen phones - but in days gone writing/sending a text without once looking at the phone was do-able

[james_gt3rs]

garyhun said:

Good pub lunch today OP?

[Wills2]

Texting whilst driving is a no no, I put my phone in the glove compartment so I'm not tempted to look when the red light flashes, fortunately my emails and texts are sent to my idrive screen and the car reads them out in a dismembered voice.

[spitfire-ian]

Did once see someone driving and texting with their phone in their right hand and steering with their left... they then took their hand off the wheel to change gear!

[Thin White Duke]

Surely if the police clamped down on people using mobiles/texting they would rake in a fortune. I think they should invest more in this problem than sending vans out to catch people speeding. Surely a driver texting doing mid 20's in a 30 zone is worse than a driver doing mid 30's in a 30 zone but who has %100 attention on the road.

[DAVEVO9]

OP is a Richard Cranium

[Welshjohn]

i think you can use the phone legally whilst driving only in a emergency situation..

[Exige77]

I thought this would be the one thing all PH could agree on but obviously not.

No Texting of "any sort" while driving.

Ex77

[iridebikes]

scenario;

You are going to meet a friend at a location. Your friend texts you while you are driving to ask if you have left. You reply 'yes'

You are on a single lane straight road doing approximately 40 mph, using a blackberry/phone with a qwerty keyboard..

Is this acceptable? i personally think yes, although illegal (in my opinion) if you cannot type 3 letters while holding a steering wheel and watching the road you aren't really capable of fiddling with the radio ect?

[thetrash]

bonesX said:

I'm going to jump out on her one day with my phone as if taking a pic of her, might scare into curbing her behaviour, but somehow I think I'm hoping for too much

Or she'll run you over without noticing!!

[Heathwood]

Your based in the Netherlands OP arent you? Do they have different rules for these sort of things over there?