Annoying Texting while stopped at traffic lights
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Had to laugh at this one the other day.
Pull up at some lights, and a car with two early twentys girls pulls up behind. I always keep an eye on the car behind as it pulls up to make sure I'm not about to be rear ended.
As soon as they pull up, out comes the phone and they're pouting and posing for selfies.
WTF !
Pull up at some lights, and a car with two early twentys girls pulls up behind. I always keep an eye on the car behind as it pulls up to make sure I'm not about to be rear ended.
As soon as they pull up, out comes the phone and they're pouting and posing for selfies.
WTF !
ging84 said:
I mind my own f
king business and pay attention to my own driving, rather than studying what other people may or may not be doing behind me based on the tiny amount i can see of thier face in a small mirror.
I can see steam coming through your ears as you was writing this. If nobody gave a fking business and pay attention to my own driving, rather than studying what other people may or may not be doing behind me based on the tiny amount i can see of thier face in a small mirror.k we as society would be fked. So hopefully people like you are a tiny minority.Wills2 said:
f1nn said:
ging84 said:
I mind my own fking business and pay attention to my own driving, rather than studying what other people may or may not be doing behind me based on the tiny amount i can see of thier face in a small mirror.
Exactly.king business and pay attention to my own driving, rather than studying what other people may or may not be doing behind me based on the tiny amount i can see of thier face in a small mirror.
This is indicative of the change which has occurred to PH since Haymarket, there are now a large number of people that may have nice cars but who aren't car enthusiasts and take no pride in their standard of driving. i.e. just very average road users.
Edited by Mr2Mike on Sunday 6th September 08:36
Go filtering through traffic on a motorbike, if I was a cop bike I could fill my quota by the 3rd of every month and take the rest off lol
Wait, maybe that's what happens?!
(This post is part tongue in cheek, there is no quota system of course and police bikers already do this im sure)
Wait, maybe that's what happens?!
(This post is part tongue in cheek, there is no quota system of course and police bikers already do this im sure)
*Al* said:
Instant roadside ban! It would be the best deterrent available imo.
There is no threat, if caught really one year ban could make people think twice.Also look how cheap hands free kits are now to buy. Why not buy one?
People in general, just do not care in todays world.
Manners seem to be a thing of the past for people, a please and thank you so hard to say.
Its rush,rush I must be in front of you.
Mr2Mike said:
I wonder which knobends in this thread use their phone when stopped at the lights...
This is indicative of the change which has occurred to PH since Haymarket, there are now a large number of people that may have nice cars but who aren't car enthusiasts and take no pride in their standard of driving. i.e. just very average road users.
It's funny how people see things differently. I see it exactly the opposite. This is indicative of the change which has occurred to PH since Haymarket, there are now a large number of people that may have nice cars but who aren't car enthusiasts and take no pride in their standard of driving. i.e. just very average road users.
Edited by Mr2Mike on Sunday 6th September 08:36
A driving enthusiast to me is someone who decides for them self whether something is safe or not. They don't just blindly follow a law set many years earlier, often for political reasons, to tell them what is safe and what isn't.
Sometimes I drive over the speed limit and sometimes I drive below it based on the conditions.
Sometimes I operate my phone while still legally driving, i.e. sat in a traffic jam.
Ironically enough, what I will not do is even have a hands free phone call while my car is moving because all the evidence says this is dangerous. It is not holding the handset that is dangerous, it is having a conversation.
alock said:
It is not holding the handset that is dangerous, it is having a conversation.
So far, it doesn't look as though there any proposals to make conversations with passengers unlawful, which is odd given this supposed evidence that a conversation poses danger to the extent that legislation is needed to prevent mobile phone conversations. Maybe there's a bit more to it.turbobloke said:
So far, it doesn't look as though there any proposals to make conversations with passengers unlawful, which is odd given this supposed evidence that a conversation poses danger to the extent that legislation is needed to prevent mobile phone conversations. Maybe there's a bit more to it.
Yes there is.Given londons road management seems to consist of actively creating as much often unecessary congestion as possible to punish the evil demon drivers I find browsing some web while I'm stationarity helps take the edge off. If you want to sob about something the unecessary pollution being caused would be a good place to start, and it's a a real problem so you'll sound less like a petty zealot (only if your minds up to coping with real problems)
SEE YA said:
Also look how cheap hands free kits are now to buy. Why not buy one?
Look around at people in their cars, whilst driving and talking on their phone with it held up to their ear; many are in cars that will have Bluetooth as standard, I see it all the time; high end cars, male and female drivers jabbering away, I've almost been hit by one on a pedestrian crossing, she just carried straight through in her Range Rover, completely oblivious to me, phone held up to her ear.hairyben said:
Given londons road management seems to consist of actively creating as much often unecessary congestion as possible to punish the evil demon drivers I find browsing some web while I'm stationarity helps take the edge off. If you want to sob about something the unecessary pollution being caused would be a good place to start, and it's a a real problem so you'll sound less like a petty zealot (only if your minds up to coping with real problems)
Woah, steady on...are you suggesting you are capable of deciding for yourself if glancing at your phone, while stationary, is safe? That's dangerous talk around these parts.And let me make sure I've understood you here, you say that there are bigger motoring issues that need to be addressed? I'm getting nervous here, how do we film those on our dash cams?
Regularly at a local roundabout where the approach to it is always a bit stop start in rush hour, I hate when the driver in the car immediately behind me is obviously texting while crawling along. It just increases the risk of them running into me due to the time their eyes are off the road in crawling traffic.
I could be wrong but i thought you could be booked for using a mobile at the wheel even in stationary traffic as you are still in charge of a car? I suppose that would be at the discretion of whatever police officer spotted you.
I could be wrong but i thought you could be booked for using a mobile at the wheel even in stationary traffic as you are still in charge of a car? I suppose that would be at the discretion of whatever police officer spotted you.
Issi said:
"but if I decide to check my phone whilst I'm stationary, I will."
There we go, this just about sums it up.
What does it just about sum up?There we go, this just about sums it up.
Answer me this, in the last seven days, have you exceeded a speed limit, by one or two miles per hour? I have.
I am aware of the speed limits, and I made an assessment of the risk, as most of us can. if I got caught doing so, then that's all on me.
I suspect most of us do this every time we drive, well maybe not the wagging finger, drive in to people's lane, dash cam brotherhood amongst us, but the normal people certainly.
Point being, I can decide if the risk is worth taking, and if I decide to glance at my phone, while stationary, in conditions that make the risk acceptable to me, then I will.
Someone looks down at the traffic lights and immediately it's assumed they're updating Facebook.
No chance we might assume they're picking up their sunglasses to avoid the glare, or turning the radio to another station. No, it's definitely a woman, definitely a mobile, definitely Facebook and they're definitely a terrible driver who needs a fine and points.
Sitting at lights, not first in the queue and the car behind already stopped? I see no issue with reading a message. It's about having awareness of your surroundings. If the lights change and they're still sat there, by all means be annoyed because clearly they were distracted for long enough to cause a nuisance.
The law is black-and-white to avoid ambiguity. Of course it's illegal to hold your phone even when stationary, just as it's illegal to be doing 75mph on the motorway even when it's clear conditions. But it appears we apply one rule to ourselves and another to other people.
No chance we might assume they're picking up their sunglasses to avoid the glare, or turning the radio to another station. No, it's definitely a woman, definitely a mobile, definitely Facebook and they're definitely a terrible driver who needs a fine and points.
Sitting at lights, not first in the queue and the car behind already stopped? I see no issue with reading a message. It's about having awareness of your surroundings. If the lights change and they're still sat there, by all means be annoyed because clearly they were distracted for long enough to cause a nuisance.
The law is black-and-white to avoid ambiguity. Of course it's illegal to hold your phone even when stationary, just as it's illegal to be doing 75mph on the motorway even when it's clear conditions. But it appears we apply one rule to ourselves and another to other people.
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