Mobile Phone use prohibited whist driving, but not this ?
Mobile Phone use prohibited whist driving, but not this ?
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robinessex

Original Poster:

11,808 posts

203 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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I fully accept the non-use of a mobile while driving, so how the hell is this ok ?


The0perator

609 posts

51 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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robinessex said:
I fully accept the non-use of a mobile while driving, so how the hell is this ok ?

Honda E?
Its so true of modern cars

Huzzah

28,505 posts

205 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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Distracting isn't it.

I am alright Jack

4,161 posts

165 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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Mobile Phone use isn't prohibited whilst driving.

I agree modern screens in cars are daft.

Ted Maul

1,540 posts

28 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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robinessex said:
I fully accept the non-use of a mobile while driving, so how the hell is this ok ?

Madness isn’t it? The first time I drove a car that was predominantly touchscreen I nearly drove into the central reservation. The last time I moved my phone from the central cup holder to underneath the armrest, I managed to do it without running over any small children, killing any newts or offending a minority.

Milkyway

11,840 posts

75 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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That's acceptable... As long as you keep two hands on the wheel.

Inbox

1,337 posts

8 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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Double distracting when the screensaver kicks in..

Too many distractions in cars these days, bad for road safety.

MOBB

4,271 posts

149 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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robinessex said:
I fully accept the non-use of a mobile while driving, so how the hell is this ok ?

2 of them are "mirrors"
1 of them is the usual speedo type panel
1 for the passenger
1 main screen

So not massively different to other cars.

Basically, don't pick on my Honda e!!!!! argue

Andy86GT

815 posts

87 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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It takes 3 stabs of a tiny icon in my X1 to turn on seat heating to the low setting. Several seconds of distraction and not focusing on the road ahead. This isn't progress, it's dangerous. The voice control is rubbish, "turn on seat heating", response; "setting route navigation to Hemel Hempstead"!

threespires

4,425 posts

233 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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It's unlikely that I'll ever drive a car built this century, so these big screens do look confusing to me.
Are they easier to use in a Left Hand Drive car if folks are right handed?

Yellow Lizud

2,779 posts

186 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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MOBB said:
Basically, don't pick on my Honda e!!!!! argue
Bloody hell! Surely no one is stupid enough to admit owning this dangerous crap.

Milkyway

11,840 posts

75 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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Yellow Lizud said:
MOBB said:
Basically, don't pick on my Honda e!!!!! argue
Bloody hell! Surely no one is stupid enough to admit owning this dangerous crap.
What's that big round thing on the right for?.

LunarOne

6,801 posts

159 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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I am alright Jack said:
Mobile Phone use isn't prohibited whilst driving.

I agree modern screens in cars are daft.
Yup, I don't know where this myth came from. You can do pretty much anything on your phone when driving as long as it isn't ditracting you from driving. You can touch it too. You just can't hold the phone in your hands.

Dave Hedgehog

15,672 posts

226 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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LunarOne said:
I am alright Jack said:
Mobile Phone use isn't prohibited whilst driving.

I agree modern screens in cars are daft.
Yup, I don't know where this myth came from. You can do pretty much anything on your phone when driving as long as it isn't ditracting you from driving. You can touch it too. You just can't hold the phone in your hands.
its almost as bad as thinkg VAG stands for volkswagon audi group, looking at you Mat Armstrong and some other youtube channels

MikeM6

5,779 posts

124 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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Dave Hedgehog said:
its almost as bad as thinkg VAG stands for volkswagon audi group, looking at you Mat Armstrong and some other youtube channels
Is Matt Armstrong a myth then? I was sure he was real....

119

16,510 posts

58 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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Which part would you be able to hold whilst driving?

98elise

31,153 posts

183 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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I am alright Jack said:
Mobile Phone use isn't prohibited whilst driving.

I agree modern screens in cars are daft.
Agree on both points.

MOBB

4,271 posts

149 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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Yellow Lizud said:
MOBB said:
Basically, don't pick on my Honda e!!!!! argue
Bloody hell! Surely no one is stupid enough to admit owning this dangerous crap.
lol dangerous, you big girls blouse cloud9

2020vision

629 posts

18 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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Andy86GT said:
It takes 3 stabs of a tiny icon in my X1 to turn on seat heating to the low setting. Several seconds of distraction and not focusing on the road ahead. This isn't progress, it's dangerous. The voice control is rubbish, "turn on seat heating", response; "setting route navigation to Hemel Hempstead"!
Turn the seats on before you move off.

LosingGrip

8,596 posts

181 months

Tuesday 28th October 2025
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Andy86GT said:
It takes 3 stabs of a tiny icon in my X1 to turn on seat heating to the low setting. Several seconds of distraction and not focusing on the road ahead. This isn't progress, it's dangerous. The voice control is rubbish, "turn on seat heating", response; "setting route navigation to Hemel Hempstead"!
Simple answer...pull over if its that dangerous for you to do whilst driving.