Texting / using phone while driving
Discussion
Until I fast forwarded through that overlong piece of heavy handed video propaganda I'd always thought texting/using phone while driving was a great idea.
I wonder if the OP has a similar video he can link to which will put me off having my usual 8 pints and driving home from the pub?
I wonder if the OP has a similar video he can link to which will put me off having my usual 8 pints and driving home from the pub?
Sorry, heres the shorter version for those with short attention spans! - http://youtu.be/8I54mlK0kVw
Motorrad said:
Until I fast forwarded through that overlong piece of heavy handed video propaganda I'd always thought texting/using phone while driving was a great idea.
I wonder if the OP has a similar video he can link to which will put me off having my usual 8 pints and driving home from the pub?
I wonder if the OP has a similar video he can link to which will put me off having my usual 8 pints and driving home from the pub?
Me too!
captainchaos him said:
Sorry, heres the shorter version for those with short attention spans! - http://youtu.be/8I54mlK0kVw
It asked me to log into confirm my age. That's a f
k load of hassle for a serial drink/phone/txt driver like me. I think I'll just carry on tailgating people with baby on board notices while drunk and on the phone.
captainchaos him said:
Don't - for a little re-enforecment on that statement watch this - http://youtu.be/RF2HoUV2BJ0
2009?Not exactly hot off the press, then.
tex200 said:
surveyor said:
Somehow I appeared to have managed to drive while speaking on the phone for 15 years without murdering myself or anyone else.
Clearly I am very special.
clearly you are, however it's not a stupid law.Clearly I am very special.
- I use hands free thank to stupid law.
You are correct though that it isn't a stupid law, it is a f
king stupid law, that ok for you ?A law that perports to remove a possible distraction from the driver cannot possibly be stupid to any degree or with any profanity attached.
It is there to enhance the safety of all on or around the roads.
You may have been lucky over the years for nothing to have come of such use, that does not mean that it therefore must be safe for all & sundry to do so.
It is there to enhance the safety of all on or around the roads.
You may have been lucky over the years for nothing to have come of such use, that does not mean that it therefore must be safe for all & sundry to do so.
surveyor said:
Somehow I appeared to have managed to drive while speaking on the phone for 15 years without murdering myself or anyone else.
Clearly I am very special.
Prior to 1967, I drove whilst drunk for 15 yrs without murdering myself or anyone else. Clearly I am very special.Clearly I am very special.
- I use hands free thank to stupid law.
I now have no more than 2 pints, thanks to stupid law.
(This isn't actually true, but just using it to demonstrate the general t
ttishness of the above post.)Can people please stop the "I did X for Y number of years without dying" argument as a justification for an activity's safety, because it's f
king stupid and proves nothing.Corpulent Tosser said:
It is neither a stupid law nor a fking stupid law, the stupidity is firmly with those who flaunt the law.
It's a stupid law due to how it is worded, even if the sentiment behind it might be a good one.king stupid law, the stupidity is firmly with those who flaunt the law.From here:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2695/made
The Road Traffic Act said:
No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a road if he is using a hand-held mobile telephone
Can you define exactly what constitutes 'driving on a road' for me? Or more specifically exactly what I have to do to legally stop driving before making a call?Can I use my phone while parked at the side of the road? How about if the engine is running? How about if it isn't running but the keys are in the ignition? What about a publicly accessible private car park covered by the road traffic act?
You said this isn't a stupid law so you should be able to define exactly where the line is between legal and illegal.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
surveyor said:
Somehow I appeared to have managed to drive while speaking on the phone for 15 years without murdering myself or anyone else.
Clearly I am very special.
Prior to 1967, I drove whilst drunk for 15 yrs without murdering myself or anyone else. Clearly I am very special.Clearly I am very special.
- I use hands free thank to stupid law.
I now have no more than 2 pints, thanks to stupid law.
(This isn't actually true, but just using it to demonstrate the general t
ttishness of the above post.)Can people please stop the "I did X for Y number of years without dying" argument as a justification for an activity's safety, because it's f
king stupid and proves nothing.king stupid than aligning to talking to someone with driving drunk.One involves you controlling yourself to stay involved in what's going on, and recognising when you need to stop or deal with it later as it's too complicated, the other leaves you incapable of making those sorts of decisions.
Still it's an incendiary topic designed to draw the two opposites.
alock said:
Corpulent Tosser said:
It is neither a stupid law nor a fking stupid law, the stupidity is firmly with those who flaunt the law.
It's a stupid law due to how it is worded, even if the sentiment behind it might be a good one.king stupid law, the stupidity is firmly with those who flaunt the law.From here:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2695/made
The Road Traffic Act said:
No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a road if he is using a hand-held mobile telephone
Can you define exactly what constitutes 'driving on a road' for me? Or more specifically exactly what I have to do to legally stop driving before making a call?Can I use my phone while parked at the side of the road? How about if the engine is running? How about if it isn't running but the keys are in the ignition? What about a publicly accessible private car park covered by the road traffic act?
You said this isn't a stupid law so you should be able to define exactly where the line is between legal and illegal.
It is a stupid thing to do.
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