Using phone while driving

[fjord]

m3jappa said:

If you can't drive and hold a phone to your ear you should t be fking driving IMO. It's incredible how people are conditioned to truly believe its very dangerous.
I do agree that some who do it are lethal though so I suppose we all get treated the same.

It's the texting or looki g at Facebook though that should be targeted, they are dangerous!

ok bro.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_and_dri...

[Fort Jefferson]

swerni said:

It's easy.

I shout at my car, a German bird speaks politely back and as if by magic the phones dials out.

ve have vays of making you talk.

[Bohemianesque]

fjord said:

ok bro.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_and_dri...

+1.

My point is regardless of quality of bluetooth in the car.....people can buy a bloody headset......it's not that difficult.

[RacerMDR]

It's not the calling that's the problem. It's the texting. Since it was made illegal people hide the phone below window height or under dash level and text whilst looking down.

It would have been safer to not ban it so people can look out the front whilst texting.

[Vipers]

Slow said:

I think texting is dangerous, just chating isnt bad imo.

They seem to cope with driving while on phones in america.

Stastics!

[Vipers]

fjord said:

m3jappa said:

If you can't drive and hold a phone to your ear you should t be fking driving IMO. It's incredible how people are conditioned to truly believe its very dangerous.
I do agree that some who do it are lethal though so I suppose we all get treated the same.

It's the texting or looki g at Facebook though that should be targeted, they are dangerous!

ok bro.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_and_dri...

We have to make allowances for driving gods amongst us

[Vipers]

RacerMDR said:

It would have been safer to not ban it so people can look out the front whilst texting.

How does that work then? And at the end of the day, is that text or phone that important, get a grip on life guys.

Sorry for separate answers but it's More difficult on an iPad than a PC

[RacerMDR]

Vipers said:

RacerMDR said:

It would have been safer to not ban it so people can look out the front whilst texting.

How does that work then? And at the end of the day, is that text or phone that important, get a grip on life guys.

Not saying its right Vipers.....just what I see daily!

[Vipers]

RacerMDR said:

Not saying its right Vipers.....just what I see daily!

Agree.

[Neunelfer]

As I said in the original post, it's the ridiculous lengths people go to, to supposedly cover up the call that makes it more dangerous. Not sure on stats but surely holding a phone to your ear isn't too much different to, say smoking or eating while driving. Leaning on your palm while resting on the door is not a great driving position?

[Vipers]

m3jappa said:

If you can't drive and hold a phone to your ear you should t be fking driving.

Very nice TVR in your profile, but I digress, so do you do it?

Bet you would be gutted is some plonker on the phone totalled your P & J.

[nightflight]

I saw a right tosser yesterday, driving down the middle lane of the motorway (lane 1 empty) at around 60 MPH, he had his phone wedged between his ear and his right shoulder, and had a pad of paper on the steering wheel which he was writing on. Unfortunately for him, he was in a company vehicle, with their phone number all over it (G4S). I used my bluetooth handsfree kit to phone his company, and reported him. I hope he gets sacked.

[Toilet Duck]

People driving whilst on the phone/texting should have their cars crushed with them in it.

[anonymous-user]

m3jappa said:

It's incredible how people are conditioned to truly believe its very dangerous.

Nothing to do with conditioning, everything to do with observing the diabolically bad driving by people on the phone.

[threespires]

It's legal in black 4x4's as we are much better drivers. I do it all the time.

[rallycross]

If you are so damn thick that you can't drive and talk at the same time then you shouldnt be driving.

[Vipers]

rallycross said:

If you are so damn thick that you can't drive and talk at the same time then you shouldnt be driving.

Another driving god then!

Hands free kits are cheap.

[Cliftonite]

threespires said:

It's legal in black 4x4's as we are much better drivers. I do it all the time.

Only Audi drivers have this dispensation, I believe.

[CraigZR]

Its the people that text while driving that piss me off. They're to busy looking down at their lap that they cant drive in a straight line.

[Subbeh]

garyhun said:

Nothing to do with conditioning, everything to do with observing the diabolically bad driving by people on the phone.

Absolutely, it's amazing how often I see a bit of terrible driving then notice the driver in question is on the phone. I don't
need research and statistics to confirm what I see on the road every day.