Hands free, do u use it?
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I got a ticket many years ago for picking up a mobile, switching it to answerphone. £25 fine- no points, the offence being 'failure to maintain proper control of a motor vehicle'
Officer then drove off and answered a call on his full size radio phone in his Range rover!!!!
1 rule for 1......Ho Hum.....
Officer then drove off and answered a call on his full size radio phone in his Range rover!!!!
1 rule for 1......Ho Hum.....
I spend a lot of time in various cars (up to 30 different ones a day) so a plumbed in car kit isn't an option so I use a Bluetooth headset (Motorola HSB10) all the time, it is brilliant though the battery life isn't as good as my previous Jabra job.
A Bluetooth headset is also useful when you're not driving but doing something which requires the use of your hands (oo-er) like building exhibition stands or unloading vans.
A Bluetooth headset is also useful when you're not driving but doing something which requires the use of your hands (oo-er) like building exhibition stands or unloading vans.
stubydoo said:
I got a ticket many years ago for picking up a mobile, switching it to answerphone. £25 fine- no points, the offence being 'failure to maintain proper control of a motor vehicle'
Officer then drove off and answered a call on his full size radio phone in his Range rover!!!!
1 rule for 1......Ho Hum.....
Ah but he is a highly trained advanced driver.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
TripleS said:
I got a ticket many years ago for picking up a mobile, switching it to answerphone. £25 fine- no points, the offence being 'failure to maintain proper control of a motor vehicle'
Officer then drove off and answered a call on his full size radio phone in his Range rover!!!!
1 rule for 1......Ho Hum.....
Ah but he is a highly trained advanced driver.
Best wishes all,
Dave.
Shucks - that TOTALLY slipped my mind - must try harder....ROFLMAO
Spend alot of time on the road, so have a full Orange fitted kit. Its pretty good. As yet the BIB have never pulled me, as far as I am aware the reason we have them is that they are legal.
Quite a few manufacturers now offer the fully built in kit, I have seen the Merc one working, thats great as it runs through the stereo, so you never touch the phone, its hidden in the centre arm rest.
Quite a few manufacturers now offer the fully built in kit, I have seen the Merc one working, thats great as it runs through the stereo, so you never touch the phone, its hidden in the centre arm rest.
, but I don't spend much time on the phone in the car. There is driving to be done.
I have one of those bluetooth hands free kits - Jabra SP100 I think. Speakerphone but BT and works well. Actually its crap with a Siemens phone (Siemens phones are crap in general) but a Nokia its a treat....
I really dont like headsets and the like and a full plugged in car kit can cost a £100 or more. The Jabra is portable and less and £50 (got mine at a computer fair for less than £40!). Should the time arrive, I will get one of those Nokia jobbies, but at the moment dont really need it. I tend to not use the phone while driving unless absolutely necessary....
Now, using a phone on the train - thats a different matter
I really dont like headsets and the like and a full plugged in car kit can cost a £100 or more. The Jabra is portable and less and £50 (got mine at a computer fair for less than £40!). Should the time arrive, I will get one of those Nokia jobbies, but at the moment dont really need it. I tend to not use the phone while driving unless absolutely necessary....
Now, using a phone on the train - thats a different matter
Sony blue tooth and a sony ericson p800 phone
(which has voice dialling)
VD works well below 50 mph but above that the background noise means the phone won't recognise the voice.
I seem to be constantly overtaken by people at warp 100 who moments later pull off into left carriageway and slow down again to 60 odd on the motorway - when i re pass them they are always on the phone....
(which has voice dialling)
VD works well below 50 mph but above that the background noise means the phone won't recognise the voice.
I seem to be constantly overtaken by people at warp 100 who moments later pull off into left carriageway and slow down again to 60 odd on the motorway - when i re pass them they are always on the phone....
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