Using a mobile is more dangerous than drink driving

[killer2005]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/512

[micky g]

(In the hope of attracting ' horrified' attention) -

I reckon I could drive with a phone in one hand, an over filled kebab in the other, balancing a cig in the corner of one hand and having consumed five pints and two double Jamesons, to a better standard than the average numptie I follow most days.........

[Mrfluffy]

We got called out to a guy driving a frontera like that only he had chips on the passenger seat instead of a kebab. He'd come right out the window (open to give him fresh air to sober up presumably!) to his waist as it barrel rolled a few times on the m53 in the early hours and looked a bit less lumpier and funny coloured than usual by the time anyone got to him. And someone had to scour the area for his right arm too. I still dont know how he managed to roll whilst driving in a straight line on a empty motorway though. Id just put it down to natural selection

[Scraggles]

Mobile is plugged in and turned off when driving, might have a conversation with boss on leaving site, but start the chat when car not moving and only chat hands free. Then phone then stays off for safety reasons and to not get any silly requests to travel to the opposite side of london to do some "urgent" work

[cymtriks]

Drink driving is legal, you're allowed a pint, or more accurately a certain blood alcohol limit. Personally I don't have a problem with this, those that do really need to get their priorities straight as there are far more danngerous things you can do behind a wheel.

It's drunk driving that's not fine.

Does this explain the findings? Or do they actually mean drunk?

[micky g]

Yep - and I think they would find the same results in 'loss of concentration' if they had a chatty passenger (as talking on a mobile). Not rocket science is it?