Watching TV whilst diving

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Now seen people doing it three times in just over a week! First two were transit/sprinter types on western M25 in rush hour with large tablets clearly visible on top of dash.

Just now around town a small Seat with phone in middle of windscreen. Watched the driver select a YouTube video whilst I was behind at the lights.

Just shocking and I can only assume this is very widespread now.

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paul.deitch said:

Waterproof TVs, what ever next!?

Ah, yes. Ooops. Can I blame the spell checker?

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Pica-Pica said:

PF62 said:

DJT said:

Just now around town a small Seat with phone in middle of windscreen

Just sticking the phone right in the middle of the windscreen now seems to be the new habit, and even if just using navigation it has to be blocking their view.

Does not the swept area have to be kept clear?

Kind of ironic that the car passed this MOT criteria and then the moron sticks a phone in the way. Worse still if it's streaming Game of Thrones or something.

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Been a big fan of Brodit since my first to hold my Dell Pocket PC with TomTom installed back in about 2004. That seemed like witchcraft back then.

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In slower moving traffic on more minor roads I've seen people slow down and start wandering between the kerb and central white lines. They often appear to be leaning towards the central console. I assume trying to programme the OEM infotainment/sat nav. A design fail from a safety point of view - especially in a cheaper car where the screen is not very responsive and takes quite a bit of prodding (my experience from a number of hire cars).