Warning for people using mobile phones while driving !!!!

[Konrad]

i couldnt care less about the new fines. im still gona answer mine.

remember the speed limit is 70mph, how many of us stick to that??

 

I think it is not about answering calls at all, it is about driving car with pernament neck damage (usually head is bending to right shoulder).

[Guest GirlRacer!]

Well all the people I've followed who've been on their mobiles have been driving like complete planks... Seems like it's too easy to have a crash even when you're concentrating, cos of other idiots pulling out in front / cutting you up / looking in their gloveboxes or something (I see a scarily high number of people doing this while driving!!!) just reckon it can't be good to not give driving your full attention... hopefully fear of getting points will persuade people to get handsfree!

 

OK... stepping off the soapbox now!!

[mathew]

im not getting a hands free!

 

i only need one hand as ive got an auto so the other comes in handy when im on the phone

[markjodrell]

its not the fine thats the problem, its the 3 points on your license ,thats the problem

[markjodrell]

I also drive an auto, so whats the difference between driving with one hand while resting the other along the side of the drivers window, or smoking with the spare hand , while talking to a hands free.

 

OR using the spare hand to hold a phone.

 

The lack of concentration does not come from holding a bloody phone , the distraction and lack of concentration comes from having the conversation to somebody at the other end of the phone.

 

Therefore making a hands free just as dangerous as a hand held phone

[Bobbeh]

^ I agree, but at least if you have both hands on the wheel you are more likely to be able to make a manovre if needed.

 

Shouldnt be doing it anyway, my car and 3 of us were almost totalled by some bitch who wandered completely across the single carridgeway (head on) whilst she was on the phone... it was only out of sheer luck, me parking up and layin on the horn why my car and the 3 of us are still here.

[markjodrell]

I agree its much safer to have both hands on the wheel whilst driving,but its not illegal to drive with one hand while talking to a handsfree set up. So why is holding a small object in a free hand so criminal??

 

Its the distarction of talking thats the main danger , not the one handed steering

[Green Peace]

There are some people who CAN use a mobile (especially in an auto) without it affecting thier driving...most people cant though.

 

Its good news really...though I cant deny that i have used a mobile phone whilst driving, but only where i feel its safe to...in a jam, on the motorway with no traffic etc. (mainly!!!!!lol)

 

But seen so many idiots using them, not indicating going through red lights pulling out of junctions, not indicating, swerving from lane to lane...yep do the bastards I say lol.

 

This new law does not affect the use of PMR446 radios whatsover though..which are still legal to use whilst driving (or other two way radio eqpt)

 

Its just cellular mobiles that are affected!

 

Must get a handsfree unit like Pigs! anyone got any links?

[Pot]

I should imagine that some people remember the days before the whole 'using a phone whilst driving is bad' story came about... Only a few years ago... When if you got a call, you could answer it... Yeah, you were driving with one hand, but people do that anyway...

 

Nowadays, it's a huge taboo to be driving on the phone, but have road deaths/accidents really been reduced because of this?... The amount of people doing it certainly has been reduced, but to be honest, in the sharp drop of people being on the phone, what sharp drop of incidents can be tallied to that?... The past few years must be the best time to get statistics about it?...

 

(For info, I'll answer the phone if I'm on a safe stretch of road/traffic, and I'll make it quick, the same way I always have. The 'in ear' jobs don't fit in my ears (Even 'in-ear' headphones don't go in!! But I'm interested in the £80 parrot kit)...

[SimonB]

I agree its much safer to have both hands on the wheel whilst driving,but its not illegal to drive with one hand while talking to a handsfree set up. So why is holding a small object in a free hand so criminal??

 

Its the distarction of talking thats the main danger , not the one handed steering

 

I think it's also the distraction of looking away from where you're going to pick the thing up, press the button to answer it or even worse make a call.

[Green Peace]

I think it's also the distraction of looking away from where you're going to pick the thing up, press the button to answer it or even worse make a call.

 

True, I had an of duty copper drive into my car in the 90's he was pissed and trying to tune the radio in...we stood around his car coz we smelt alchohol on his breath..and guess how long his colleagues took to arrive?

 

2 hours, he was virtually stumbling about, and they reckoned he was just under the limit...this was in Wokingham:rolleyes:

 

I can balance a mug of coffee, smoke a ciggi, talk on my phone, shave, read a newspaper and do my ironing whilst driving and not lose concentration, trouble is not everyones as clever as me Si:p

 

EDIT: and what about Sat Nav we all use it and program it whilst driving...the early factory fitted units wouldn't let you, but Tom Tom and other aftermarket devices do..and they are more dangerous than phones in my opinion.

 

I know people that cant drive and talk at the same time and they are the people that cause accidents, having a passenger in their car (or someone like Eugene) is extremely dangerous...I just think overly talkative people should be gagged in the interests of Road safety! (like me as well lol)