Mobile phones

have posted the link on a number of Scooter forums too, where it is equally relevant.

cheers

Done, and also this one on crushing the cars of drunk drivers : http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/dontdrivedrunk/

Done.

Signed.

Can I suggest that the title to this thread gets changed to something more descriptive. You will get many more signatures.

"Mobile Phones" sounds like someone will be asking "whats got the most gizmos and gadgets?" etc.

I also hate cyclists on phones - generally clueless

http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/BREAKING-NEWS-Man-killed-in.5321230.jp

My girlfriend's office overlooks this street, ok so it's not London, but the driver's been arrested because he was using a mobile when it happened.

Consider it signed...

Signed.

done bro

Done! Would love to see a driver facing an on the spot car confiscation

done.

done.
(but I have been known to use my phone whilst cycling and I don't feel bad)

hi Nes, consider it done. hope youre having fun there in the big MCR, we had a blinding London c.mass the other day, super fun, all sorts of stuff going off, blocked Piccadilly Circus for a mini party, then ushered an electric car through the crowd-classic moment,

Plus some prick in a big fancy car got a talking to when he was caught texting on his phone whilst driving through Hyde Park. He started off angry when challenged then realised there was a few hundred cyclists stopping to see what was going on....

Just thought I'd share the following story about what actually goes on inside a courtroom...none of this information is secret or privileged, obviously, and any one of you could have sat in the public gallery and heard all of the below...

Witness hears his car alarm at 11.30pm, heads out and finds a bloke in a volvo has reversed into it. Damage to both vehicles, albeit v minor. Tells driver to get out, who promptly tries to drive off. Seems too pissed. Keys taken from ignition by witness. Police arrive, he's asked to provide a sample of breath. BING BING BING red light, free trip to local nick, breath test, reading is 88 in breath, limit = 35. Well over double. 2005 -- previous conviction for drink drive, for which he received 80 hours community service ("unpaid work" these days).

He pleaded guilty, and then argued that there were special reasons for not disqualifying him (which would be for at least 3 years, given that he had a previous conviction for drink drive within the last 10 years). Special reasons can be anything, but one of the most common is shortness of distance driven. He said he was on the way home, his partner driving, they argued, she got out and stormed off, he decided to park the car. When the police arrived the officer had to move the car out of the road, because when asked, none of the people in the car said they could drive the car.

The court didn't find that there were special reasons. Banned for 3 years, another 80 hours community service, £100 costs. 9 months off his ban if he does the drink drive awareness course (few hundred quid, two days). Judge asked for his licence..."It's with the DVLA, I've applied for a provisional HGV licence"

Thank goodness he's off the road for a while.

If someone with no previous convictions has a reading of up to 89, pleads NOT guilty, but is then convicted, they can expect a band C fine according to the sentencing guidelines -- i.e. 150% of their weekly income.

Mobile phone -- £60 fine and 3 points.

It's true society is taking a long time to wake up to the dangers of this practice. I've signed up. Who thinks we should start talking to drivers on the road about this? politely of course! or maybe it wont make any difference at all. or maybe it would end with me getting run over...

Done gladly

Mobile phone -- £60 fine and 3 points.

and the irony is that using mobile while driving is just as dangerous as drink driving, according to research in Utah.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/cellphone-worse-drunkdrivers,3064.html

Researchers found that the drunk drivers were more aggressive and followed closer than the cell phone using drivers. They also discovered that cell phone users had significantly slower brake times at 849 ms versus 777 ms of the baseline group. Researchers suggest that cell phones make drivers more sluggish in perception and reaction.

Amazingly the drunk group's times did not significantly different from the baseline group. In addition, there were no crashes with the drunk group even though they had a tendancy to follow up to 2.5 meters (about 8 ft) closer than the cell phone group. The drunk group also had to brake much harder to avoid accidents.

The researchers simulated a 24-mile two-way highway on a "PatrolSim" driving simulator, commonly used by police officers for high-speed pursuit training. In 15-minute driving sessions, the test subjects had to follow and avoid hitting a pace car that would randomly brake. Passing vehicles were thrown is as distractions.

The volunteers had to do the same course four separate times. The first was a baseline test with no cellphone usage or alcohol consumption. Then handheld and hands-free cell phone usage were tested with the subjects maintaining a casual conversation with a research assistant. The final test was done after drinking a mixture of vodka and orange to get the subjects to a .08% blood alcohol level - the legal definition of driving while intoxicated in many states. Unfortunately, researchers didn't test drunk driving with cell phone usage.

done.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/05/a-googler-has-his-tiananmen-square-moment/

not new but just came across it. i wonder if you'd get away with that here or a) driven over b) beaten to a pulp or c) stabbed repeatedly