Texting While Driving - On the phone drivers!

Which is obviously useless in terms of stopping the person doing the "bad thing" at the time, and also allows people to get away with not paying the fine/taking the points by not registering their vehicle correctly.

I see lights being turned back on up ahead. We can carry this on later but I have to go now. But Dammit makes a good point

Wait, don't go.

Do you need a wee yet ?

Hello from the north circular. Yes I do need a wee.

If we had sufficient coppers who gave a fuck to actually make a difference we could have simply enforced the existing legislation.

ftfy

Everyone should go back to handwritten letters.
is it quiet illegal to write on velum with a quill whilst perambulating?

Locomote? Perambulate is on foot.

Roll.

Translocating via vehicular medium?

'quite'

Mis-spelled 'memes' can go and do one. >>>>>>>>>>>>

:)

Blame Fatoldbloke. I copied his text but realised 'velum' was mis-spelled... :-P

Charity calls for all phone use to be banned in car.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24982173

In my opinion texting whilst driving is as dangerous as drink driving and the penalties should be the same

glad to hear it. doing anything other than looking in front of you with two hands on the wheel is dangerous.

no smoking, eating, the soduku, beating the kids, doing your make-up, shaving, shaving the kids... anything that doesn't involve the act of driving.

Don't forget looking behind and to the sides.

And checking Facebook, that's still OK.

mirrors. how do they work?

Plus driving one handed makes you look cool, especially when you change gear or use the handbrake, or turn the heating on to demist the windows, or roll the windows down to look at attractive pedestrians or shout at a cyclist without road tax.

Plus driving one handed makes you look cool, especially when you change gear or use the handbrake, or turn the heating on to demist the windows, or roll the windows down to look at attractive pedestrians or shout at a cyclist without road tax.

It is very difficult to change gear on a manual car without taking one hand off the steering wheel.

Applying the hand brake while moving is foolhardy. As one will be stationary, it is perfectly in order to remove a hand from the steering wheel while applying the hand brake.

Not into handbrake turns?

What about CB radio? every cnut used to have one hand on the wheel and the other on the talky thing while forking about with the squelch meter. So much safer, bring it back 10 4 good buddy

Carmunication of the future.

Charity calls for all phone use to be banned in car.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24982173

In my opinion texting whilst driving is as dangerous as drink driving and the penalties should be the same

I agree with this call, having a phone conversation requires too much concentration and causes too much distraction while driving. My earlier questions all revolve around why are these things dangerous while stationary? I'm still not aware of anyone being run over by a stationary vehicle and if I'm stuck in a jam then it is nice to be able to knock out a quick text so the missus does not put my tea on too early. These days I can do this very easily thanks to Siri.

It scares me and makes me frightened when I ride past drivers in a queue fiddling with their phones and asking their wives to knock one out, I wish you wouldn't do it, please.

if I'm stuck in a jam then it is nice to be able to knock out a quick text

but but but YOU CAN'T....it's against teh rulez!!!!!!!!!111111

I also use my phone in stationary traffic. if your car is in neutral with the handbrake on I see no problem.