Using Mobile Whilst Driving

scheming_gypsy

lady_noluck wrote:

I have to disagree, if it's not white van men it's bus/coach drivers. Or even worse, snooty german car owners that think they own the road just because their car cost more than my annual salary.
And there are more dangerous things to be doing like lighting a cigarette or brushing your hair whilst driving, but that still doesn't condone it.

I'm sick of having near misses becuase someones phone call is more important than concentrating on their driving. If it's that important, pull over!

you must really hate me cos i'm a young bloke with a german hot hatch

Jeryth

I wish there were a universal way to signal "get off yer bloomin phone" to another road user. I get really annoyed, too, but wouldn't blame just one portion of the nation.

I gotta admit tho, I'm a smug self-righteous non-speeder. I had a couple of accidents when I first started driving, through bad luck and bad judgement, and I have certainly learned my lesson. But I cannot understand why people complain about speed cameras. It is SO easy to check one's speed as one is travelling. My OH got a speeding ticket early this year, and it has been quietly amusing to observe his adherance to speed limits now.

Oops, total hijack, sorry.

Driving and talking - not easy anyway, but handsfree is the only safe way.

pinkfluffybabe

jeryth wrote:

I wish there were a universal way to signal "get off yer bloomin phone" to another road user. I get really annoyed, too, but wouldn't blame just one portion of the nation.

I totally agree with you, it really angers me to see people with a phone in one hand while steering with the other. They are selfishly putting other people's lives at risk all for the sake of saving a few minutes. I wish there was a more high profile campaign against it, and more people getting caught and banned/fined - that would stop people.

sunflower_2

jeryth wrote:

I wish there were a universal way to signal "get off yer bloomin phone" to another road user. I get really annoyed, too, but wouldn't blame just one portion of the nation.

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i hav found that putting your fingers to your ear in "on-phone-stylee" and mouthing "get off the i]insert own word here depending on how u feel[/i phone" works a treat

some stupid bint nearly ran me off the road in her merc the other day whilst on her mobile

pinkfluffybabe

Is anyone aware of any campaingns regarding this? Anything that interested people could get involved in?

Thanks

Jeryth

Sunflower - nice one! I sorta thought of that after seeing the "Phones 4 U" advert last night.

nearlyrich

pinkfluffybabe wrote:

Is anyone aware of any campaingns regarding this? Anything that interested people could get involved in?

Thanks

There is a law against it but as there are hardly any police about these days you would have to be unlucky to get caught. In my experience the more expensive the car the less chance that the person driving it has bothered to spend a bit more and get a hands free kit.

Jeryth

Maybe it's linked to that optional extra that many prestige cars have - no indicators.

scheming_gypsy

tell you what is worse that people holding a phone while driving, people on hands free waving their hands about as though the person they're talking to can see them

sunflower_2

jeryth wrote:

Maybe it's linked to that optional extra that many prestige cars have - no indicators.

he he

i sometimes feel like i have to be mystig meg on the roads

although with boy racers u can get a tip-off from when they start to lean their whole body to one side...