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[Phil Perry]

Using a phone hand-free is marginally less dangerous. Best to leave it on the back seat.

Got to agree, most people I know do not naturally 'Multi Task' readily, Too much going on whilst driving on busy roads. . .have you ever followed a driver who is using a handheld phone ?

 

 

[Robbo]

I always get in trouble with Mrs Red because mine is usually left on my computer desk when she tries to get in touch with me.

Your always in the doghouse with Mrs Red

 

 

[eightyknots]

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[M61A1]

Got to agree, most people I know do not naturally 'Multi Task' readily, Too much going on whilst driving on busy roads. . .have you ever followed a driver who is using a handheld phone ?

It has been well proven that even those who reckon they multi-task, do not do any of the tasks being carried out concurrently well. Much better to remain focused on the one task you have, and do it properly.

 

On that note...have you ever followed someone who is smoking while driving? They are just as bad as phone users, especially while they roll one up or get one out of a pack.

 

My partner took a pic (from the passenger seat) of a woman in Toowoomba with coffee cup and durrie in left hand, which was on the wheel, and phone up to ear in right hand.

 

 

[old man emu]

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Misspelling!!!! They've missed the 's' before the 'he'

 

 

[nomadpete]

And even doing a bit of reading might be bad for your health.

 

The other day I noticed a guy (yes, a male) driving a van along the Gateway Arterial four lane freeway, with a newspaper spread across the steering wheel. To give some concession to safety, he was only doing 100 in a 110 zone. Maybe He didn't want to spill his coffee?

 

 

[Geoff13]

Gateway is only a 100 zone lol

 

 

[Geoff13]

The worst I have seen was also on the Gateway Motorway during the widening phase.

 

So picture this. Narrowed lanes. Concrete barriers both sides so nowhere to go when it goes pearshaped.

 

Mid morning and me in 62.5 tonnes of bdouble doing close to the roadwork speed limit of 80.

 

A car came up beside me driving erratically which attracted my attention.

 

As she drew level I noticed she was steering with her knees and had a baby on the passenger seat and was changing the babies nappy.

 

True story. No dash cams back then but I did ring the Police. They actually caught her not more than 5 klms down the road. What hope do we have.

 

 

[PA.]

The worst I have seen was also on the Gateway Motorway during the widening phase.So picture this. Narrowed lanes. Concrete barriers both sides so nowhere to go when it goes pearshaped.

 

Mid morning and me in 62.5 tonnes of bdouble doing close to the roadwork speed limit of 80.

 

A car came up beside me driving erratically which attracted my attention.

 

As she drew level I noticed she was steering with her knees and had a baby on the passenger seat and was changing the babies nappy.

 

True story. No dash cams back then but I did ring the Police. They actually caught her not more than 5 klms down the road. What hope do we have.

I just knew this story was going to turn to sh!t.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

Misspelling!!!! They've missed the 's' before the 'he'

 

Ooooooh ! Very close to the edge of the quicksand Sir ! ( Ian, if you're watching. . . can we have a new comment 'Button' in the next update please, perhaps labelled 'TIN HAT ON'. . . . )

 

Lady poster comments incoming in 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 . . . . . .

 

 

[Robbo]

The worst I've seen is someone eating noodles from a square Chinese Takeaway box, using chopsticks.

I saw a chick eating corn flakes and doing her makeup on the Monash one day, and unlike most days the traffic was moving at 100kmh.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

I remember sitting at a set of traffic lights, and reaching for a lip salve stick as I'd got a couple of coldsores. Waiting for the green light, I quickly applied the stuff to both lips, and was aware of a car sitting next to me. . I looked across, and the male driver was making 'Kiss Blowing' pouts at me. . bloody embarrasing or what ?

 

 

[Marty_d]

I remember sitting at a set of traffic lights, and reaching for a lip salve stick as I'd got a couple of coldsores. Waiting for the green light, I quickly applied the stuff to both lips, and was aware of a car sitting next to me. . I looked across, and the male driver was making 'Kiss Blowing' pouts at me. . bloody embarrasing or what ?

Well, next time don't show so much cleavage.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

Well, next time don't show so much cleavage.

 

Easy to say,. . but when you're queueing two abreast, not so easy. . .

 

 

[old man emu]

That's what one of the set of quads said when asked about being breast-fed.

 

 

[Robbo]

I remember sitting at a set of traffic lights, and reaching for a lip salve stick as I'd got a couple of coldsores. Waiting for the green light, I quickly applied the stuff to both lips, and was aware of a car sitting next to me. . I looked across, and the male driver was making 'Kiss Blowing' pouts at me. . bloody embarrasing or what ?

But Mr Perry, you liked it and it made your day didn't it

 

 

[facthunter]

Did you blow one back at him? (Tell ME. I won't let on.) I've been to London once or twice.You would be fairly safe. Nev

 

 

[Phil Perry]

Did you blow one back at him? (Tell ME. I won't let on.) I've been to London once or twice.You would be fairly safe. Nev

Actually no, . . the lights changed and I stalled . . . . . . . fortunately, being a Ford. . .it didn't spin. . . .

 

 

[Phil Perry]

But Mr Perry, you liked it and it made your day didn't it

 

Ooooh. . .ger her. . . . .( Biatch ! )

 

 

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[Jaba-who]

The worst I've seen is someone eating noodles from a square Chinese Takeaway box, using chopsticks.

Saw a video clip of an American bloke who was complaining about the newly introduced laws in his state against using a mobile phone while driving.

 

He quite rightly stated it was not illegal to do any number of other things that in theory were worse but would be illegal to use the phone.

 

So he proceeded to drive back and forth past the local police station first making a cup of coffee, then combing hair getting dressed for work and finally made a bow and arrows using a battery drill, various tools and tested it till he was pulled over by a cop who ended up letting him off.

 

 

[Yenn]

The version I heard he was booked for driving without a seat belt.

 

 

[Birdseye]

The reality is that there are many actions, if determined to be affecting your attention to driving, that could lead to prosecution. Passing specific legislation on phones was intended to simplify things for both the public and the plods.

 

 

[frank marriott]

introduced laws in his state against using a mobile phone while driving.

I made a submission on mobile phone legislation when it was planned to be introduced into Qld. It is a two way radio and to ban them then all two way radios should be effected. But, like making a submission to the current RAA board, I was told to go play in the traffic. Certainly splitting hairs to say a radio is OK but a device which is a two way radio but commenly referred to as a mobile phone is not a radio. Would be interesting to see it tested in an appeal court.

 

 

[Phil Perry]

I made a submission on mobile phone legislation when it was planned to be introduced into Qld. It is a two way radio and to ban them then all two way radios should be effected. But, like making a submission to the current RAA board, I was told to go play in the traffic. Certainly splitting hairs to say a radio is OK but a device which is a two way radio but commenly referred to as a mobile phone is not a radio. Would be interesting to see it tested in an appeal court.

I admit to similar misgivings when this legislation was first introduced in the UK Frank. Having used mobile radio gear for decades, and cannot ever remember having had a road accident due to distraction during use of same whilst piloting a moving vehicle. I changed my opinion on this some years ago and always ignore my personal phone until I arrive somewhere and park up, as NO electronic message is of sufficient import.

 

Thinking about it, the only major difference between 'Phones' and two way radios that I can think of is that with the latter, you have a mic hanging on the dash in a convenient place so that, perhaps following a brief training session in it's use; you don't even need to look at the michrophone in order to pick it up to respond to a message. You then hang it up, again without any need to remove your gaze from the road ahead. It is a similar operation to initiate a call on your radio. The mic is a plastic block with a button on it, which requires no visual attention at all. Using Amateur radio mobile gear, I used to have a very lightweight, single earpiece vox operated headset so there was no need to even pick up a mic. . .

 

Mobile phones, are increasingly flashy gizmos with video calling and text, and need to be looked at to see who is calling you (you don't Really 'Need' to look to SEE who is calling you. . . .but everybody does. . ..) If you are a trained Apache helicopter pilot, used to having a tiny screen in front of one eye, with the unencumbered eye remaining focussed upon the battlefield ahead, then nearly all the untrained public will remove full focus upon the traffic and focus upon the phone, even if the device is on the dash just below your visual cone, everything in front blurs whilst your brain re-directs your primary attention to accomodate information on that screen.

 

We have already covered anecdotal evidence of actually Sending messages whilst driving, either by dialling or using text. . . so we need not go there. . . .