I am in no way condoning the use of mobile phones whilst driving, but I do have what must be a common problem.
All my music is now stored on my phone through the cab stereo and to change tracks/albums etc. I have to look at/pick up my phone.
Now, in my eyes this is no worse than in the old days when I had to rummage in my bag to get my CD or cassette case out, look through it to find a different album, extract the first one and replace it, putting the first one away afterwards. I usually try to time this with stopping at traffic lights etc but put my hands up in admitting to have done this whilst driving.
Trouble is, even holding a phone in the cab is a no no and there is only so many times you can Listen to theJames Blunt track on that compilation album before turning the whole bloody thing off!
Mind you, even being distracted trying to find the appropriate knob( ooh matron…) on the stereo to switch it off could be classed as worrying.
Mozza:
Surely with the technology these days they can come up with a way to stop mobiles working whilst in motion. I don’t know, maybe unfair on passangers but to many people are losing there lives
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That’ll never happen what about passengers as you’ve mentioned or passengers of trains etc, they need to issue driving bans if caught let’s say 6 months for the first offence.
That’s where its heading. They want it on a par with drink driving so they have to put the punishment on a par with it
They want to make using a phone as taboo as drink driving. Everyone hates drink drivers yet they seem to A-OK with using a phone.
puggy:
I am in no way condoning the use of mobile phones whilst driving, but I do have what must be a common problem.
All my music is now stored on my phone through the cab stereo and to change tracks/albums etc. I have to look at/pick up my phone.
Now, in my eyes this is no worse than in the old days when I had to rummage in my bag to get my CD or cassette case out, look through it to find a different album, extract the first one and replace it, putting the first one away afterwards. I usually try to time this with stopping at traffic lights etc but put my hands up in admitting to have done this whilst driving.
Trouble is, even holding a phone in the cab is a no no and there is only so many times you can Listen to theJames Blunt track on that compilation album before turning the whole bloody thing off!
Mind you, even being distracted trying to find the appropriate knob( ooh matron…) on the stereo to switch it off could be classed as worrying.
Where does it end?
Techology. I remember when they first starting to crack down on using phone whilst driving but that aimed more at actually talking on the phone with it clamped to your ear. Nowadays phones are multimedia devices. People haven’t got them clamped to ones ear because of hands-free in most cars now but instead they use them to browse Facebook or Twitter whilst driving. Hell I saw a Maritime driver last night on the way back to Immingham watching something on his phone that was in a cradle attached to the cab pillar. I knew it was a film or video because the picture changed quite a few times as I overtook him. Its one thing to do it during the day but at night, the whole cab is lit up making it painfully obvious what your doing.
puggy:
I am in no way condoning the use of mobile phones whilst driving, but I do have what must be a common problem.
All my music is now stored on my phone through the cab stereo and to change tracks/albums etc. I have to look at/pick up my phone.
Now, in my eyes this is no worse than in the old days when I had to rummage in my bag to get my CD or cassette case out, look through it to find a different album, extract the first one and replace it, putting the first one away afterwards. I usually try to time this with stopping at traffic lights etc but put my hands up in admitting to have done this whilst driving.
Trouble is, even holding a phone in the cab is a no no and there is only so many times you can Listen to theJames Blunt track on that compilation album before turning the whole bloody thing off!
Mind you, even being distracted trying to find the appropriate knob( ooh matron…) on the stereo to switch it off could be classed as worrying.
Where does it end?
Lucky for me if I use my phone I can change tracks on my phone using the button in my car steering wheel.
switchlogic:
‘When Mees, who had only recently got his HGV licence back, was told the pair had died, he told a bystander: “For f***'s sake, I have only had my licence for a couple of weeks,”’
This bit left me speechless. That was his response upon being told he’d KILLED TWO PEOPLE!
Yeah that’s the bit of the article that caught my eye aswell. Just a pure and utter scumbag. I’ll bet when he gets out in 3 year of his 6year sentence, one of the first things he’ll do is apply for his LGV licence. And he’ll get it too
The trick is, switch the thing on a track list - and LEAVE it. Tractor unit radios these days even “turn the volume down” when you are slowing down at the end of a dual carriageway for example, so why TF would you want to twiddle your knob when approaching the back of a traffic queue, like on the northbound A34 near Oxford?
I understand the authorities are already looking to pull people stuffing their faces at the wheel among us drivers on the road…
Whilst we can’t really object to “music player users” and “face stuffers” getting pulled for “undue care and attention”, I DO wish they’d bloody crack down on mobile phone use at the wheel FIRST, because I often see plods driving past, totally ignoring people on their bloody phones ALL THE TIME.
Winseer:
I understand the authorities are already looking to pull people stuffing their faces at the wheel among us drivers on the road…
I’m struggling to recall an incident in which death or injury has ever been caused by somebody eating while driving, the mouth is not generally considered to be a body part used for driving and few drivers have the luxury nowadays of having the time to sit down for a cooked meal if that time has to come out of their spreadover.
Winseer:
I understand the authorities are already looking to pull people stuffing their faces at the wheel among us drivers on the road…
I’m struggling to recall an incident in which death or injury has ever been caused by somebody eating while driving, the mouth is not generally considered to be a body part used for driving and few drivers have the luxury nowadays of having the time to sit down for a cooked meal if that time has to come out of their spreadover.
But you can still keep your concentration when eating and driving, I’ve used hands free and driving at the same time and I’ll say you just cannot concentrate solely on driving whilst having a conversation especially if it’s a heated conversation or one that involves you answering questions.
Winseer:
I understand the authorities are already looking to pull people stuffing their faces at the wheel among us drivers on the road…
I’m struggling to recall an incident in which death or injury has ever been caused by somebody eating while driving, the mouth is not generally considered to be a body part used for driving and few drivers have the luxury nowadays of having the time to sit down for a cooked meal if that time has to come out of their spreadover.
But you can still keep your concentration when eating and driving, I’ve used hands free and driving at the same time and I’ll say you just cannot concentrate solely on driving whilst having a conversation especially if it’s a heated conversation or one that involves you answering questions.
I’ve yet to come across “Hands Free Food” yet though.
ROG:
I wonder how many would still chance using mobiles when driving if the law says that the phone or sim will be confiscated as well as an automatic licence suspension for 28 days
The purchase of pay-as-u-go phones would proliferate, and drivers would still push the boat out ahead of a months’ holiday coming up…
Phone usage is rife, and something needs to be done about it.
I suspect car users are worse than us, but the consequences are clearly different.
You can barely make out the crushed car between the trucks, which to me is sickening…
I think this idiot deserves all he got and more, as it’s such a tiny stretch of motorway minutes before his destination, WTF couldn’t he wait?
mike68:
The main problem as I see it is the level of policing is a joke, its all well and good having laws against the use of mobiles if you don’t have the means to enforce these laws these tragedies will continue.
Yes I agree. I see peeps using phones at every junction and roundabout. If the police still patrolled they’d see them too. It’s a serious problem and it’s seen as acceptable to be on social meeja all day and night. Vacuous ■■■■■■
wonder how many would still chance using mobiles when driving if the law says that the phone or sim will be confiscated as well as an automatic licence suspension for 28 days
stop ■■■■■■■ about caught using your phone whilst driving vehicle impounded release fee 25% of the value of the vehicle 28 days to pay or its gone no appeal + twelve month driving ban for the driver
wonder how keen your tm/planner would be on mythering you then ?
Latique:
wonder how many would still chance using mobiles when driving if the law says that the phone or sim will be confiscated as well as an automatic licence suspension for 28 days
stop ■■■■■■■ about caught using your phone whilst driving vehicle impounded release fee 25% of the value of the vehicle 28 days to pay or its gone no appeal + twelve month driving ban for the driver
wonder how keen your tm/planner would be on mythering you then ?
Perfect punishment, seize the vehicle as in no insurance!
Ill nevr understand this obsession with mobile phones, years ago the wheels still turned without them but some have them attached to themselves like an umbilical cord. If you want to listen to music stick a cd on, make a phone call? stop and get it from the glove box as i do, want to eat and drink, stop and get outside and do it…its really not difficult and yet we still have those defending hands free and saying they can boil a kettle and make tea on the move and such like, the world wont stop if you pull over for 10 mins ffs
Latique:
wonder how many would still chance using mobiles when driving if the law says that the phone or sim will be confiscated as well as an automatic licence suspension for 28 days
stop ■■■■■■■ about caught using your phone whilst driving vehicle impounded release fee 25% of the value of the vehicle 28 days to pay or its gone no appeal + twelve month driving ban for the driver
wonder how keen your tm/planner would be on mythering you then ?
years ago the wheels still turned without them but some have them attached to themselves like an umbilical cord. If you want to listen to music stick a cd on, make a phone call? stop and get it from the glove box as i do, want to eat and drink, stop and get outside and do it…its really not difficult and yet we still have those defending hands free and saying they can boil a kettle and make tea on the move and such like, the world wont stop if you pull over for 10 mins ffs
Didn’t that world end the moment they fitted trackers, as if that happens now with some firms, the phone rings…
And apparently the answer that you prefer the coffee here isn’t acceptable!
I’ve used hands free phones, I’ve eaten butties, apples, drank coffee, and had a good old fashioned perv at whatever is visible through the window in the cars to my right, because I’m human, not a robot. And I’ve not caused an accident fatal or otherwise. If you’ve got even half an ounce of common sense in your head, you know that everything has a time and a place, and to do any of what I have mentioned on a nice clear road, or in badly congested traffic jam is fine really. But to do them in a changeable scenario such as a town centre or intersection is daft. That “driver” deserves everything he gets in my book.
