60 mins, mobile phone and driving

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:19 pm

Just hope there is a few drivers out there waching tonights segment on just how good ya driving gets while talking on the phone, handsfree just as bad

Willie · Post by **Willie** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:31 pm

Yeah - saw that. Makes you think.

I have been guilty of it in the past (not texting, though). I always pull over to talk now - or let it go to message bank and get it later.

tex · Post by **tex** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:57 pm

Granted but what is worse is now people stop in the worst places to answer their phones always after blind corners etc or busy traffic I mean how hard is it to pull OFF the road, What I do if it has to be answered is hit the answer button and pull into the first side street (when driving round town)!

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:41 pm

We were in Coffs Harbour one night about 8:30 and coming up to a round-about was a SUV with its hazards on, stopped just infront of the roundabout entry. We thought 'must be broken down, we'll pull up beside it and see if they want help'. So we slowly drove past and there was a woman talking on her phone.
IDIOT!!! What a stupid place to pull up!

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:55 pm

Yeah !!? She was the hazard alright, the car probably turned its hazards on itself as a courtesy for the other road users. Shows you just how much concentration is taken off the driving to talk on the phone.

Thalass · Post by **Thalass** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:24 am

They also say that talking to passengers and listening to the radio is just as bad. If these people had their way you'd have to drive around with duct tape on your passengers mouths, no radio, and no other form of communication. Hell, the horn is probably distracting too so that'd have to go...

Of course talking with the phone to your ear blocks half your vision, prevents one hand from being used, and distracts you. I always put my phone on speaker mode with it in my lap, which I think makes it roughly similar to talking to a passenger in the car.