Cup holders in cars
- Thread starter gary r
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Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
They're the places where we put parking receipts, loose change, sweets and the cable that fits an ipod thing we haven't got anymore...
cant do that with my cupholders,you press a button and 2 x holders pop out of the dash,the only use is to hold a cup
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
That's a lot of foldy bits/ springs and technical engineering!
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Deleted member 26715
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You can get done for using a mobile phone, yet having a fire at the end of a piece of paper & tobacco is fine.
Alan...
Alan...
we know thats the sensible option! most are used on the fast lane of the M4 !
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
A car's no good (too small): you need a bus - a double-decker! 
Globalti
Legendary Member
They are mostly for the US market where roads are all straight and the car is seen as a nice refuge away from the stresses of family life, work etc. in which to catch up on some texting, read the paper, drink coffee and eat donuts and chat with pals.
This is the main reason why my brother in Michigan refuses to cycle on the highways.
This is the main reason why my brother in Michigan refuses to cycle on the highways.
i remember visiting the US and going to car showrooms with an American friend,one of the main things she was interested in was "what are the cup holders like"
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
They're not brilliant for snifter glasses so it's best to use a pint.
True. Straights only of course.
swansonj
Guru
I'm not saying that any distraction while driving is a good thing. But actually, with mobile phones, the principal reason they are dangerous is the distraction of concentrating on a conversation with someone who is not in the car with you, rather than the physical distraction of holding it (which is why hands-free phoning is, depending on the research you read, either as dangerous or nearly as dangerous as hand-held). So I would expect drinking a drink to be significantly less dangerous than using a phone in terms of distraction. Though that leaves the issue that, once an emergency has developed and once you've reacted to it, you'd probably just drop your phone but you might be less inclined to drop a cup of boiling liquid....
Not if your driving a company vehicle, it's comes under smoking in the work place
Sara_H
Guru
It's for when you're having a picnic in your car in a layby, innit?
If you put your cup on the dash board it slides off and you get scalds where the sun don't shine.
