Texting and dialling whilst driving ............ frightening

[400bhp]

I can understand your POV but a cyclist looking at a motorist on the end of the telephone are at the complete opposite ends of the spectrum in respect of dangerous road users.

 

[Crankarm]

I still maintain that I don't think his full attention is on the road, even if his eyes are desperately trying to point out of the side of his head. He hasn't tilted the camera in anyway, you can see the reflection of his face in the rear passenger window.



If that's your attitude you need to yell down every single piece of law breaking, all the time, no matter what the context.

:troll:

 

[hambones]

I was at work on the phone to a colleague today. She was in slow moving traffic trying to get the bluetooth working (so on loudspeaker) whilst drinking a coffee and looking through a folder on the passenger seat to give me some figures. All of a sudden she says 'Oh Sh!t' as a traffic cop steps out in the road and signals to her to pull over!

Outcome???

'Tut tut, don't do that again missy and be on your way' - pretty blondes getting away with it!

 

[Crankarm]

I was at work on the phone to a colleague today. She was in slow moving traffic trying to get the bluetooth working (so on loudspeaker) whilst drinking a coffee and looking through a folder on the passenger seat to give me some figures. All of a sudden she says 'Oh Sh!t' as a traffic cop steps out in the road and signals to her to pull over!

Outcome???

'Tut tut, don't do that again missy and be on your way' - pretty blondes getting away with it!

Why didn't you hang up or tell her to pull over if she wanted to continue the conversation or tell her you would speak with her later face to face? This sort of thing really pisses me off. The times I see passangers in cars who purposely ignore the fact that the driver is gassing away on a mobile as they drive or texting. I suppose you were aiding and abetting an offence being committed. For all those motons who should be nicked for driving and dialing, I think the people on the other end of the call who know they are calling some one who is driving should also be fined. Perhaps phone numebrs should be jammed for say a month or the phone destroyed with SIM card for grievous offences where others are seriously injured or killed.

 

[hambones]

Why didn't you hang up or tell her to pull over if she wanted to continue the conversation or tell her you would speak with her later face to face?

As it happens I assumed she had pulled over to talk to me because she is one of the better ones for using bluetooth and she knows I have a go at others for not using theirs. The conversation ended very quickly and she called me back to explain how the cop had told her she was a bit naughty for doing what she was doing!

 

[benb]

If that's your attitude you need to yell down every single piece of law breaking, all the time, no matter what the context.

Haha, really? What a well thought through comment.

 

[Crankarm]

Driving along the A14 this afternoon, heavy rain, lots of dense spray, heavyish traffic - an artic starts drifting and then seriously weaving in nearside lane at 63mph. I thought maybe the driver was knodding off after a heavy liquid lunch. I thought it was going to jackknife. Driver of the car alongside passing it must have sh1t themselves as they had to drive right on rhs edge of the outside lane next to crash barrier to avoid the truck. Once the car was past I hung back for a bit then floored it to get past the truck asap. As I went by I saw the f*ckwit driver was not asleep but had a mobile phone glued to his right ear. I made a mental note to remember the registration, but forgot it before I got home as I encountered a couple of other numptees which unfortunately over writ my memory. But can you believe it, the driver of a huge artic gassing away on a mobile phone, truck going all over the place on a very busy route on a day of awful weather. Hundreds of people have been seriously injured or killed on this road. At first I thought the driver was falling asleep as that is what a lot of them do causing carnage when they crash. Definitely time for a clean pair of undies.

 

[Davidc]

These peple scare me badly.

Driving back from Bridgwater on the M5 this morning, J24 to J25. Heavy rain, spray everywhere, dark clouds. Came up behind traffic slowed down a lot just after I joined.

Got past the obstruction about half way between the junctions. It was a woman weaving between the inside two lanes, other people gingerly going past on the right.

Thought the driver must be drunk as I approached, but no, on the bloody phone. Oblivious to being flashed at, hooted at or anything else.

I, my family and friends, and everyone else come to that, shouldn't have to put up with these people being on the roads.

 

[Chutzpah]

Haha, really? What a well thought through comment.

Yes, really.

 

[As Easy As Riding A Bike]

Yes, really.

You are still maintaining that the definition of what constitutes 'abuse' is contingent upon whether one individual consistently challenges law breakers?


That's an interesting, not to say bizarre, proposition.

 

[guitarpete247]

Saturday I and GF were driving up M1 to my dads. I was overtaken by an Alpha doing at least 80. Woman driver was putting on mascara. She stayed ahead of me dropping into middle lane continually braking for no apparent reason. The only car in front of her was well in front of her. She then started to weave into both inside and outside lanes still banging on the brakes from time to time. I waited for a safe opportunity to get past and went for it. As we went past she was now putting on lip liner. The visibility was awful with rain and spray on Saturday between junctions 29 - 32 just after we had seen the results of a previous accident south bound that still had several ambulances, police cars and fire engine (3 cars one of them burnt out in the middle and outside lanes). I was glad to leave her behind.

I try to stick to 70 for fuel economy but broke this rule to get away from her. Didn't hear of any accidents north bound but it won't be long before she has one or causes one.

GF said she was using the rear view mirror to apply makeup so was leaning across to middle of car to get a better view to beautify herself. Won't look too pretty after smash though would she .

 

[benb]

Yes, really.

What an utterly bonkers point of view.

 

[400bhp]

I was overtaken by an Alpha doing at least 80. Woman driver was putting on mascara.

Interesting. Cross dresser perhaps?

 

[Chutzpah]

You are still maintaining that the definition of what constitutes 'abuse' is contingent upon whether one individual consistently challenges law breakers?

That's an interesting, not to say bizarre, proposition.

I'm just interested in where people draw the line. What pieces of law breaking can just be 'let go', which need us to vocally point out?

 

[Chutzpah]

What an utterly bonkers point of view.

Well, to expand, I was asked whether I would stop a mugging, purely because I've insinuated that I wouldn't point out to a driver that they shouldn't be on a mobile.

Hence why I want to know where the line is. I've been challenged on two relatively unrelated life incidents, now I need some moral guidance.