From: Richard Brookman on
uknewsfan wrote:

|| On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:06:45 GMT, "burt"
|| <burtthebike(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
||
|| I have yet to meet anyone who has stopped using their mobile whilst
|| driving. I imagine the majority here do too, if they are honest.

Not me. I ignore incoming calls (they are listed on the phone, so you can
always call them back later). If I must make a call, I pull off the road
AND put the car keys on the top of the dash - I don't want to give a passing
plod the least excuse. (Not that they seem to worry about it round here.)
So not everyone does it.

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From: Alex Heney on
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:47:20 GMT, JAF <anarchSPAMKILLER(a)ntlworld.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:23:45 +0100, "DieSea"
><DieSea.NoSpamPlease(a)ntlworldd.ccom> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>Then he tied to over take me on the inside lane
>>
>How pleased I am to see someone say 'overtake on the inside', rather than
>the utterly, utterly *wrong* usage of 'undertake'.
>

Any concept of an idea as to why you think it is "wrong"?

It has become accepted usage. That is how languages evolve.
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From: Alex Heney on
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:48:31 GMT, JAF <anarchSPAMKILLER(a)ntlworld.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:57:12 +0100, Alex Heney <me8(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>He may have been breaking the law, but so were you by not allowing him
>>past.
>
>Bollocks.

Please explain how you think that simple and absolutely true statement
is somehow "bollocks".
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From: Alex Heney on
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:33:54 +0100, "Simon Finnigan"
<SimonFinnigan(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>uknewsfan wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:06:45 GMT, "burt"
>> <burtthebike(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> I have yet to meet anyone who has stopped using their mobile whilst
>> driving. I imagine the majority here do too, if they are honest.
>
>You obviously know idiots. I do not, have not and will not use my mobile
>when driving. Hands free kits are IMHO an appalling idea - they do not
>remove the distraction of trying to hear a poor quality call with drop out
>(which is according to a few studies the main reason mobile phones distract
>drivers, not the actual conversation).

I can honestly say I have *never* experienced that.

I do use my mobile when driving, but *only* with a hands free kit, and
only for short calls. I have never once had a call drop, nor any
difficulty in hearing the other person while driving.

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From: Alex Heney on
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:19:06 +0100, uknewsfan <uknewsfan(a)aol.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:06:45 GMT, "burt"
><burtthebike(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>I have yet to meet anyone who has stopped using their mobile whilst
>driving. I imagine the majority here do too, if they are honest.
>>

Only with a hands free kit.

And only for short calls.
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