From: Conor on
On 18/03/2010 16:45, Ret. wrote:
> Conor wrote:
>> On 17/03/2010 19:02, Ret. wrote:
>>
>>> OK, we'll just have to accept that you are Superman - or just
>>> abnormal.
>>
>> Not abnormal at all. When you've been driving down the road, have you
>> sung along to a song on the radio? Have you retuned the radio? Did you
>> crash as a result? No. Why? Because it was a non event.
>
> Not at all comparable Conor.

Rubbish. You're doing two things at once.

And in any case, no-one is claiming that if
> you use a mobile phone while driving you *will* crash. They are simply
> saying, quite correctly, that concentrating on a telephone call reduces
> your concentration on your driving - no more no less. It doesn't mean
> you *will* crash - it just means that your chances of having an accident
> are increased.

Its been strongly implied..
>
> All the research, not just into the specifics of mobile phone useage and
> driving - but also into the human brain and multi-tasking, support that
> view.
>
Yet you breath whilst you walk, you can have a conversation while you
tie your shoelaces...


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From: Conor on
On 18/03/2010 16:57, Ret. wrote:
> Conor wrote:
>> On 18/03/2010 12:14, Ret. wrote:
>>
>>> *After* a crash has occurred - or before?
>>>
>>
>> So seeing as you think its so dangerous, what caused all the accidents
>> before the mobile phone was invented? What about those from before
>> even car radios were common?
>
> All the research shows that conducting a conversation on a mobile phone
> is particularly distracting when driving. It has been tested, over and
> over again, using different people in different countries - and all the
> tests show the same thing - reaction times are slower, hazard perception
> is reduced, etc.
>
> Using a mobile phone simply makes a driver less safe - and that's a fact.
>

Does it? Where are the thousands of deaths?


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From: Conor on
On 18/03/2010 17:15, Ret. wrote:

>> So if a crash is only a remote possibility why does it need to be a
>> specific offence?
>
> Because that activity has been shown, more than almost any other
> activity, to take concentration away from driving.
>

Rubbish. More like its been shown to be a nice little revenue stream
because there are far more mobile phones than people in the UK.



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From: Conor on
On 18/03/2010 17:18, Ret. wrote:

> I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that in the not too-distant
> future, using a mobile phone while driving will be completely banned.
> The 'hands-free' issue is just ridiculous when all the evidence shows
> that it is the actual conversation that is the distraction

So they're going to ban people talking to each other in a car then?

And you don't see a problem with the police state we're rapidly heading
towards?

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From: Conor on
On 18/03/2010 18:25, Bod wrote:

>
> I would argue, that having two hands on the wheel using handsfree is
> that much safer than having a mobile held to your ear with one hand.
>

So should we outlaw people with one arm from driving?


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