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From: Conor on 18 Mar 2010 16:10 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... -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Conor on 18 Mar 2010 16:11 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? -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Conor on 18 Mar 2010 16:13 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. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Conor on 18 Mar 2010 16:14 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? -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Conor on 18 Mar 2010 16:16
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? -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally. |