Mobile phone use.

[219]

Well I suspect many of us driving on motorways and fast A roads have seen completely crazy people reading maps,delivery notes,putting on make up,reading a book,as well as on the mobile phone,I was thinking that all this sending a cop out in a artic unit,and the police cars trying to enforce this law is time wasted,all over the country we have speed cameras why not forget about the speeding and take photo's of people using their phones,and then prosecute by post,after all these cameras are supposed to be about safety.

Don't forget eating or drinking - how many of us have tucked into a snack or swigged a bottle of water on the go ?

 

[219]

I still have a tad over six years before I can collect my pension ; I do use my phone for sat-nav and very rarely for phone calls whilst driving , maybe once in every couple of months ( but always handsfree when I do , and always keep such calls as brief as possible ) .

I quite like not having my phone with me and knowing I'm not going to be disturbed .

 

[Lennox]

I'm still in my '30's' [emoji12] and my mobile for family, work, finance/investment and social networks (business & private) are now today all influenced and enhanced through technology. And my pocket super computer and the integration with my cars is critical.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

So, is it fair to say that Pontoneer and Knightferret aren't the problem in this instance?

 

[Deleted member 65149]

So, is it fair to say that Pontoneer and Knightferret aren't the problem in this instance?

"Knightferret" - I like my new name. No longer errant but now ferreting out all the hidden details.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

"Knightferret" - I like my new name. No longer errant but now ferreting out all the hidden details.

Oops, either autocorrect or a Freudian slip, either way it's got a certain ring to it

 

[ash59fifty-uk]

The phone simply 'blacking out' on standby would suffice, unless to receive or make a call completely hands free- obviously connected to the car you wouldn't even need to look at the phone as the caller comes up on the cars screen/dash

A unit in a car:

- which blocks a phone being held/not fixed
- checks database to ensure everything is legal (driving license, insurance, tax)
- ejects the driver into hell or oblivion, if vehicle has registered as being in the middle lane for longer than needed
- checks the alcohol content with a super duper air reading device, which can check all air within the localised area of the drivers seat

... Would be perfect

 

[Deleted member 65149]

Oops, either autocorrect or a Freudian slip, either way it's got a certain ring to it

It's good to know I'm not the only one who makes mistakes

I know, I was just undermining the credibility of you're post.

 

[219]

The phone simply 'blacking out' on standby would suffice, unless to receive or make a call completely hands free- obviously connected to the car you wouldn't even need to look at the phone as the caller comes up on the cars screen/dash

A unit in a car:

- which blocks a phone being held/not fixed
- checks database to ensure everything is legal (driving license, insurance, tax)
- ejects the driver into hell or oblivion, if vehicle has registered as being in the middle lane for longer than needed
- checks the alcohol content with a super duper air reading device, which can check all air within the localised area of the drivers seat

... Would be perfect

Would the air monitoring device also check for the aftermath of a curry night and then evacuate the air through a carbon filter/cataclysmic converter ?

 

[ash59fifty-uk]

Would the air monitoring device also check for the aftermath of a curry night and then evacuate the air through a carbon filter/cataclysmic converter ?

Think that may be pushing it, although it could be a reasonable function to automatically wind a window down or two for you in such cases

 

[Deleted member 6183]

I still have a tad over six years before I can collect my pension ; I do use my phone for sat-nav and very rarely for phone calls whilst driving , maybe once in every couple of months ( but always handsfree when I do , and always keep such calls as brief as possible ) .

I quite like not having my phone with me and knowing I'm not going to be disturbed .

Did you not say earlier that you didn't have the modern equipment to make hands-free calls?

Don't tell me that you have a earphone/mic type arrangement.

 

[219]

Did you not say earlier that you didn't have the modern equipment to make hands-free calls?

Don't tell me that you have a earphone/mic type arrangement.

Post 181 Para 2

I've had proper hands free kits since the Nokia ones of the early nineties , then changed to thb Bury when I got my first smartphone ( Palm Treo ) and have just updated the cradles for subsequent handsets . I currently have a CC9060 in each car ; the cars themselves don't come with technology built in and depending on the handset/cradle in use they can be wired or Bluetooth .

I may have the facility , but I still don't like phoning and driving - so I just don't do it except very rarely .

 

[Deleted member 6183]

Post 181 Para 2

I'm confused but happy.

 

[Deleted member 65149]

I'm confused.

That's the trouble with you kids!