Just out of interest has anyone ever seen a driver talking on a non hands
free mobile get pulled over the police?
Martin J.

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:39:07 +0100, "Martin J"
wrote:

Just out of interest has anyone ever seen a driver talking on a non hands
free mobile get pulled over the police?

Unfortunately not. I have, however, seen just as many people talking
on non-hands-free mobiles while driving, and invariably driving in a
dangerous manner whilst doing so.

This includes, but is not limited to, the drivers of both lorries and
buses, the latter often with passengers on board.

Neil

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(Martin J) wrote:

Just out of interest has anyone ever seen a driver talking on a non
hands free mobile get pulled over the police?
Martin J.

See
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news.../7a4638c3-a28d
-4c73-b25e-a41895409aef.lpf

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In article ,
(Martin J) wrote:

Just out of interest has anyone ever seen a driver talking on a non
hands free mobile get pulled over the police?
Martin J.

I seem to remember some reasonably high profile prosecutions when the
compulsory wearing of seatbelts came in. Nowadays nearly everyone seems to
think of that as second nature.

I am of the opinion that a number of high profile, well publiscised,
prosecutions for mobile phone use while driving would help to stamp it out.
I see people using non-handsfree mobiles while driving everyday.

Michael

Michael Hopkins wrote:

"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
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I seem to remember some reasonably high profile prosecutions when the
compulsory wearing of seatbelts came in. Nowadays nearly everyone seems to
think of that as second nature.

Where I live - hackney?islington - I'd say about 1 in 5 at least don't wear
belts.

M.

In message , Michael Hopkins
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I am of the opinion that a number of high profile, well publiscised,
prosecutions for mobile phone use while driving would help to stamp it out.
I see people using non-handsfree mobiles while driving everyday.

It's not the numbers using mobiles while driving, but the numbers I see
having accidents as a result. I have a neighbour who demolished her own
garage door because she was actually using a mobile while reversing
(probably saying "I'm just coming down the drive now").

Just a few weeks ago a guy was waiting to turn left out of a side road,
looking for a gap, while yapping on his mobile. He decided he could just
about shoot out in front of me, which he did, accelerating hard. Too
late - he had been so busy on the phone that he had failed to notice the
traffic island immediately to his left, and with only one hand free and
concentration impaired, did not have time to steer past it.

Front tyre hit the kerb of the island at speed and exploded. Back wheel
did exactly the same and, judging from the angle of the wheel, he also
wrecked the axle and probably the suspension, too. New BMW. Such a
shame.

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Paul Terry

Paul Terry wrote:

It's not the numbers using mobiles while driving, but the numbers I see
having accidents as a result. I have a neighbour who demolished her own
garage door because she was actually using a mobile while reversing
(probably saying "I'm just coming down the drive now").

At Edinburgh Waverley, the other day, I observed a young woman come onto
the platform, stop, get her mobile phone out and call someone. She was
close enough for me to hear her say, "I'm just about to get on the train
and I'll be home in...", at which point she stopped, because the train
doors closed and off it went, leaving her looking rather flustered.

Maybe it really is true that mobile phone transmissions cook the brain.
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(A "Mont Blanc Express" train at Martigny, Switzerland in 1997)

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:39:07 +0100, "Martin J"
wrote:

Just out of interest has anyone ever seen a driver talking on a non hands
free mobile get pulled over the police?

I've seen some who should have been. But the crime wasn't hands-free
or not. It was the attention given to the call instead of the road.

Yes, twice.

Both occasions were in the days after the the July bombings when
central London was flooded with cops.

Amusing on the second occasion the car was a LH-drive, and in fact it
was the passenger who was on the phone!

Martin J wrote:
Just out of interest has anyone ever seen a driver talking on a non
hands free mobile get pulled over the police?

Not directly relevant to the new law, but I seem to be in a nostalgic
mood here tonight, so here goes ...

I was pulled over years ago before the new law came into effect. I was
on the M25, and tried to take a call on my hands-free, but had to use
the handset because of poor quality sound. (The call was from a
particularly demanding director, so I didn't want to miss it.) When the
call ended, I was signalled on to the hard shoulder by the police patrol
who had been shadowing me during the call, and advised that I wasn't in
full control of the car, having only one hand on the wheel.

I pointed out to him, that as the holder of a Private Pilot's Licence,
when landing my plane I controlled it with my left hand on the control
column, because my right hand had to be on the throttle, so I didn't
really think that steering with one hand for a short distance in the
slow lane was that risky (or words to that effect). Half way through
this, I wondered if I should have kept quiet, but he mumbled general
cautionary phrases and went off. Phew!

The real risk was that I was so engrossed in the call that I didn't
notice the police car on my right! I support the new law.

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