States Urged To Impose Total Ban On Mobile Phone Use In Cars

[dule]

Here is another case of "bend over please we'd like to shaft you now".

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/states-urged-to-impose-total-ban-on-mobile-phone-use-in-cars-20110207-1aite.html

Seriously where is this going to stop? A research has shown that talking on the phone while it does increase a chance of an accident it's no more dangerous than listening to the radio or talking to someone in the car. So what is next? Ban radios and introduce the taxi like capsule around the driver but of course sound proof.

This is mu favourite part...

"We've come to the conclusion that we are going to have to do things differently if we are going to get that road toll lower,"

And what exactly are you doing differently???

[Dagabond]

Better ban passengers to so you aren't distracted and talking to them whilst driving...

...I'm a little and talk to myself sometimes when driving does that mean I shouldnt be in charge of a motor vehicle.

[dule]

No you can drive, but have to tape your mouth or have earplugs so you can't hear yourself.

[discostig]

Operating a mobile is illegal over here already. Was interesting to hear it's as bad as talking to a passenger though...I believe there's a line in the learn to drive book which says you should be able to drive and carry on a conversation at the same time, ironic.

[tonyv]

might aswell ban gps's, they distract you too on your windscreen..

Just another scheme from the government to take more of our money

[Turbo6FG]

I've seen heaps of people wandering all over the road, not taking off when the traffic light turns green & nearly hitting into things because they are texting/viewing porn on their phones & trying to drive at the same time.

I was nearly cleaned up by one on the freeway the other day - looking at the phone & changing lanes at the same time (with no indicator).

Funny thing is it's quite often these people who think you are a hazard if you do 5km/h over. We always get fed this 'speed kills' message but it's mostly stupidity which kills. eg.

Speed + alcohol

Speed + drugs

Speed + driving with your head up your ass (as in people who can't drive & do something else at the same time but they still do anyway)

Some people are incapable of driving a car even when they are using 100% concentration while there are others who could text with one hand, eat a burger with the other, rub the dog on the passenger seat with their left foot & still drive perfectly. They should weed the bad ones out at the start & it would fix 95% of the problem.

[Dillz]

How does talking on hands free differ from talking to someone next to you? Will passengers be banned soon as well? Do these "experts" think before the spew sh*t?

[hawlass]

Been illegal here for a while now, (handsfree is ok), although the cops are allowed to use them anytime ,anywhere, anyway

[jono]

Cops are allowed to use mobile phone while driving because they have magical powers.

I'm surprised you didn't know that

[dule]

I agree that talking on the phone can distract you, but so can so many other things. When do we ban all the other distractions? Passengers, radio, gps, AC in fact all the buttons in the car should automatically be disabled as soon as the car is moving (I probably shouldn't give them ideas). I mean where does it stop?

Few weeks ago some doctors decided to hang banners on the princess highway somewhere between Sydney and Brisbane in actual black spots warning drivers and asking to be careful and these RTA wankers took them down. A message like that is more likely to get people to slow down than their wank fest "5k over the limit will kill you".

Personally nothing makes me slow down and think twice like flowers hanging on trees and poles and last year they were debating to ban this. Don't even want to get in to the fact that they would not allow people take flowers to where their lowed ones died. But this really sends out the message, better than their stupid "pinkie" campaign.

The other day a right lane hogger on the freeway showed me her pinkie because I flashed my lights behind her to move left, great campaign RTA. Should have taught the bitch some road rules instead.