Mobile phones on bikes.

[StoneChucker]

Nah, even I don't answer WHILE I'm riding (text or call). And I think of myself as a very avid cell phone user, check my e-mail on it too if necessary. But even a hands free kit in a car is distracting, so on a bike would be very unsafe imho.

And besides, I have problems enough using a phone in general, trying to talk over the voices in my head.

[SPman]

Texting is a real bastard on the motorway!

[StoneChucker]

Texting is a real bastard on the motorway!

Don't be caught by Hitc, um, never mind

[Zed]

...trying to talk over the voices in my head.

I had a feeling you were possessed SC.









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[Skyryder]

Hell the only reason I take my cell phone is to let the wife know I'm on the way home and to open the garage door.

Skyryder

[Zed]

...I 'apparently' make strange noises when I go around tight bends. Noises she's heard twice before in her life. Once during conception of our son, the other during conception of our daughter.

So is it a strange 'scream' or 'cry' like a baby noise you make when you're going around
the bends??

It took me ages to install, but I think you'll agree that my new telecommunications/navigation system on the BiffBird looks the part.

Biff, if you came to me and asked me "what do I do if a space-ship lands in my back yard???"
I would answer "get back on!"

So - how many of you use your mobile phones when riding? Either using a handsfree kit, or a bike audio kit of some description.

I carry my mobile with me, sometimes in my jacket pocket, but I've never felt it vibrate or heard it ringing while riding b4...any calls I answer or make can wait until I'm stopped. I will check the phone for messages regularly if I'm out riding for more than an hour, sometimes *my wife* will phone me just to hear my voice!

[Coyote]

Is there any point to check messeges when you don't get any?

[wkid_one]

This is interesting - to me, a phone is a thing of convenience. Why do people feel compelled to be contactable 24/7? I used to ride the bike to get away from the phone.

Also - why add one more distraction? Studies have already proven that even driving using a hands free kit you are distracted - why play russian roulette with your life by being so stupid as to use one on a bike?

[Zed]

Is there any point to check messeges when you don't get any?

If you are with Vodafone you get them, even if you don't have any friends!

[Virago]

Texting is a real bastard on the motorway!

My daughter is so good at texting she can text and drive, without looking at the phone at all.

Me, I'm such a good driver, I can text and drive, without looking at the road..........

[StoneChucker]

And another thing, cell phones are just another tool the government uses to watch us! They are watching, always watching
Proof? Say the bank rings you... They ALWAYS know where to find you! I mean I could have been anywhere, but they find me!

Btw, my cheque is in the mail


psst, [pt]

[StoneChucker]

My daughter is so good at texting she can text and drive, without looking at the phone at all.

Me, I'm such a good driver, I can text and drive, without looking at the road..........

Hahaha, thats pretty funny...
Me, I'm about 50/50... I glance up to see what it WAS that I hit, then back to my screen! I tell you, NOKIA is to blame for 6% of car accidents, with their silly design of the 3650's circular key pad... Bloody loons!

[wkid_one]

And another thing, cell phones are just another tool the government uses to watch us! They are watching, always watching
Proof? Say the bank rings you... They ALWAYS know where to find you! I mean I could have been anywhere, but they find me!

Btw, my cheque is in the mail


psst, [pt]

Interesting theory. Using the triangulation of the cell sites - the police can actually gauge your speed if they were so inclined to do so - or if they had just cause to believe you were speeding.

Remember - turn your phones off when fanging it!

[Eurodave]

[QUOTE=StoneChucker]And another thing, cell phones are just another tool the government uses to watch us! They are watching, always watching
Proof? Say the bank rings you... They ALWAYS know where to find you! I mean I could have been anywhere, but they find me!

Hey Stonechucker.... Its not that you are paranoid, its just that they are all out to get you eh?!

[Biff]

How can you hear the phone ring when it's in your pocket over the roar of your engine? :spudwhat:

How do you answer it, with voice commands? :spudwow: (since the buttons will be on the phone in your pocket).

I have my mobile wired up to an Autocom unit, along with my MP3 player and radar detector. So I hear the phone ring through the speakers in my helmet, and there's a boom mic that can also be fitted as well. Making calls would be daft, all that fiddly number pressing type action. Especially with gloves on.

In all honesty though I tested the mobile phone once when riding the bike, and I didn't like it one bit. Especially when going around corners. Being a bloke I'm also unable to concentrate on more than one thing at a time. So I'm absolutely amazed I'm still alive considering I'm forever thinking about J.Lo, Kylie, a Morro bar and a hot tub.