UK TV Show: Emergency Bikers

[breakaway]

The whole "using phone while driving = bad" ideolgy is flawed.

The thing about using the phone that causes a negative impact on driving ability is the actual conversation part, where you are thinking about what the other person is saying. It has nothing to do with the act of holding the phone up to your face and driving.

So by using a 'handsfree bluetooth' you're still paying fuckall attention to the road. Just because you have two hands on the wheel doesn't automagically make you a better driver even though you are concentrating on something else.

There have been studies that have proven this. The police are just gathering revenue. Fuck saftey.

[MarkH]

Punishing them probably ain't going to work either. What to do?

Maybe it getting to the point where a driver loses his license and has his car impounded might make a difference - for that one driver anyway.

I agree with what your are saying though - can we REALLY make people drive more responsibly? I would guess that there will always be people driving cars while doing stuff that they shouldn't be doing and that there will always be motorcyclists killed by those drivers.

My idea of making wayward drivers attend traffic school is only partly for education purposes. There is also the deterrent factor - most drivers don't want to be inconvenienced by being made to go to a course, especially since they already know everything. People use their phones while driving because it is convenient, so why not inconvenience them when they are caught? This might nullify some of the convenience and some may stop yakking on the phone instead of paying attention to their driving. It may not work, but I think it stands a better chance than giving the driver a fine and letting them carry on.

[Ocean1]

The thing about using the phone that causes a negative impact on driving ability is the actual conversation part, where you are thinking about what the other person is saying. It has nothing to do with the act of holding the phone up to your face and driving.

And is almost exactly as dangerous as talking to your passenger. Outlaw that too?

can we REALLY make people drive more responsibly?

In a word? You can guess, can't you?

Fact is it's never going to be safer than it is now. Well, not until they get to the point where switching off your auto-pilot is a hanging offense.