Drive - don't talk or text

See this happen every day, everywhere. Like most of the people I see, pulls away from a stop street, then almost immediately, the cellphone hand comes up a bit and the head drops to look at the phone.
I also don't understand some people, while they're outside their cars, you don't see a phone. Put them behind a wheel, then they must make a phone call.
 
What is the AAs' position when drivers use hands free kits or use vehicles' build in communication aids?
 
I just walk my daughter to school in the 60-zone suburb.

Not even a kilometre I reckon and need to dodge cars most mornings looking down at their gearbox (phone) with no idea what’s going on around them.
 
Last edited:
crackersa said:
Good question as there's studies out there that believes hands free is still dangerous
Click to expand...
Isn't it the same as having a passenger in the car? Are they saying we should drive alone? ;)
 
Best is, to remove all idiots from the roads. Less people on the roads, equal less accidents.
Problem with idiots, though, they usually don't know that their in the wrong.
 
ghostim said:
According to studies, passenger in the car see what the driver sees and know when to shutup
Click to expand...
I'd love to know in what cars they did that study. Even I, someone who is highly vigilant when driving, don't necessarily pay any attention to what is going on around the vehicle if I am not the one driving. In fact if I am in a car with the typical hesitant, nervous, slow thinking driver I don't want to see what is going on. I've also never encountered a passenger who stops talking simply because I am paying attention to the road. I can understand that having a phone in hand while driving could potentially hamper ones ability to operate the vehicle, but I find no difference between talking to other people in the vehicle versus talking to someone on a phone, since I can not see the person to whom I am speaking in either case nor can I employ hand gestures. Tapping on a phone screen to answer a call to me is no different to making adjustments to the radio or operating various other controls in the vehicle.
 
Make a thread like the bad parking thread, where people can display number plates together with a description of the offense observed.
 
SauRoNZA said:
I just walk my doctor to school in the 60-zone suburb.

Not even a kilometre I reckon and need to dodge cars most mornings looking down at their gearbox (phone) with no idea what’s going on around them.
Click to expand...

Dogter*
 
coming from dbn, i have never seen so many people talk on their phones while driving as i have in jhb. any time of the day, any day of the week, any speed.

and this will never change, because while these people talk on thier phones, jump red lights, ignore stop signs, cut in front of the line by driving on the grass on the left/turning lane on the right/in oncoming traffic, metro cops are sitting at deserted areas that may or may not be dangerous, waiting for someone to not stop at a stop sign so that they can ask for a bribe or a free dinner.
 
noxibox said:
I'd love to know in what cars they did that study. Even I, someone who is highly vigilant when driving, don't necessarily pay any attention to what is going on around the vehicle if I am not the one driving. In fact if I am in a car with the typical hesitant, nervous, slow thinking driver I don't want to see what is going on. I've also never encountered a passenger who stops talking simply because I am paying attention to the road. I can understand that having a phone in hand while driving could potentially hamper ones ability to operate the vehicle, but [highlight]I find no difference between talking to other people in the vehicle versus talking to someone on a phone, since I can not see the person to whom I am speaking in either case nor can I employ hand gestures[/highlight]. Tapping on a phone screen to answer a call to me is no different to making adjustments to the radio or operating various other controls in the vehicle.
Click to expand...

While this might not apply to you, it probably applies to many people that do talk on their cellphones whilst behind the steering wheel: it is quite possible that talking to someone on the phone requires more concentration to understand what that person is saying compared to someone that is a passenger in the same car, passengers are more audible and are more likely to communicate better in person than in a phone conversation.

Ignoring both passengers and phone calls works for me. I also have builtin Bluetooth in my car but I prefer to cut incoming calls short and prefer not to make outgoing calls whilst driving.

“Put your cellphone in the boot of your car before driving off, and put on your tie or makeup before you get going,” said the AA.
Click to expand...

I don't think women should put their makeup on before they get into their cars as potential hijackers and other miscreants will tend to leave "the mummy" alone.

Women should apply their makeup when parked at work.

As for ties, wear one to an interview and at no other time.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X