Texting while driving, this has to stop

I honestly have tried texting and driving before, but it stresses me out and makes me irritated. So now worst case is texting while stopped at a traffic light, and only if I am a few cars behind the front and also only if the message needs immediate answering. I find if I need to reply to something I can think more clearly and get it done more quickly if I can actually focus on the bloody thing without distraction.

To boot I have a Bluetooth earpiece as well. :) nothing worse than trying to hear speakerphone over all the ambient noise, and fumbling to try answer the phone. It only costs like 200 bucks and is easy to use. So no excuse really.
 
This is a strange thread. A Motorite employee is caught on camera texting while driving the company car. Yet the conversation has changed from that to whether the OP ever texts while driving or if he will attend a meeting with Motorite. The spin in this thread is unbelievable.
 
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Ivan Leon said:
What REALLY intrigues and puzzles me is why people with prestige luxury cars or hi-performance supercars - which ALL have Bluetooth hands-free connectivity built-into their infotainment systems - continue to drive around our streets & highways with their Samsung Galaxy S3 / Apple iPhone 5 / Nokia Lumia 'smartphone' pressed with one hand against their ear, or wedged between head and shoulder, weaving erratically from lane to lane as they attempt to keep their cars on the road, whilst being distracted by an 'important' phone call!
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One factor is that people often go for very big cars because it helps them feel invulnerable.

What is SO MUCH more important then your own life, those of your passengers, and the other innocent motorists around you, that your concentration needs to be taken by a voice in the ether, rather than the more critical task of driving responsibly on the roads with 'due care and attention'?
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If they were to truly consider the risks they'd come to the correct conclusion that they're not posing a significant danger to themselves or others. I don't approve of doing things that interfere with driving, but even I can see that the danger is being hyped. There are plenty of drivers out there who are at least as much of a menace on the roads (and no I'm not talking about speeding or what's legally considered reckless driving).
 
Question, don't Range Rover Sports come with Bluetooth? You always see the people driving these cars with phones on their ears. You'd think a car that expensive would come with bluetooth - actually it looks like most expensive cars don't have bluetooth as their drivers always have phone to the ear.
 
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Question, don't Range Rover Sports come with Bluetooth? You always see the people driving these cars with phones on their ears. You'd think a car that expensive would come with bluetooth - actually it looks like most expensive cars don't have bluetooth as their drivers always have phone to the ear.
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Because expensive cars are usually bought by older folk and new technologies and older folk dont intergrate too well.
 
theone said:
This is a strange thread. A Motorite employee is caught on camera texting while driving the company car. Yet the conversation has changed from that to whether the OP ever texts while driving or if he will attend a meeting with Motorite. The spin in this thread is unbelievable.
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Correction: the Motorite employee was photographed.
Whether she was driving or parked is another debate (wheel spikes not blurry, therefore inconclusive).
 
New amazballs wheels that the spokes aren't moving but Op says she's doing 60-80kmph or just perfect timing with the pic ........
 
In the past few months I've seen about 5 women texting while stopped at a robot.
If anything they're creating a breeding ground for smash and grabbers.
 
theone said:
This is a strange thread. A Motorite employee is caught on camera texting while driving the company car. Yet the conversation has changed from that to whether the OP ever texts while driving or if he will attend a meeting with Motorite. The spin in this thread is unbelievable.
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Your take on the thread is rather strange - OP went all vigilante and slagged off Motorite for not responding to him, then he gets an opportunity to air his views with the FD of the company and he goes AWOL on us?

And I still await feedback from bdt - either he gives us feedback or I will haunt him :)
 
Mephisto_Helix said:
New amazballs wheels that the spokes aren't moving but Op says she's doing 60-80kmph or just perfect timing with the pic ........
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Not all camera phones are crap.

This is my old bicycle wheel spinning as fast as may hand could spin it:
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This is my fan on the highest setting:
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xeslaro said:
Your EXIF data may be off: 1/50 shutter speed to "stop" a fan or bicycle wheel at full speed, is that possible?
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He's lying ;)

CMOS sensors in cellphones and most digital camera's suffer from rolling shutter which will cause fast moving subjects to appear bent or distorted.
i.e the spokes on the wheel should be "bent"
 
genetic said:
He's lying ;)

CMOS sensors in cellphones and most digital camera's suffer from rolling shutter which will cause fast moving subjects to appear bent or distorted.
i.e the spokes on the wheel should be "bent"
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Let's see what he comes up with - probably just clowning around.
 
Ok, folks, the OP has ignored my numerous requests to him in this thread, a PM and a request in another thread where he was active. My point of view is that he is a hypocritical little vigilante, who is now also showing major cowardice. Any suggestions on how I get him to respond? :)
 
Spunkywunky1 said:
Ok, folks, the OP has ignored my numerous requests to him in this thread, a PM and a request in another thread where he was active. My point of view is that he is a hypocritical little vigilante, who is now also showing major cowardice. Any suggestions on how I get him to respond? :)
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Spunkywunky1 said:
Ok, folks, the OP has ignored my numerous requests to him in this thread, a PM and a request in another thread where he was active. My point of view is that he is a hypocritical little vigilante, who is now also showing major cowardice. Any suggestions on how I get him to respond? :)
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Our quasi-journalist/vigilante has renegaded on his thread then :cry: Mostly agree with your synopsis.
Send a PM to Motorite. Hell, even complain about bdt on Hellopeter :D
 
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