Watch out before using your phone while driving

I don't have enough fingers and toes to count how many people I see driving and texting while walking maybe two kilometers down a busy road.
 
My boss doesn't seem to understand that when I'm on the road I'm not available to receive calls or messages.
By the time I arrive at my destination I have several missed calls and an irate boss.
Why don't people seem to understand the risks? :mad:

The sooner all calls (even hands free) and texting while driving becomes socially unacceptable, the better.
 
I have a problem with this.
What if, and just bear with me a second, what if, your phone decides to download your mail or you get some kind of data transaction while the thing is in your pocket, or in the console, while you are driving, and it wasn't even anywhere near your hands or your face. What then? Will they then repudiate the claim on that?

I honestly don't see this working out well.
 
I have a problem with this.
What if, and just bear with me a second, what if, your phone decides to download your mail or you get some kind of data transaction while the thing is in your pocket, or in the console, while you are driving, and it wasn't even anywhere near your hands or your face. What then? Will they then repudiate the claim on that?

I honestly don't see this working out well.
 
Sonic2k said:
I have a problem with this.
What if, and just bear with me a second, what if, your phone decides to download your mail or you get some kind of data transaction while the thing is in your pocket, or in the console, while you are driving, and it wasn't even anywhere near your hands or your face. What then? Will they then repudiate the claim on that?

I honestly don't see this working out well.
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Receiving a Whatsapp message or email will not be a problem and can easily be argued.
However if you sent a message or received or made a phone call at the time of the accident then you were most likely distracted.
 
Paul_S said:
Receiving a Whatsapp message or email will not be a problem and can easily be argued.
However if you sent a message or received or made a phone call at the time of the accident then you were most likely distracted.
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Sorry for the double post... this forum has issues again today... pages hanging.

My question is, how are they going to discriminate between me making a VoIP call and data usage... Insurance companies, IMHO will just use this now to repudiate claims...
 
Sonic2k said:
My question is, how are they going to discriminate between me making a VoIP call and data usage... Insurance companies, IMHO will just use this now to repudiate claims...
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Log files? Call history? Message history?
 
The title suggest that you can use your phone while driving, as long as you "watch out before using it". Is the journalist condoning it?
It should actually read: Don't use your ****ing cellphone while driving, you moron!!!!
 
beans100 said:
The title suggest that you can use your phone while driving, as long as you "watch out before using it". Is the journalist condoning it?
It should actually read: Don't use your ****ing cellphone while driving, you moron!!!!
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+1 I Like, I Like. :D
 
Paul_S said:
Log files? Call history? Message history?
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I can wipe that from my phone easily... Unless I willingly give it to them, what are they going to do to get the information?
 
Sonic2k said:
I can wipe that from my phone easily... Unless I willingly give it to them, what are they going to do to get the information?
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Your service provider would also have logs. So your phone is actually just needed to link it to the scene/location. (I watch too much CSI)
 
What happens if you send a message/whatsapp and it doesn't go through because of low signal, and then while you are driving your phone gets signal and sends the message?
 
Paul_S said:
Receiving a Whatsapp message or email will not be a problem and can easily be argued.
However if you sent a message or received or made a phone call at the time of the accident then you were most likely distracted.
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No.. sending text yes, making calls no.. headsets combined with Siri is awesome. I answer calls lots of times via headsets while driving. What Discovery checks for is phone motion which indicates usage
 
krycor said:
No.. sending text yes, making calls no.. headsets combined with Siri is awesome. I answer calls lots of times via headsets while driving. What Discovery checks for is phone motion which indicates usage
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Just go Google about talking while driving.
I've seen research stating that talking while driving (even hands free) is worse than driving while being drunk.
My observation of road user's behaviour while talking and driving backs up that research.
Don't talk while driving - you can't concentrate as clearly as you think you can.
 
Paul_S said:
Just go Google about talking while driving.
I've seen research stating that talking while driving (even hands free) is worse than driving while being drunk.
My observation of road user's behaviour while talking and driving backs up that research.
Don't talk while driving - you can't concentrate as clearly as you think you can.
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Where did you see that?
 
I wouldn't be surprised if the driver of the new, grey Indica who got his wing mirror smacked by a biker on William Nichol yesterday was interacting with his bloody phone.

He was meandering all over the lane, seemingly oblivious to any other traffic.
When he nearly clipped the bike he got his wing mirror punched.

He got so enraged that he broke a stack of road-rules to chase the biker down.

Not that he had a hope in hell of catching him.
 
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