It is illegal to use a handheld mobile phone whilst driving here in the UK, and rightly so, imo.

(February 1, 2020 at 1:18 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: I have found that I don’t actually have to look at my phone to have a hands free conversation on it while driving.  It sits in a holder mounted to the windshield and I can answer it by touching a button next to my thumb on the steering wheel.  I am more likely to take my eyes off the road when speaking to a passenger in my car than when using the phone.

That's a fair point.  It really isn't possible to eliminate all distractions while driving.

Boru

(February 1, 2020 at 1:11 pm)Brian37 Wrote:

(February 1, 2020 at 12:58 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: lol, I wasn't referring to your incident with the van.  I was talking about your 'Captain Morgan' reference.

Boru

Ok, fine. 

Even I can admit when I am wrong.

But damn it, for the love of Thor/Marduke/Posiedon/Yoda, do you always have to respond to my posts as if I kick puppies? 

My point is that you were stating the obvious. And after I said both of us where laughing at the timing, not placing blame.

I swear, if I say Chevy, your response is going to be Ford. If I say up, you say down.

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When I say I feel bad about him getting the ticket, it isn't a matter of my fault, but just a matter of bad timing. Shit happens. If he were truly mad at me he'd never talk to me again. Again, for both of us this merely was a Homer Simpsons, or Three Stooges moment. In our case Two Stooges.

But I will razz him about this too. Mo likes to remind me about how evil white Americans are, so I cant let this go. Next time I try to call him I will ask him if the cops are watching him.

I haven't disagreed with anything you've said in this thread.

Boru

(February 1, 2020 at 1:18 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: I have found that I don’t actually have to look at my phone to have a hands free conversation on it while driving.  It sits in a holder mounted to the windshield and I can answer it by touching a button next to my thumb on the steering wheel.  I am more likely to take my eyes off the road when speaking to a passenger in my car than when using the phone.

In  all seriousness, until self driving vehicles become a daily reality, it is never good to take your eyes off the road. It is certainly true humans have learned to multitask while driving. But as I said before in a prior post, it doesn't matter what takes your eyes off the road. Reaching for your cigarettes, wallet, coins, or food, anything can become a distraction. The more you try to do while driving the increase of an accident goes up. 

A much as I hate corporate America, I have seen one car insurance ad that I like. I forgot the company, but the ad has two cars at a stoplight, just like "Rebel Without A Cause", street racing motif implication. But in this ad, the dorky guy without the muscle car ends up at the traffic light with a testosterone asshole daring him to race him. But the dorky guy lets the dare slide, wants no part of it, because he accepts safe driving is better. 

That is one good thing that corporation promotes.

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(February 1, 2020 at 1:29 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(February 1, 2020 at 1:11 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Ok, fine. 

Even I can admit when I am wrong.

But damn it, for the love of Thor/Marduke/Posiedon/Yoda, do you always have to respond to my posts as if I kick puppies? 

My point is that you were stating the obvious. And after I said both of us where laughing at the timing, not placing blame.

I swear, if I say Chevy, your response is going to be Ford. If I say up, you say down.

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When I say I feel bad about him getting the ticket, it isn't a matter of my fault, but just a matter of bad timing. Shit happens. If he were truly mad at me he'd never talk to me again. Again, for both of us this merely was a Homer Simpsons, or Three Stooges moment. In our case Two Stooges.

But I will razz him about this too. Mo likes to remind me about how evil white Americans are, so I cant let this go. Next time I try to call him I will ask him if the cops are watching him.

I haven't disagreed with anything you've said in this thread.

Boru

(February 1, 2020 at 1:26 pm)Yongy50 Wrote: It is illegal to use a handheld mobile phone whilst driving here in the UK, and rightly so, imo.

Absolutely.

I would also like to see a ban on animals running free in the cab of a vehicle.

Ask Stephen King if he thinks it's cool to have animals loose in a driver's space....

(February 2, 2020 at 12:46 pm)onlinebiker Wrote:

(February 1, 2020 at 1:26 pm)Yongy50 Wrote: It is illegal to use a handheld mobile phone whilst driving here in the UK, and rightly so, imo.

Absolutely.

I would also like to see a ban on animals running free in the cab of a vehicle.

Ask Stephen King if he thinks it's cool to have animals loose in a driver's space....

"Cujo what I mean!"

(February 2, 2020 at 2:16 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:

(February 2, 2020 at 12:46 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Absolutely.

I would also like to see a ban on animals running free in the cab of a vehicle.

Ask Stephen King if he thinks it's cool to have animals loose in a driver's space....

"Cujo what I mean!"  

Uh.

No.

R/L...

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-...story.html

I like the people who make a pop tart look like a cell phone and then get pulled over.

The officer accuses them of being on the phone while driving and then he takes a bite of the pop tart phone.

"You mean this phone" ?

(February 8, 2020 at 3:25 pm)Rahn127 Wrote: I like the people who make a pop tart look like a cell phone and then get pulled over.

The officer accuses them of being on the phone while driving and then he takes a bite of the pop tart phone.

"You mean this phone" ?

Yes, that's wonderful. Much better that the cop be tied up with Mister Idiot Pop Tart boy than be gallivanting around responding to robberies or domestic violence calls.

Boru

(February 8, 2020 at 3:29 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(February 8, 2020 at 3:25 pm)Rahn127 Wrote: I like the people who make a pop tart look like a cell phone and then get pulled over.

The officer accuses them of being on the phone while driving and then he takes a bite of the pop tart phone.

"You mean this phone" ?

Yes, that's wonderful. Much better that the cop be tied up with Mister Idiot Pop Tart boy than be gallivanting around responding to robberies or domestic violence calls.

Boru

Yep. I wish I had that much free time.