Car drivers and mobile phones.

Absolutely infuriates me and its so commonplace its just not funny anymore. So called professional truck drivers are among the worst offenders, you'd think as the cab is effectively their office they would install a hands free.
Penalties need to be huge.

 

GREAT LINK RICHARD BRILLIANT !!!

 

The really grip my gonads too. I have hands free in my car but don't use it and never have when I'm driving, I leave that to She Who MUST Be Obeyed.

 

I never understand why when there are two people in the car the driver has to use the phone. If it's that important pull over somewhere safe and use the bloody thing

 

It's never important - probably checking their facebook status or some other boll*cks!

 

And the car manufacturers encourage this with all their new models including ever more 'connectivity'.

All it would take is for ALL vehicles to have a sort of 'jammer' fitted, so the bloody things just don't work.

 

it's absolutely rife over here. They even put up signs on roads and motorways reminding drivers not to use phones whilst driving (duh!! isn't it bleeding obvious). I agree with others here - massive fine would deter people

 

A good few years ago now, when the use of them was starting to take off in a big way, a couple of blokes at a place i worked were killed in a van by someone turning into them while on the phone. Nothing is that important it can't wait. I found even using a hands free set was distracting so try not to do that either. Huge fine may well help but there are so many self important people out there they will still use them.

 

Totally agree with that. Block the signal and no-one can use them. The roads would be a safer place. When the authorities get their act together to record the cause of road traffic accidents more accurately, it will be found that the use mobile communications in any form, will be the largest cause of serious and fatal accidents - much bigger than D and D.

The thing that drives me completely nuts is how obvious this problem is !!!!People nowadays are completely attached to their phones, no matter the consequences.

 

My solution: Get all coppers on the streets detecting and stopping the culprits next Monday at 8:00 am. Take the culprit and the vehicle to the crusher. Crush vehicle. Fine the culprit £1,000 plus 1 year driving ban plus a charge for crushing the vehicle. When 10,000 vehicle have been crushed nationwide , stop. Enjoy watching BBC news. Repeat if necessary.

 

I think if you crush the phone it'll have more impact, plus you can do it on the spot!

 

they could also crush the offender too. problem solved

 

I reckon 10,000 cars at a value of say 10k each = £100 million. That's quite an impact.

 

Drives me nuts as well,I work in a builders merchants yard and the amount of people that drive in while on the phone is frighting.
A bloke came in the other week and was moaning because he'd just been caught and fined,when I suggested that if he hadn't been on it he wouldn't have been fined he looked at me as if I was stupid.
If their caught confiscate the phone on the spot. £1000 to get it back.
And how can manufactures get away with basically building an i pad into the cars dash.

 

Phone should be stamped into the ground in front of the offender by a size 11 police boot. Car impounded immediatly, licence cancelled and a re-test needed.
Twat in a large van wondered into my lane on the M3 the other day whilst texting.

 

That is true. You don't see as many police these days at all

 

Just to add some humour to this, I was in Rome last week and not only do the scooter riders there start texting on their phones when they are at a red stoplight, but I saw the ultimate "hands fee" setup. There was a young woman on her scooter weaving in and out of the traffic with the handset stuck in the side of her open face lid - the chinstrap was all that stopped it falling on the floor!