As I drive around in a non official capacity I have noticed that drivers who blatantly use a mobile phone when driving frequently do not wear a seat belt and drive in an aggressive manner (probably because they are not in full control of the vehicle).
Does this indicate a mindset, particular character traits or am I just been synical??
My own view is that its a somewhat arrogant 'I'll do as I please' trait.
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Maybe its so they can make a quick runner (save 5 seconds taking seatbelt off) from the car crash they cause whilst yapping on the mobile?
Thing is they also will drive round with front foglights on as they think it is cool! They may as well stick a big flashing red neon sign on their car saying 'POLICE-look at my front fogs, then look at me on the phone and not wearing a seatbelt'.
How dumb.
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Are they driving BMWs with their fog lights on in sunny weather as well?
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The weather makes no difference, day or night...:-)
The use of mobile phones whilst driving in my area is just as bad as it ever was.
The problem is that there are far fewer traffic cars on our roads these days and, of course, the police must actually spot people breaking the law to be able to hand out tickets.
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Of course one sees people on the phona all the time in London, often perhaps just calling from some nose-to-tail slow crawl to explain thet they will be a bit late but probably not very.
Indeed I did this very thing yesterday on the way back from Sussex and left a message for my wife. A few minutes later, at a less convenient moment, she called back.
In stopped or very slow traffic it doesn't seem to me that this is very dangerous, but one does see people zipping one-handed through the traffic sometimes and although the dexterity being displayed is admirable, I can't help feeling it's risky.
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" Are they driving BMWs with their fog lights on in sunny weather as well?"
I wondered how long it would take for the Pavlovian response to the word Sereotype.
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Certainly the level of agressiveness has increased and the number of people including those in expensive cars using phones clamped to their ears by a hand is not diminishing.
The level of traffic congestion near me causes people to make unjustified overtaking manoeuveurs, or blocking other traffic from making legitimate manoeuveurs just to gain a few places in a queue. It must be awful in London at rush hour if this is whats its like in the poor downtrodden (yet polite) north.
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indeed, being in a queue of 30 cars behind two hgvs and suddenly having to slap all on because someone a further 10 cars back decides his audi estate deserves to be further up the queue is a regular occurance. i just don't understand what they think they will achieve, other than taking the front of my car off by cutting in!
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Rather Bavarian response surely?
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>Sereotype.
Typical BMW driver. Can't text and drive at the same time.
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Kevin...
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I was driving and on a laptop.
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Oddly enough I was once rear-ended by someone driving while using a laptop. When I went back to get his details, I saw that not only was he using a laptop, but the laptop was balanced on the briefcase on his knee, and he was speaking on a mobile phone jammed under his neck. He had a file open, too, stuck between the windscreen and the top of the dash.
I don't think it was you, Pugulgy, because he was driving an Audi.
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No, unless he was also drinking coffee from a flask in the outside lane with sidelight/fog lamps on.
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<< I was once rear-ended by someone driving while using a laptop>>
And my missus wonders why I am outraged by people holding a conversation on a mobile whilst driving.
The person who can hold a mobile phone conversation whilst concentrating on their driving, changing gear one-handed and dealing with the constant problems that face them on the road ahead hasn't yet, to my knowledge, been born.
Don't forget, if you condone such nonsense and some, believe me, do, that you are the one who is most at risk from such irresponsible behaviour providing you are not, of course, on your mobile as well...:-)
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>>.. and he was speaking on a mobile phone jammed under his neck.
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An alternative for incoming call only
www.dyna.co.za/cars/Car_-_Hands_free.jpg
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>>how long it would take for the Pavlovian response>>
But they elicit such a response by living up to the stereotyping...:-)
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PU,
About 5 seconds on this forum...the same amount as the originators can concentrate for I suspect....mustn't overwork their brain cell.
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