Dont carry a mobile while driving.

[Mechan1k]

Originally Posted by blutura

how would that be enforced? would the police pull over and book anyone whose lips were moving while in their car?

And all the courier drivers and truck driver's with two-way radio systems that need to use them for work as well ... that's a distraction as well. But they need to use them for work purposes while on the move too.

[blackers10]

i think a CB would be MORE dangerous than talkin on a mobile.. as they are usually very crackly and hard to understand clearly..
so require alot more concentration than ur mobile on full blast in ur ear drum..

[JADED6]

Originally Posted by frenzal

a while ago i was a passenger in a car and we pulled up at the traffic lights next to a police car, and much to my amazement i looked over to see the police man was talking on his mobile. i immediately went to my pockets for my phone to take a picture to ИИИИ him off whilst haveing quite a good chuckle, only to realise i didnt have my phone on me. so i grabbed my mates which was sitting there, but it didnt have a camera, but i pretended it did , to see mr policemans response, and he put his phone down straight away and looked very flustered.
we were actually expecting to be pulled over and hassled after, but he just roared off, haha.

Police use of a mobile phone is permitted whether they're the passenger or the driver. They quite often use them to communicate delicate matters as unlike the radio the call cannot be scanned.

[WILDTRAKPX2]

As far as I'm concerned, using hands free is a hell of a lot safer than UHF and equally as safe as talking to a passenger. Correct me if I'm wrong but I am sure I read somewhere that in certain states in the US they have banned hands free. Unbelievable.

[Full Noise]

Blackers10, have you ever driven a vehicle and talked on a UHF at the same time? It’s not that hard really.
Transmitting while mobile is a tricky issue with trucks. The law states that the driver of an over dimensional vehicle or pilot car driver must tell oncoming heavy vehicles how wide they are. They also require a response so that evasive action can be taken before the approaching heavy vehicle gets to close if there is no response. For instance, when there is a wide load on a narrow road approaching a blind corner. Truck drivers don’t have any problem concentrating on driving while talking on the UHF either.

Originally Posted by flappist

I see your point, and passengers should be banned from talking as it might distract the driver. Come to think of it those nasty radio stations and CDs are a huge problem, ban them.
Manual transmissions are a huge problem, you have to take one of your hands off the steering wheel and move the gear lever WHILE moving your leg at the same time, ban them.
And night driving, you have to concentrate on that very complex high beam switch, ban it.
And those traffic lights, did you know that sometimes they change colour and you have to stop and sometimes go?

BAN EVERY THING........

Flappist this would be very funny if it wasn’t true. They will probably bring all of these issues up in state parliament during the next sitting. Bracksy’s lost the plot down here.

Cheers, Danny

[falcon91]

Good Ads on TV at the moment here in SA (Elswhere?) about this subject. The talking and SMS'ing on phones that is, not cops with 10 more fines to issue before their shift ends!

[Shonky]

Emergency services workers (when acting in an emergency service capacity) are permitted to use mobiles / radio whilst driving.

Use of CB radio while driving is illegal to my knowledge...