General Chat

Thank you all for the replies some people cannot seem help themselves,must answer the phone if it rings, and then there are the people on the bus shouting away, I do not want to know their business. James

no, just anony mouses

Maz perhaps they are shy!!!! James

just being a bit picky, but how does your car change gear? or how do the windows open? on mine I have to use my left hand to move a gearstick....... or operate a switch meanwhile. I only have one hand on the wheel........... it is what you are doing with your MIND that is the critical thing. Bob

Thanks everyone who took the trouble to reply James :<))

It has just been phantomed again - last entry shows at 0941, but there is no post to match it WHY??!! Maz. XX

I see no visible nudge ................ The thread moved to the top just before 20 past 8. I looked at it and the last message was dated at 1.43 am. Hence it was a phantom nudge. If you nudge your own threads it's usual to leave the nudge and not delete it. Gwynne

I think it's very dangerous for drivers to take a hand off the steering wheel when their vehicle is moving, unless just crawling in heavy traffic - but even then, a slight lapse in concentration could cause a shunt. I don't have a mobile phone, but I do sometimes use my husbands when I'm a passenger in the car. He uses a hands-free kit, which I think is acceptable. I don't see that using hands-free technology is any different from tuning a radio or changing a CD in a car - it's no more of a distraction. What I've always found difficult to understand is how people can light cigarettes while they're driving, but I suppose the technique comes with practice. I was very frightened once last year when I was coming home on a bus from a trip into London. For much of the journey, the lane beside the one we were in was taken up by a huge articulated transporter truck. It had massive metal roof gables secured on the trailer, and I was horrified to see the driver with just one hand on the steering wheel, while talking into a mobile phone held in his other hand! If he'd lost control of that truck on a bend or roundabout, there could have been the most almighty accident. The bus driver saw it too and said he was going to report it to the Police. I hope he did. CB >|<

They were discussing this on Loose Women earlier in the week. I was surprised to hear Lesley Garrett (opera singer) admit to drinking a cup of coffee whilst driving her kids to school. She mentioned doing a couple of other things which I can't recall but they sounded a bit dodgy. She said she knew she was doing wrong but tried to justify it by saying she just had SO much to do in the mornings......

Gwynne thats a visable nudge not a phantom!!!!! James :<))

Phantom nudge 8.17 am grrrr Gwynne

I hate this - yes I have a mobile so I can let people know when I will be late etc but not usually for long chatty calls. I don't use it in the car unless I am able to pull over first. There are so many totally irresponsible people driving and using mobiles - they don't indicate and make me so angry. James, I am sorry to say this but God forbid, if anything happened to your daughter and especially her children because she is flouting the laws, would you or she expect sympathy? Even if she is your daughter, you should report her before she kills her children or someone else's family. Surely you can make her see sense - she is a danger to all and shouldn't be allowed to drive.

Its so stupid and sad what they can do with one ;;; sorry not worth my print what I woud do;;;;;;; Babs

have you noticed how fashions change? a couple of years ago(well maybe a few more than that) it was a fistfull of filofax............Absolutely evryone had to have a well filled filofax..............NOW.....all you see are people eagerly clutching a mobile phone...........even when they goto the toilet!!!!!!!!! how sad is that? bob

Hi Just thought I would add comment here Glenys, you are so right that they are potential killers and only last week in Aus a 23 year old went to jail as he was driving his car with passengers in it and decided to read and delete a text message while driving. In doing so he had an accident which killed 2 of his passengers. He was remorseful and wanted to go on TV to try and push the point that it is dangerous to use a mobile while driving and it can happen to anyone, he now has to live with that for the rest of his life. So if you use a mobile while driving, thinking it will never hapopen to you. Think Again. It can

I think my daughter is one of the worst not only does she use the mobile, does not use a seat belt, always looking round at the kids in the back seat, I don't know how she passed the driving test, her first attempt failed because she went over a Zebra crossing when a person was on it. James

It's irresponsible but there are worse things in the world

James and Morfydd I was on a bus last year when the driver used his mobile phone and drove one handed for approximately 2 miles. I reported him to the bus company and received a letter in return thanking me for doing so and informing me he had been severely reprimanded. Joy

Glenys Oh so serious. I commute across London - 35 miles - every day, Embankment, A4, M4. Loads of traffic but the things I see... The list goes on.Portable DVD being watched - nearly had me off the bike - must have been an exciting bit... A guy, er...'pleasuring' himself. Make that a small guy! Make-up of course including a drag queen!!! That was different. Seems the 'better' the car the worse the driver. People changing trousers/dresses etc. Twice a bra coming off. That wasn't so bad[ :-))) ] but she eventually saw me and swerved, hitting the curb and puncturing the tyre. Laugh? Needed a change of underwear! Phones, those text/email types - Blackberrys - radios of course but they are ok. Most people don't realise how tall some bikes are and how good a view. I find a friendly slap on the roof or window works. I'm vulnerable on a bike and they deserve all they get. Including a ban

Glenys, Nigel is not jesting! Nearly every morning, an everyday traffic jam, there are 2 women and 1 guy I see, one of the women does her makeup and the other has her curling tongs in both looking in the mirror, but the guy shaves, and they are driving to work!! Why don't they get up earlier?