General Chat

I've got one - was haranged into having one by various family members, but quite honestly it just sits on the kitchen table and I have never got it on me when I go out. I acknoiwledge that they can perhaps be 'life-savers' in some circumstances, but I object to being available to all and sundry 24 hours a day. I do however, use the text facility - I find folk respond quicker to a text message than they do to a message left on an answering machine. And as for using one when driving - never in a million years - and those who do so ought to be properly penalised for potentially endangering other peoples lives.

I have never had a moblie but my 3 kids do and most of all my rellies do. I have never had a car either and ride my bike to work. I wish that the cops would set up a mobile phone trap like a speed trap. Guarantee they would catch people everyday on the main road I use.

Lin .... we must be physic twins. Went to a meeting and was told they are more dangerous than mobile phones. They are so dangerous because they not only affect the user, on or off the handset, but people living next door. Have now got rid of mine and gone back to an old fashioned phone....... found I couldn't multitask anyway LOL. Jean x.

I do have a mobile, but if it goes off while I'm driving I ignore it. I can always call the person back. Joy

Jean, I have one of those cordless phones indoors, that you can carry anywhere within 300 ft of the base........don't know the proper name, and the younger generation on here will probably laugh their socks off at me but hey.......what the heck!! I hate that too........every time I have to use it, I get earache and my ear starts to heat up. I have always told my family that they are not safe...too much radiation, and nothing anyone tells me to the contrary will sway me on that one............in years to come, long after I've popped off, they will have all kinds of medical problems cropping up through it all. Lin xx

i think its outrageous! My mum used to do it and i would go mad, so she uses the headsets now, but only ever when its urgent and even then she pulls over! xx

Moronic. Lil... me too .... wouldn't have one if they paid me to use it. Jean x.

They deserve everything that's coming to them (other than accidents of course), though that's not to say, they won't cause any. God help any poor unsuspecting pedestrian that gets in their way!! After all, before these things were invented and people 'just had to have' them, people survived fine without them. Granted, they are a boon to those who chose to use them sensibly and with consideration for others in mind while doing so. And many a parent (these days) must feel more relaxed knowing that their child can contact them as and when the parent requires, regardless of cost. Personally, I hate the things.......and would not have one given me. My son gave me his old one once, knowing full well I didn't want it but because I'm diabetic, he thought it would help if I was ever to have a Hypo outdoors. I carried it around in my shopping bag for a week or two without ever having it switched on.........eventually he got it back unused. Lin xx

I think people do it because they are certain they will never get 'done' for it. It would be interesting to hear how many people had actually been convicted so far - I bet it is very very few. I cannot lie, I have done it myself, but only if stuck in traffic (ie crawling or at standstill) to advise someone that I am going to be very late. But it seems that everyone else is happy to use theirs (not handsfree either) at any speed and when trying any manoevre! Maz. XX

Dangerous A**holes!! Never mind a fine if they're caught, they should be banned from driving. Joy

Why do people risk a fine and points on they licence ?