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Phantom nudge 8.17 am grrrr Gwynne

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

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......

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 >|<

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

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

Thanks everyone who took the trouble to reply 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

Maz perhaps they are shy!!!! James

no, just anony mouses

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