And you're basing that statement on what exactly? Any activity that takes your mind off of whats happening on the road is potentially dangerous.
It only takes a split second loss of concentration for something bad to happen. Then again you can be concentrating intently & shit will still happen. Cheers, Dave. On Jan 20, 2008 9:44 PM, Peter Fairweather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry can't let this attempt to demonise phone users pass. > > Of course it's not a good idea but in the scale of things which cause > the driver to lose concentration it comes well below driving with > > Small children > Dogs > Full colour screen sat navs > lighting cigarettes > and last but not least (in your case) eating, especially hats later this > week!! > > Peter > > > > On 20/01/2008, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 20/01/08, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > >I'm absolutely gobsmacked at the amount of people I see using one of > > >those things while driving. Put the damn thing away and LEARN TO > > >IGNORE IT if it rings! > > > > Drivers speaking on the phone by actually using one hand to hold it to > > their ear is only a fraction as dangerous as drivers holding the phone > > in their lap and texting while driving. > > > > Police here regularly prosecute after accidents by checking mobile phone > > providers of all participants for any activity at the time of the > > incident. Death by careless driving is a custodial sentence, and so it > > should be. > > > > Here, anyone caught using a phone while driving can attract serious > > consequences: > > > > <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7153070.stm> > > > > -- > > > > > > Cheers, > > Cotty > > > > > > ___/\__ > > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > > _____________________________ > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
