Hands free phone's illegal!!

[ardei]

Originally Posted by flappist

According to guaranteed actual factual information I saw on A Current Affair, all EB1 falcon owners are hoons who drag race outside schools and speed in McDonalds car park....gotta be true...it was on TV and they showed a EB1 falcon, a school AND a Mcdonalds car park.......

My god you're up yourself! This guy did a fair dinkum assignment on the issue at hand and you treat it as if he watched the 6:30pm bullshit-a-thon on TV. It's not propaganda, it's research with first-hand investigations and studies for a University; and you dismiss it as if it's worthless garbage.

I'm not in complete disagreeance with the new laws, as long as it's with a handsfree and not holding the phone. I suppose you can drive steadily whilst on the handsfree but you've got to realise that you do not have your full driving ability. If you can't accept that, then you shouldn't be on the phone.

However I agree with the banning of ALL mobile phone usage (inc handsfree) for L & P-Platers in NSW from July 1st. Being a P Plater myself, I find that talking on the phone is very distracting - I only do it whilst driving on straight roads and that's after hanging up twice, yet the person persists to ring. As soon as I come to a turn I tell the person on the other end - "Cya, I'm taking a corner now" and hang up. It's just not worth it. And I have my wits about me, lots of other kids (and adults...and elderly people) do not and they start to drift over lanes, drive 20km/h under the speed limit, forget to brake - it's ridiculous!

Also, since I believe that when you're driving - YOU'RE DRIVING . Then nothing else should be in your hands than the steering wheel and the gearshifter. Driving is seen by too many people (particularly women and those that aren't interested in cars) as a chore that you learn how to do, just like ironing or cooking. So they try to combine everything thinking they're being "efficient." I personally would prefer these people to take the bus or the train or walk, but you don't always get what you want. If you want to eat and drink and smoke and talk on the phone and do your make up and not scan the road and not indicate and not keep with the traffic flow, then fine; but don't think you have the same diving ability and thought capacity as you would if you weren't doing that.