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Just on our way home from shopping on the Hume travelling north and we have just driven past a person texting while driving, to top things off its an instructor from learn to drive safely driving school. Well needless to say I let him know my thoughts.
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Yer it's a worry. Coming home at Easter on the freeway in the l/h lane sitting on 110 kmh when this young chick in the fast lane haulin arse nearly drives right into my drivers door. Had to swerve so she didn't hit me.look down at her and she was texting or checking Facebook or something. Gave her a quick blast on the horn she swerved back into her lane then gives me the big one finger out the window
Would really piss me off that. Don't know how you kept calm little smart arsesQuote:
Originally Posted by Wang
Sadly the only way some people learn is the hard way. Hopefully it wont involve her killing or injuring some innocent person (or herself).
Isn't it a $420 fine now in Victoria.
Seems to be the only answer wrong and sad as it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by thebrod
Dunno about Victoria but in Queensland it's 3 points & $330 - regrettably I know this first hand as about 2mths I picked up my phone to see who was calling me because my blue tooth was playing up on stereo & I couldn't answer it.
Drove straight past a cop doing RBT on side of the road. Needless to say flashing lights & fish tailing cop car came racing after me.
Bluetooth issue was sorted within hours!! BUT that's how easy it is to do the wrong thing and endanger yourself & others :(
Wow harsh.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2TROLLFAM
Yes and No. I'm one these women who rips into anyone using their flipping phones whilst driving so when I did it was horrified .....Quote:
Originally Posted by MEGOMONSTER
In a residential area doing 50. Think the troll woulda made a real mess if a kid ran out on the road in front of me whilst I was distracted.
The cop was bewildered when I genuinely thanked him for booking me - needs to be more of it because the loss of points & dollars seems to be all that "some" drivers pay attention to and that's nothing compared to the potential for loss of life
$80 fine over here in NZ and it doesn't really stop anyone, you see it all the time.
I would`ve dobbed the female in and not just for using her phone, because she pulled a finger. When people do some thing like that, I see it as a guilty sign of them knowing they had done some thing wrong.
Sneek up close and give them a blast with the truck horn and watch them sh!t themselves :devilred:
oh, and send a copy of my crash cam video of them to the local cop shop.
its ridiculas the amount of ppl that use their phone whilst driving,
I would say nearly every 4th car would have some one talking or texting.
I for the life in me can't see what is so important that a message needs to
be sent right now instead of waiting till they can pull over and text safely.
Even "blue tooth" can be distracting
I'm on the road all the time for work so I see it all the time. I've learnt not to stress it and just laugh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bush Ranger
I have a dashcam in my work ute and just got one for the patrol yesterday
I will be honest, I use my phone to select a new artist on my phone as the bt controls on the deck are lousy. I try to wait till a light but being out rural that usually isnt the case. I havent workedout the best way to answer a call on my head unit either! Gonna have to cause I agree it can be pretty dangerous to be distracted by your phone
I used to do a lot of driving for work, and spent a lot of this time on the phone (also for work). I have always used hands free (10+ years), as I have always chosen to drive manuals. I used to text while I was driving in the days before touchscreen, because i knew all the keys on my phone without looking at them.
Now i may glance at my phone if i'm stationary for a while (e.g. stopped at lights in a queue of traffic etc) but not while i'm moving.
5 yrs ago I was stopped at lights and was hit at 80Km/h by a P-plater distracted by 'something' - according to police (likely phone or stereo). It was a huge crash and i'm left with a small restriction of movement in my neck, but it could have been a lot worse. She broke her leg, but again, it could have been a lot worse.
So, if i'm on the move, my eyes are on the road .... simples :)