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Using Mobile Phones whilst Driving

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  1. 559
    Member

    We have had a lot of observations on this forum reported of drivers using mobile phones whilst driving. The feeling iam getting, perhaps incorrectly is that unless the police see this breach themselves or there is some form of crash which has witnesses, nothing happens.

    My latest was seen from vantage point of a coach, on the A8 near Eurocentral, driver of white range rover G1 TRU texting. Can't even find a suitable email address on Strathclyde Police website.

    As cyclists we have a good viewpoint of such behaviour, sadly though each of us is singular, how can we acheive multiple witnesses?

    Posted 12 years ago #

  2. SRD
    Moderator

    I have no suggestions, but very much share this concern. I see it everyday in busy areas, around schools etc.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  3. Min
    Member

    The only thing I can think of is to compile a log for a couple of months. Would be a bit of work but if you can present, say 100 motorists worth of dates, places and times they might take a look?

    Posted 12 years ago #

  4. cb
    Member

    A few days back I saw a driver holding a phone in one hand when, with the other hand, he waved me across in front of him (I was on foot). That was nice of him so I had to reduce my Paddington Stare to a look of indifference. Had he not been on the phone he would have got a friendly wave. That'll teach him.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  5. Baldcyclist
    Member

    Just attended a session on Augmented Reality, just wait until it's iPads in front of peoples faces and head up displays on car windscreens. scary.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  6. Coxy
    Member

    I have recently shared the ASL red patch with a big BMW 4x4 thingy. He wasn't using a mobile phone though, it was an electric toothbrush.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  7. neddie
    Member

    I pulled up behind the driver of a silver Saab outside Craiglockhart primary school the other day. There were children everywhere. He was stuck in a traffic queue.

    Then the rest of the traffic in the queue moved on, but there was a long delay before he started moving. (This is a classic sign of someone texting while driving.)

    When I caught up with him and passed him, I was shocked to see he was using a TABLET PC on his lap!

    Unfortunately my helmet camera didn't get a good shot of the tablet, otherwise he'd be all over YouTube. Doh!

    I doubt the police will ever do anything about this. The best we can hope for is an online wall of shame for drivers (e.g YouTube videos, pictures). Googling a reg plate number should reveal any other misdemeanors that have been recorded in this way...

    Posted 12 years ago #

  8. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    I refer readers back to my previous thread, with video, of someone reading a Kindle while driving. Tablet PC involves even more interaction/lack of attention!

    Posted 12 years ago #

  9. Min
    Member

    There is talk of increasing the penalty for driving with a mobile phone (I assume it would extend to other devices?). I am not sure it would help since it might then be seen as too harsh which means even fewer drivers convicted.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28324408

    The sheer huge volume of drivers using mobiles/tablets etc is just getting ridiculous.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  10. PS
    Member

    We need a number of campaigns that make mobile/computer use while driving as socially unacceptable as drink-driving. There's only so much the police can do on this, so it's going to need real social pressure.http://www.naden.de/blog/bbvideo-bbpress-video-plugin -->

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    Posted 10 years ago #

  11. Min
    Member

    Yes, I agree. It is just far too common to really be dealt with any other way. That advert is pretty good!

    Posted 10 years ago #

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