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'98....about a decade after they began to be attainable to the masses.
Yep, my BIL was selling them in the mid 80's when he worked for JVC.
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Yep, my BIL was selling them in the mid 80's when he worked for JVC.
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Someone needs to invent a device that works a bit like the autolocks on taxi doors.
The minute your car starts moving the simcard is blocked to everything bar emergency calls.
Kind of tough on passangers but it would make a huge difference.
The minute your car starts moving the simcard is blocked to everything bar emergency calls.
Kind of tough on passangers but it would make a huge difference.
Thats true, but the majority has.
You will never get rid of anything just by making it illegal.
Murders still happen all the time. That has been wrong for thousands of years.
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Someone needs to invent a device that works a bit like the autolocks on taxi doors.
The minute your car starts moving the simcard is blocked to everything bar emergency calls.
Kind of tough on passangers but it would make a huge difference.
They just need to fit decent handsfree system as standard to all vehicles. Speech dialing is getting better and better. There is no need to touch your phone anymore. My car is my office. My car reads out text messages and I can say a name for it to dial.
I run a specialist transportation company and my drivers need to be contactable if they are not lives could be at risk
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I don't think there has been much improvement in people's attitudes towards drink driving at all in the 37 years I have been driving. Even after getting caught once or twice, They still do it. I've known some to continue driving whilst banned and still drink heavily before getting behind the wheel.
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I agree with you and also admire the fact that you have gone to great lengths to ensure you never have to touch your phone.....very commendable.
However.........just because you have two hands on the wheel whilst on the phone doesnt constitute that you are driving safer hemce why the police can still stop you if they believe you are not in control of your vehicle even if using hands free.
Quick question and this is a genuine question and not a dig at your personal job but how did you think transportation companies managed before mobile technology in vehicles became mainstream. They still managed to do their job (maybe not as efficiently) but they managed.
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CB radios.
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Not all haulage firms in the UK had CBs
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There was a craze for CB radios in the early 80's people were installing them in their cars vans and lorries as well as at home.
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I know there was a craze for them but not all haulage firms used them to the benefit of the business.
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Disagree there, by all accounts the 60s and 70s was acceptable to most for DD. Now for most people its a lot more of a crime, and if you think about the way cars are so important now for work and shopping (we are more mobile) any bans would hit people hard. If I was to lose my license I could get another job but it would be on far less money.
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Your right, it can still be unsafe to be engrossed in a call, I have been hands free before and realised had not been paying full attention. But then, having kids in the car can be a huge distraction, having an argument with the wife can be a distraction, being in the car with a lot on your mind will be a distraction. Programming the sat nav or selecting a playlist is also more distracting than the old tape player!
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The police wont stop me for using a HFT. They would stop me like you said for not being in control of the vehicle. That can also happen with having children, animals or any passengers. That could also happen if your listening to the radio. Are you suggesting we ban everything in a vehicle.
As for other transportation companies, most set off knowing what they have loaded or where they are going. We operate in a different sector. One which can demand an emergency service one in which delays can cause unnecessary suffering or even death.
The service which my company provides was only started within the last 15 or so years. Before that healthcare/diagnosis was much slower.
Indeed (but many did) of those not doing so, my guess mostly due to the limited range, many used a pmr system or failing that the ubiquitous phone box but that of course that caused other problems with lorries parking about and these days how many boxes are there to pull over and use to contact base?
Obviously those methods were acceptable to your employer as they were the options, now they are not and most employers have expectations upon you, whether they are acceptable expectations is up to you I suppose.
If you are in a position to not be contactable whilst travelling and still pay your mortgage all power to you.
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60's and 70's were more than 37yrs ago. There was a shift in attitude in the early eighties but that has stalled since. You'd be surprised how many people are totally blase about it. In fact for many it is seen as a right of passage.
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I used to work with a guy who claimed drink/drive limits were only there for wusses who couldn't hold their drink, and that he knew for a fact that he was a better driver after he'd had a few.
You couldn't make this up...
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I used to work with a guy who claimed drink/drive limits were only there for wusses who couldn't hold their drink, and that he knew for a fact that he was a better driver after he'd had a few.
You couldn't make this up...
I've come across many people with that attitude over the years. One bloke to whom we suggested was in danger of putting himself over the limit, got most indignant and blamed it on all the youngsters that couldn't handle their drink causing limits to be lowered and putting his licence in danger because he liked a good drink.
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Using a mobile whilst driving is a criminal offence, no other way of looking at it.
If you are ever tempted think how you would feel if you lost a loved one because a driver had to contact his employer.
One thing that has changed is how nobody ever says no anymore, you are the criminal not the person who expected you to comply.
If you are ever tempted think how you would feel if you lost a loved one because a driver had to contact his employer.
One thing that has changed is how nobody ever says no anymore, you are the criminal not the person who expected you to comply.
Ah but the rest who now don't have improved.
In social circles have a look at the attitude, oh i got a fixed penalty notice at the weekend for speeding. Compared with I have been banned as i was twice the drink drive limit.
Look at those who would routinely have a few at lunch time who now don't.
The figures suggest less and less caught each year. Before the lefties start gobbing off, yes there is much better detection and more blanket stops during campaigns, this is not just at Christmas
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I see the same people everyday leaving work at lunchtime, in their cars for a drink. Some peoples habits will never change and there will always be the ones that say one extra drink won't hurt or a quick glance at a mobile a quick text won't hurt.
And no amount of legislation will prevent it.
People are still murdered every week, but the majority don't do it
that would be sexistSurely those who crash while sober should be penalised more than those drunk
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It wont, but giving out a 6 year sentence for this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-39587564 - when he will be out in 3 is just not on. Now, if that was me, the remorse I would carry with me for the rest of my days would be massive and a huge sentence in itself but some people will easily be able to 'put it behind them' and get on with it.