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mark occomore
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 Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:21 am Post subject: Jailed For Using Your Mobile Phone |
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From today you could be jailed for using your mobile phone whilst driving. The Law has stated that you could be fined for using it, but it's getting tougher now.
The problem is where is the police when you see drivers doing this?
PLEASE STOP THINK SWITCH OFF YOUR MOBILE PHONE WHILST DRIVING |
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SantaFefan
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:50 am Post subject: Re: Jailed For Using Your Mobile Phone |
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| mark occomore wrote: |
The problem is where is the police when you see drivers doing this? |
Well in my town, there's always five or six Police cars parked outside the Police Station all day... so I suppose they're filling in paperwork or putting thier feet up.
Are we the only country that's making such a fuss about this? I've only been to the US but you see it all the time there and I don't hear of a growing problem of phone related crashes...
(posted on a laptop whilst on cruise control.  )
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iwarburton
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Location: Northumberland
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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There have been at least two fatal accidents round here in the last year or two that have been attributed to drivers using mobile phones.
In one of them, on the A696 between Newcastle City Centre and the Airport, a fatality occurred because the driver responsible was texting whilst she drove.
Can you believe that?
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John W
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Location: Warwickshire, UK
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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Years ago a lady went into the back of a car carrying my wife as passenger. She'd been using her phone and my wife told the police that (the woman didn't argue about it, it wasn't a specific offense then).
Before things got to court the woman was killed in a head-on crash five miles away. I wonder if....
A work colleagaue died when his car flew off the M5, police said his phone was on, and lying on the floor of the car. |
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SantaFefan
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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Texting whilst driving is plain crazy.
I can't help but wonder if these super powerful stereo systems are equally as dangerous though. We all probably know that it's very easy to get wrapped up in music so as to lose concentration... and does certain music make you drive that bit faster? 
We make so many problems for ourselves nowadays and no matter what laws they pass, some will take no notice what so ever.
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Cherskiy
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Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:53 am Post subject: Re: Jailed For Using Your Mobile Phone |
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| SantaFefan wrote: | | Are we the only country that's making such a fuss about this? I've only been to the US but you see it all the time there and I don't hear of a growing problem of phone related crashes... |
I've now lost count of the times I've overtaken someone and as I get alongside, they've suddenly started to veer into the middle of the road because their attention is more focussed on the really important phone call that they're in the middle of.
I even ended up heading for the grass verge on the opposite side of the Crawcrook-Ryton bypass once whilst overtaking a Land Rover Discovery and a Fiat once - the Disco (whose driver was on the phone) decided to actually pull out and overtake the Fiat when I was already alongside him. I sounded my horn but he was totally oblivious to the fact he was heading for my rear nearside passenger door, so we ended up three abreast across a two-lane carriageway - the Fiat, the Disco and me. W***r.
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seymourwhitebits
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it always amuses me that the people who say, talking on the mobile whilst driving is not a danger, seem to be the same ones who make themselves known to the rest of us by getting slower and slower and slower in front of you. you pull out to pass and sure enough there they are yakking away oblivious to everything around them. always a pleasure on the motorway.
my other favourites include the map reader (always a fold out one), the note taker, the palm pilot imputter, the newspaper reader, the cd changer, the shaver, the lippy applier, the clothes stripper, the drink pourer and the crisp packet fumbler all whilst travelling 70+
of course when the accident happens it will be the other persons fault 
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