Mobile phone driving jail threat

It's not just mobiles, anything that they can prove you were doing just before an accident etc that could have caused you to drive dangerously can be used against you and off to the lock up you go. They've picked up on mobiles but it can cover many other things too. Potentially even dropping a cigarette and burning yourself etc.
 
One has to wonder just where all these new jail places will materialise from! They're already letting murderers and rapists out early due to overcrowding.
 
Great, we knew it would happen, once they banned mobiles it has opened the floodgates for them to try and ban everything. Wasn't this obvious.

I got l333t skills, can smoke and drive easily. It is quite safe really, you have to take 1 hand off your wheel to change gear anyway. it isn't like using a phone either, no need to look.
 
If you're driving dangerously then you should be punished accordingly regardless of what was causing you to drive that way.
 
Good, They should ban handsfree kits too, they are worse.

Also they should remove passenger seats from cars, F1 styleeeeeee homie
 
MHayes said:
it isn't like using a phone either, no need to look.
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Several studies have shown that talking on the phone (including hands free) significantly reduces driving ability to that of someone that's been drinking.

Personally I even hate talking to people in the car when I'm driving because it's a distraction.

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Jokester said:
I think it's more a case of proofing that you were using a mobile will help prove dangerous driving, whilst before it would have been considered irrelevant.

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I see. Still common sense as it's been banned. Then it only follows that if your caught dangerous driving whilst on the phone it can be used as evidence.

Jokester said:
Personally I even hate talking to people in the car when I'm driving because it's a distraction.

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Same here, I don't mind questions and stuff. but I don't like a proper chat. My friends must think I hate them when there in the car.
 
I still see people driving whilst holding their mobiles up to their ears every day of the week. Maybe now people will reconsider... but I doubt it. :(
 
With all these new rules the prisons will be full of Normal law abiding people (in my view) & have even less room for criminals who are a threat to others which in my opinion is what prison is for.
When i look around these days the only people that are being harrassed by oppressive laws/rulings are Normal people & Businesses & the only people not affected by all this are criminals :confused:
This one single rule will put thousands on transport costs & small business call out charges.
The Law is an Ass.
 
MHayes said:
...you have to take 1 hand off your wheel to change gear anyway. it isn't like using a phone either, no need to look.
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Yes, but the other is on the wheel while you're changing gear?

When you use the phone then 1 hand is constantly out of action meaning when you change gear you have no control of the wheel (unless you use your legs/chin)
 
I read MHayes' comment as "Smoking a cigarette is safer than talking on the phone"

Dunno why you lot are jumping down his throat.
 
dmpoole said:
So which is worse -

Somebody breaking into your house or someone driving at least 30 mph while holding a phone to their ear?
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obvious which one. People very very rarely get prison sentence for dangerous driving. It's just the maximum. They aren't going to suddenly start locking up everyone who uses a mobile phone
 
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