What you're View of a ban of Hands free mobile phone use

bloodiedathame said:
Ban phones all together. We got along fine without them. They've caused more issues than they've solved.
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It was amusing/saddening during the large power failure we had a couple of weeks ago that took down our town's cell signal too. Almost all of the people on the sides of the road were zombified, phone in hand, looking like they couldn't function normally without their connection.

I do believe voice activation should be a much more standard part of car control. Some people spend way too long twiddling with their radios, or navs.
 
Which is I still have a cheap £9.99 wired phone to use in case.
TTaskmaster - cars already have a digital key linked to your phone that enables unlocking, locking the doors and to start the engine without the keys and just having the phone on your person. You can also enable other phones to perform certain functions only, such as a valet mode...
 
Psycho Sonny said:
I don't see any other way to enforce it that is viable. Get insurers to mandate it for those who are deemed highest risk of being phone users behind the wheel.
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Yet having all high risk cars on the road constantly uploading evidential quality video footage to a central location for human beings to review is viable? What determines if you're high risk? A certain number of fault and/or non-fault claims in a certain time frame? Who pays for the cameras and monthly data costs? Do I need to move the camera between cars if I drive another vehicle, say a works van?

It doesn't sound viable in the slightest.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
hands free use is absolutely fine. it's the hand use that is the issue.
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Which is of course nonsense, it's the concentrating on the conversation that is the distracting part not the holding of a phone.

Driving while using a hands-free device is not safer than using a handheld phone to conduct calls, as concluded by case-crossover studies,[1][2] epidemiological,[3][4] simulation,[5] and meta-analysis.[6][7]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_and_driving_safety

And no, talking to a passenger is not as distracting as talking on a phone.

The first result (the driver with no passenger or cellphone conversation) was the result with the least accidents. Adding a passenger into the car increased the accident rate slightly, but not by much. Making the driver talk on a cellphone increased the accident rate by three times.
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https://www.driverknowledgetests.co...king-to-someone-on-a-cellphone-while-driving/

Which is probably due to a combination of the passenger being aware of the situation and tailoring their conversation to the driving conditions and a lot of our communication is non-verbal so you have to concentrate more on a conversation where you get no visual clues from the other person.
 
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aaa-apple-and-google-speed-ahead-in-less-distracting-design-of-vehicle-infotainment-technology-300672764.html
CarPlay and Android Auto were 24 percent (5 seconds) faster on average than the vehicle's native system when making a call and 31 percent (15 seconds) faster when programming navigation.

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so maybe need to kick out the home grown systems.
 
I had a thought today if using a hands free whilst driving impairs a persons ability to drive safely, does that mean the the emergency services will be unable to use there radios to communicate whilst driving as that too must have an effect.

Will the police have to pull over to respond to the control centre? I assume not so how is that different to me using my hands free to contact my office when out on jobs?
 
Doobedoo said:
I had a thought today if using a hands free whilst driving impairs a persons ability to drive safely, does that mean the the emergency services will be unable to use there radios to communicate whilst driving as that too must have an effect.

Will the police have to pull over to respond to the control centre? I assume not so how is that different to me using my hands free to contact my office when out on jobs?
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No they're already exempt.
 
I think they have to pass training for it though right, to operate any vehicle so hopefully it's included.
 
TheVoice said:
Not really, they're the emergency services. The various legal exemptions exist to allow them to do their job effectively.
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So something that is deemed unsafe for the public is safe for emergency services? How is that not double standards?

Also how will they effectively be able to stop people day dreaming whilst driving or thinking about what they are going to have for tea because that is also as distracting as having a conversation on a hands free device or a conversation with a passenger.
 
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