using your phone while driving ( shocking content )

[teenwolf]

i see loads of it still on the roads absolute devastation on how quickly things can happen.

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[teenwolf]

shocking bud this stuff happens daily got to keep your eyes peeled all the times on the road and should never ever use your phone.

i wonder now with the cars with so much tech in them that its more to mess with when you are driving too.

 

[teenwolf]

I honestly think that is a valid concern. It doesn't help that the UI is often more suited to sitting using a tablet with your dominant hand than driving (and the additional movement this introduces) at arms reach with your non dominant hand (for most people).

So much of the stuff that I can faff about with on my car really doesn't have any need to be accessible while driving along. Do I really need to make adjustments to the equalizer settings at 70 mph or would it be far more responsible for the manufacturer to lock those settings out when on the move? The removal of physical buttons is a prime example of OEMs using an opportunity for cost cutting over a fit for purpose user interface for basic controls.

i do too so much too faff about with now on the move too many distractions, i punch the address in the sat nav and drive phone is on do not disturb and on i go.
its really really not worth the risk on what can happen on the roads.

 

[teenwolf]

Indeed very commonplace, I see all sorts from the vantage point of my cab with me being high up, a common one is phones,iPads or laptops in someone’s lap and they are doing whatever be it watching something or browsing/whatever…

As for the trucker, it’s not surprising unfortunately, I see many truckers watching films, cooking on stoves (!) on their phone etc daily it really boggles the mind, especially driving what are very effective killing machines….

The really scary thing is the U.K. has ,statistically, very safe roads compared to many countries!

feel for you pal driving that big wagon i cant believe how much i see on the roads.
the guy in the vid is so gutted but its just too late.

 

[teenwolf]

Some good points here. Ours has a touchscreen but also some physical buttons/scroller on the steering wheel. I know android auto prevents things like access to the on screen keyboard - i remember it annoying the missus when she was sat in the passenger seat and looking for some playlists on Spotify.

Yes absolutely even the misses in the passenger messing around on the touch screen does my head in and is a distraction.

I turn it off when we are traveling she is pregnant and kids in the back of the car too.