Soldato
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I was once overtaking a lorry on the motorway and one of the tyres blew out in the trailer as I was passing it. It frightened the bejesus out of me.
The driver had his hazards and beacons on, there isn't much more you can do than that until the police, highways or the tyre fitter arrives. It's probably lucky the tyre fitter wasn't there or he'd likely be dead. Imagine being next to that replacing a tyre?
Our driver had pulled into the grass verge himself to create space from the carriageway.
I have a hands free kit in the car now.
Thanks. Your moral preaching has convinced me to bin the hands free kit and go back to holding a phone.Which studies have shown is no less dangerous than having a conversation while holding the phone.
But since its legal people seem to overlook this inconvenient fact when moralising about other people holding their phone while having a conversation
Thanks. Your moral preaching has convinced me to bin the hands free kit and go back to holding a phone.
Yes you are completely right. I am not bothered at all about road safety. Thank god for people like you to help me.Well, if you were actually bothered about road safety and not just virtue signalling, you'd bin the hands free kit and go back to not answering the phone at all when driving![]()
Thanks. Your moral preaching has convinced me to bin the hands free kit and go back to holding a phone.
He is right though, the difference is negligible. There was a good part in the Monkey Paradox about it, it's also been wrote about again a few times. But the talking part is far worse than the simple motor mechanic to hold your phone.
Not that I care either way, it's just interesting.
make a warning triangle /roadcone you can drive like an RC carhmmh germans have a good plan on autobahn
If you have a breakdown or accident, you must move to the shoulder if possible and place a warning triangle 200 meters behind the scene.
UK
Rule 274: put a warning triangle on the road at least 45 metres (147 ft) behind your broken-down vehicle on the same side of the road, or use other permitted warning devices if you have them. Always take great care when placing or retrieving them, but never use them on motorways.
Thought it was a gorilla - bbc have a good podcast from last week about human inability to dedicate brain resources to two tasks,
epitomized by the plane crash where they failed to see they had run out of fuel whilst trying to fix an undrcarrage problem, but in motorist context people on hands free just looking at the road, without seeing potential hazards, they also had evidence that concentration is not immediately restored when call ends
Probably waiting for a prosecution where someone is prosecuted for being distracted irrespective to the fact they were on hands-free, at which point (like with cigarettes) would the car manufacturers be able to abdicate responsibility.