Just out of interest has anyone ever seen a driver talking on a non hands
free mobile get pulled over the police?
Martin J.

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:39:07 +0100, "Martin J"
wrote:

Just out of interest has anyone ever seen a driver talking on a non hands
free mobile get pulled over the police?

Unfortunately not. I have, however, seen just as many people talking
on non-hands-free mobiles while driving, and invariably driving in a
dangerous manner whilst doing so.

This includes, but is not limited to, the drivers of both lorries and
buses, the latter often with passengers on board.

Neil

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(Martin J) wrote:

Just out of interest has anyone ever seen a driver talking on a non
hands free mobile get pulled over the police?
Martin J.

See
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news.../7a4638c3-a28d
-4c73-b25e-a41895409aef.lpf

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Colin Rosenstiel

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:39:07 +0100, "Martin J"
wrote:

Just out of interest has anyone ever seen a driver talking on a non hands
free mobile get pulled over the police?

I've seen some who should have been. But the crime wasn't hands-free
or not. It was the attention given to the call instead of the road.

Yes, twice.

Both occasions were in the days after the the July bombings when
central London was flooded with cops.

Amusing on the second occasion the car was a LH-drive, and in fact it
was the passenger who was on the phone!

Martin J wrote:
Just out of interest has anyone ever seen a driver talking on a non
hands free mobile get pulled over the police?

Not directly relevant to the new law, but I seem to be in a nostalgic
mood here tonight, so here goes ...

I was pulled over years ago before the new law came into effect. I was
on the M25, and tried to take a call on my hands-free, but had to use
the handset because of poor quality sound. (The call was from a
particularly demanding director, so I didn't want to miss it.) When the
call ended, I was signalled on to the hard shoulder by the police patrol
who had been shadowing me during the call, and advised that I wasn't in
full control of the car, having only one hand on the wheel.

I pointed out to him, that as the holder of a Private Pilot's Licence,
when landing my plane I controlled it with my left hand on the control
column, because my right hand had to be on the throttle, so I didn't
really think that steering with one hand for a short distance in the
slow lane was that risky (or words to that effect). Half way through
this, I wondered if I should have kept quiet, but he mumbled general
cautionary phrases and went off. Phew!

The real risk was that I was so engrossed in the call that I didn't
notice the police car on my right! I support the new law.

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Richard J.
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(Richard J.) wrote:

I was pulled over years ago before the new law came into effect.
[snip]
The real risk was that I was so engrossed in the call that I didn't
notice the police car on my right! I support the new law.

Yeah, that's the real problem. Not noticing the police. Ill advised.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

"Richard J." wrote in message
.uk...
When the
call ended, I was signalled on to the hard shoulder by the police patrol
who had been shadowing me during the call, and advised that I wasn't in
full control of the car, having only one hand on the wheel.

I pointed out to him, that as the holder of a Private Pilot's Licence,
when landing my plane I controlled it with my left hand on the control
column, because my right hand had to be on the throttle, so I didn't
really think that steering with one hand for a short distance in the
slow lane was that risky (or words to that effect).

Remind me, is a runway as full of unpredictable nutters as the M25?

--
Brian
"Anyway, if you have been, thanks for listening."

"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Martin J) wrote:

Just out of interest has anyone ever seen a driver talking on a non
hands free mobile get pulled over the police?
Martin J.

I seem to remember some reasonably high profile prosecutions when the
compulsory wearing of seatbelts came in. Nowadays nearly everyone seems to
think of that as second nature.

I am of the opinion that a number of high profile, well publiscised,
prosecutions for mobile phone use while driving would help to stamp it out.
I see people using non-handsfree mobiles while driving everyday.

Michael

Brian Watson wrote:
"Richard J." wrote in message
.uk...
When the
call ended, I was signalled on to the hard shoulder by the police
patrol who had been shadowing me during the call, and advised that
I wasn't in full control of the car, having only one hand on the
wheel.

I pointed out to him, that as the holder of a Private Pilot's
Licence, when landing my plane I controlled it with my left hand
on the control column, because my right hand had to be on the
throttle, so I didn't really think that steering with one hand for
a short distance in the slow lane was that risky (or words to that
effect).

Remind me, is a runway as full of unpredictable nutters as the M25?

The runway is not the problem, it's getting to the runway from where you
are, and a gusty crosswind provides the unpredictability.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)