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oolretawbundaberg, Queensland Australia7 Threads 83 Postsdo you talk or text on your mobile while driving. if yes, do you think it is safe to do so.?????????
oolretaw: do you talk or text on your mobile while driving. if yes, do you think it is safe to do so.?????????
tried texting once... nearly went up the gutter, never again
oolretaw: do you talk or text on your mobile while driving. if yes, do you think it is safe to do so.?????????
no, never ! i will actually pull over to side of road and text or use phone
In response to: do you talk or text on your mobile while driving. if yes, do you think it is safe to do so.?????????
Texting is impossible to do safely .. talking is ok, but I would be worried about getting busted
never could get the hang of that texting stuff,must be hazardous to the health
I am guilty of texting and talking whilst driving.
If I get a call, I generally ignore it now though, but if it's important and I am almost home, I answer it and have it on loudspeaker.
Texting I can do with one hand and with my eyes shut so it was easy to text without taking eyes off the road. However, after watching a recent ad online about a car crash while texting, I haven't text when driving since. Wake up call!
If I get a call, I generally ignore it now though, but if it's important and I am almost home, I answer it and have it on loudspeaker.
Texting I can do with one hand and with my eyes shut so it was easy to text without taking eyes off the road. However, after watching a recent ad online about a car crash while texting, I haven't text when driving since. Wake up call!
oolretaw: hi melty, i witnessed a classic accident in rockhampton. a young girl texting, drove her little car under a semi trailer, took the top clean off her car, luckily she threw herself flat on the seats and came out of it with just a few scratches.she dropped her phone and almost got down on the floor to find it, lucky her. but she got busted.
sounds bad. Some people think they are invincible. We all need to be careful
i do both , and also talk on the CB in my ute , so there isnt much difference , luckily , i dont suffer from lack of concentration like a lot of other drivers.
oolretaw: do you talk or text on your mobile while driving. if yes, do you think it is safe to do so.?????????
I talk but i got bluetooth thingy built into the car so im good to go I dont text thats just stupid !!!
Lou29: I am guilty of texting and talking whilst driving. If I get a call, I generally ignore it now though, but if it's important and I am almost home, I answer it and have it on loudspeaker. Texting I can do with one hand and with my eyes shut so it was easy to text without taking eyes off the road. However, after watching a recent ad online about a car crash while texting, I haven't text when driving since. Wake up call!
texting with your eyes shut? Glad you dont do it while your driving then 
I was driving down Princes Highway (Victoria), just went through Blackburn Road, travelling towards Springvale, heading towards Westall Rd, lights were green, thankfully I decided to change lanes, from the centre to the left lane as I was turning off a little further down the road, this moron went straight through the red lights and missed me by millimetres!!
Needless to say the idiot was talking on his mobile phone!
THEY SHOULD BE TURNED OFF, AS SOON AS YOU START THE ENGINE!!
They are worse than a drink driver!
Mike
Needless to say the idiot was talking on his mobile phone!
THEY SHOULD BE TURNED OFF, AS SOON AS YOU START THE ENGINE!!
They are worse than a drink driver!
Mike
I'm with you Kizzy - I finally got a bluetooth. Wonderful gadget!!! Before that, I'd pullover onto the roadside to answer. It's simply not safe otherwise, I don't care how many things anyone claims they can do. Holding the phone and talking, txt'g is simply NOT safe!
Remember - We have license to DRIVE, not to Phone and Drive! Peoples' lives are at stake here!
Remember - We have license to DRIVE, not to Phone and Drive! Peoples' lives are at stake here!
Late last year a dear friend of the family got hit and killed when a guy with a phone ran over her at a pedestrian crossing. So please don't anyone use your phoone when driving...
LoveableOne: Late last year a dear friend of the family got hit and killed when a guy with a phone ran over her at a pedestrian crossing. So please don't anyone use your phoone when driving...
It's illegal over here to both talk and text whilst driving.You get penalty points on your licence. I've been guilty myself but I have to admit if I watch someone talking on the phone while driving, they are all over the road.
sad bad world...WaterDragpn: I'm with you Kizzy - I finally got a bluetooth. Wonderful gadget!!! Before that, I'd pullover onto the roadside to answer. It's simply not safe otherwise, I don't care how many things anyone claims they can do. Holding the phone and talking, txt'g is simply NOT safe!
Remember - We have license to DRIVE, not to Phone and Drive! Peoples' lives are at stake here!
Remember - We have license to DRIVE, not to Phone and Drive! Peoples' lives are at stake here!
Exactly
serene56: texting with your eyes shut? Glad you dont do it while your driving then
HA! Nah not that silly
Lou29: I am guilty of texting and talking whilst driving. If I get a call, I generally ignore it now though, but if it's important and I am almost home, I answer it and have it on loudspeaker. Texting I can do with one hand and with my eyes shut so it was easy to text without taking eyes off the road. However, after watching a recent ad online about a car crash while texting, I haven't text when driving since. Wake up call!
don't believe everything you see online tho.. sometimes they get pics/footage of accidents and attributed it to whatever they want to, to make a point eg texting, talking on ph, fiddling with the radio, blah blah blah
I sometimes text while driving myself.. but like you lou I dont have to look at the phone to do it.. I know where the keys are! when I stop at traffic lights, I then check it to see if I have spelt everything right and then send it
as for talking in the phone.. I have a blueant handsfree do I dont need to hold my phone to talk..
lets hope technology catches up and allows handsfree to dictate text msgs as well
nah don't do it. I only take my work fone and I turn it off while I'm driving....hehehe
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