TheInsanity1234 wrote:Strangely Brown wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:Plus, sorry, but I may be a stupid 20 year old but i'd appreciate some damn respect thank you.
Why do you presume that you are entitled to respect when you admit openly that you are a hypocrite who texts and drives? Respect is earned, not given.
Here's a great big juicy tip for you. It's free, gratis and for nothing and I guarantee absolutely that it will stop you feeling that tell-tale bzz,bzz,bzz that tempts you to reach into your pocket to check the phone.
TURN THE BLOODY THING OFF!!!Is that really so difficult? If you are incapable of controlling the urge then remove the temptation. Easy.
Here endeth the lesson.
[Edit: That split infinitive was really bugging me.
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(Insert eye roll) - Please read my posts, sir. I already said I put the phone on do not disturb almost as a part of my routine, it's just on the occasions I forget to do it.
Also, the irony here is if I told you to fuck off, you'd moan about how us youngsters don't respect you older people. If you're not going to give me some kind of minimum level of respect, I'm most certainly not going to give any back.
akirk wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:I may be a stupid 20 year old
that you are not
- well you might be 20
but you know what I mean
however, as above - respect is heard-earned - and esp. in the AD community - I think there has been a lot of respect on here over the years for your attitude and approach, but can understand why there would be a frustration for others with this - it isn't difficult - my phone lives on silent anyway (I prefer to be in control of when I use it, not having it control me...) so in the car, it is placed down in a convenient space - face down, I then pick it up again at the end of the journey - easy, and no temptation...
so, I hear what you are saying about trying to do something about it - but it is a choice - part of your routine for getting in a car can simply be to turn it off / put it on silent and then out of reach - temptation gone...
Alasdair
Is nobody reading what I say? I try to integrate it into my routine, but occasionally slip up and it doesn't happen.
Gareth wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:As to the "your generation" comment, I think it's rather rude of you to generalise like that.
He extrapolated from the idea that the actions you admitted are typical of your age range. I'm not sure why you should be upset for being taken to task for behaviour that you admitted, and I'm not sure why you should be especially upset at the slur on others of approximately the same age that they behave as you.
I'm not particularly upset at being taken to task, but I am upset at how older people seem to constantly blame younger people for all that is wrong with the world, when the older generations aren't perfect themselves.
ANYWAY, to shut you all the fuck up, I will continue with trying to make it a habit to always put my phone on Do Not Disturb and pop it in the glovebox, and never ever admit to being anything less than a perfect driving god, to avoid you all putting me through the wringer for being capable of putting my hands up and saying "I am not perfect, because I do things like this, but I am trying to improve myself"
(I do respect the amount of experience behind these opinions on this forum, and debates like these where you all pick on me always do provide me with amusement after the case, I just get hot headed in the midst of it all
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Hey , please don’t think that we’re ALL giving you grief . I , for one , appreciate your honesty , and in return will admit that I sometimes do the same .
However , the offence , is using a handheld mobile device , and since mine is in a cradle , where it resides due to my main mobile use being for navigation , it isn’t handheld .
Oh , and if stopped at lights , or in a traffic jam , turn off your engine and you’re no longer ‘driving’ , therefore no offence in using a handheld device , but it is still best avoided . Still shows , though , that many don’t know the law .
On rare occasions that I might make a call whilst driving , usually to let others know if I’ve been delayed , then that call will be initiated by voice dialling . My Bury car kits will voice dial with any phone , and Siri on my iPhone will do it directly with a press of the home button , or via my Apple watch , which simply needs lifted to activate voice command ; I don’t ever use the last two methods , but they exist .
If I receive a text message or email , I can ask Siri to read it to me , and if I wish to respond I can dictate a reply , all at a time of my choosing . Text to speech or vice versa are quite commonplace now , so no excuse for reading from screens or typing whilst driving .