martine wrote:Hmmm, that's stretching it a bit. Just because the current law hasn't caught up with recent research doesn't mean 'the official line is it's safe and legal'.Rolyan wrote:t does appear strange that the official line is that something is safe and legal, but that they also want to ban it...
Like Rolyan, I also can't seen how a complete block could be implemented without effecting passengers use of phones - which wouldn't be fair or reasonable.
How is that stretching it a bit Martin? The official line from the government is that hands free mobiles are legal to use in a vehicle, because they are safe to use. So why would that same government then want to make it illegal to use them, saying that they are unsafe.
I'm not arguing from a personal viewpoint, I'm just puzzled how to day it is currently deemed safe and legal to use a mobile (emphasis again on hands free, to stop the thread being hijacked), but they are also having discussions with car manufacturers to ban the use of them (the proposal would stop all calls, even the current safe and legal hands free ones). That's strange however you look at it, to me at least.
However, since I honestly cannot ever see this being implemented in the way its being discussed, we probably don't have to worry too much.