Re: Mobile phones
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 2:15 pm
interesting - thank you
Alasdair
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Rolyan wrote:Yet Advanced drivers still do it. Most of them would justify it by saying that they know when to do it, they can manage it safely, it's not a distraction etc etc etc. Exactly the same excuses given by the 'idiots' that we all want to see banned.
martine wrote:One of the problems with mobile phone use is it's usually a distraction for much longer than things like changing a CD or lighting a fag. Also the unique interaction with a distant person has been shown to be much more of a problem than more routine tasks (which isn't really surprising). Sussex Uni produced the most recent study investigating mobile phone distraction and they came to the conclusion that there was little difference between hand-held and hands-free - both were significant in extending reaction times.
They also pinned down how detrimental a phone conversation that involved the driver visualising (like 'tell me where you put that file') can be. It seems the driver's brain is overloaded and can't do the visual task of driving well at the same time.
Silk wrote:I don't see how people can advocate "cruel and unusual punishment" for using a mobile phone whilst driving and, at the same time, have no problem whatsoever with exceeding speed limits.
jont- wrote:Silk wrote:I don't see how people can advocate "cruel and unusual punishment" for using a mobile phone whilst driving and, at the same time, have no problem whatsoever with exceeding speed limits.
Speed limit setting often flies in the face of prevailing research.
Silk wrote:If you're going faster and you hit something, then you will hit it harder. No research required.
angus wrote:mainbeam wrote:Or maybe we should just have a vote and let the authorities give effect to popular opinion by circumventing due process.
Like we did the last 2 times we had referendums? But then we voted the way we were supposed to
GTR1400MAN wrote:Silk wrote:If you're going faster and you hit something, then you will hit it harder. No research required.
I've got to hit it first! If I'm not faffing about with a phone conversation or texting that is much less likely to happen.
Silk wrote:If you're going faster and you hit something, then you will hit it harder. No research required.