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Originally Posted by lucy7
Turn the phone off I say when driving.
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Except, in this case, if the poster above is to be believed, being on the phone helped..
One thing a lot of people seem to forget (when blaming one particular thing for road accidents ) is that there are a lot of things that can distract a driver, and possibly cause accidents.
Xaccers made the point that talking to a driver can distract them. This is true. However, if they are in a position where merely talking to them is going to distract them from the road, maybe they should not be driving?
I have to admit I am not sure that there is a real point to banning mobile phones in cars (I would have thought using them would be covered nicely by the offence of "Driving without due care and attention"). Unless of course that point is (like some many of our government's policies) to make it look like the government is actually achieving something while actually doing nothing.
I think that (and I mean this in general, it is not aimed at anyone specifically) the problem is that people can sometimes forget that driving can be dangerous. All it takes is for someone to look at their phone, stereo or even one of the passengers for 1 second and an accident can happen.