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Old 20 October 2002, 09:46 PM
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I can't beleive the number of people I see doing this as I drive around the country. Do you thing that the police should have access to telephones at the scene of an accident to see if people have recently sent a text message?
I think it could be quite intersting to see how many were halfway though typing one, waht do you think?
Old 20 October 2002, 09:54 PM
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What pi55es me off are those driving xx Ton Lorries whilst doing it

What a bunch of complete 4rseholes!!

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Old 20 October 2002, 10:04 PM
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You talking about me pete
Old 20 October 2002, 10:07 PM
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Quite possibly!!

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Old 20 October 2002, 10:08 PM
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Case not 6 months ago - death by dangerous driving.

Guy was txting g/f at the time of an accident (HGV driver too) & the plod had a record of it with which to do him.
Old 21 October 2002, 01:45 AM
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Its quite disturbing when your sat in a bus thundering along the motorway and the drivers texting away
Old 21 October 2002, 07:52 AM
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I find it's much easier with predictive text input though. Used to be even more dangerous when I had to actually look at the phone whilst driving and sending a message.
Old 21 October 2002, 10:56 AM
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I used to be one of those stupid text while driving people. Since i've had the Scooby, I've stopped doing it (don't know why it's taken a new car to make me realise that it ain't clever!). It's a bloody stupid thing to do. God knows what I must have been thinking before. I do still occasionally text while sitting in traffic but never when moving.
Old 21 October 2002, 10:58 AM
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Good point Mark.

I'm borrowing a BMW 5 series at the moment. Much bigger steering wheel so easier to steer with your knees, whilst texting and slurping on a Maccy D's milkshake.
Old 21 October 2002, 11:15 AM
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at last you have a good excuse for your driving
Old 21 October 2002, 11:17 AM
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I must admit i do do it ,but only on motorways where you dont need to concentrate so much.
What i have stopped doing is reading novels whilst driving,in hindsight that was a bit stupid...
Old 21 October 2002, 11:19 AM
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i was out on my bike a couple of weeks ago.

trying to filter through a long line of slow moving traffic i came up on a car that was right up on the white line (most others had considerately moved to the left)

when it was safe i pulled past to see the driver had the newspaper open on her lap....no wonder she hadnt seen me...

ffs, supposed she had driven into the back of the car in front?
Old 21 October 2002, 11:40 AM
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you want to see the amount of black cab drivers in London on their mobiles.
It always amazes me, because their call costs must surely outweight their fares...


35p/min.....= £21.00 hr!!!!!!!

PS they are still overpriced scum!!! IMHO..
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