As much as I hate the UK, they have done one thing right even if they can't properly police or enforce it - they've banned cellphone usage in cars. Now if only America would follow suit. OMG. RU SRIUS?
Yes I'm serious. In the 8 years since I've lived here, I've provided accident witness statements to the police 11 or 12 times because of people having crashes in front of me. On 10 of those times, they were using a cellphone either to talk or text, and on one notable occasion, the woman was using a laptop on her passenger seat.
I think the problem is that for some reason, people in America perceive car driving to be a right instead of a priviledge, and consider it to be easy and thus something that should require very little mental effort on their part. That's why they spend so much time doing other stuff behind the wheel, and in Utah at least, that seems to be why they have so many car accidents.
Seriously. At what point is your brain malfunctioning so badly that it thinks it is safe to look at a phone to send a text message whilst piloting a 2-ton weapon at 70mph?
Here's an idea - and I know this is revolutionary to those of you who think you're so important that you must use a cellphone 24/7 - when your phone rings, pull over, or better yet, leave it. Cellphones have a wonderful feature called "last number redial" - use it. I find it entertaining when I'm driving with others in my car, and my cellphone goes off. I either leave it, or hit the 'stop call' button to send it direct to voicemail. At this point, I've had passengers genuinely shocked that I didn't answer the phone. "Aren't you going to answer that?", they ask incredulously. "No - I'm driving."
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Interesting. I do not talk on the phone while driving or so anything else like that for that matter, but something that I do that some people object to is playing music loud with he big speakers and all.
What are your views on that?
Ultra-loud music with huge subwoofers and vibrating body panels - not a big fan of it - I can't concentrate. And that's when I'm in the car next to it :-)
Loud music, yes. But ask my wife or passengers - if we get into town or somewhere I don't know where there's unfamiliar traffic or routes, I always turn it right down. It's a quirk.
Nah, its not obnoxious like you said its just good regular speakers in the factory slots.
I also turn down the music when I am in an unfamiliar area or I need to think about where I'm going. I donno why I do, I suppose it's a quirk too. I think it helps me concentrate on what I'm doing (driving) better while thinking about turns and streets and all.
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