people on phones

[kiggles]

just about sick of it. the weather is already bad enough . so idiot came within an inch of my front wheel because he decided to change lanes, while on his phone not giving a S***. The speed limit is 50mph if i was to come off i doubt the car behind following closely would even be able to stop before hitting me.

Even when i'm in the car with the GF, and she is driving i constantly tell her not to use her phone and she doesn't listen to me. Not to mention some her dangerous driving antics which really annoy me and her bad road rage issues.

I may not be the law but if someone generally wants you stop being a bad road user and they ignore you, what hope does the law have, as police cant be chasing everyone up all the time.

rant over.

now to go to guildford and get wet doing so

[SoulKiss]

just about sick of it. the weather is already bad enough . so idiot came within an inch of my front wheel because he decided to change lanes, while on his phone not giving a S***. The speed limit is 50mph if i was to come off i doubt the car behind following closely would even be able to stop before hitting me.

Even when i'm in the car with the GF, and she is driving i constantly tell her not to use her phone and she doesn't listen to me. Not to mention some her dangerous driving antics which really annoy me and her bad road rage issues.

I may not be the law but if someone generally wants you stop being a bad road user and they ignore you, what hope does the law have, as police cant be chasing everyone up all the time.

rant over.

now to go to guildford and get wet doing so

Simple, take out your phone, film her, report her to the police giving them the video as evidence.

Otherwise you are just an accomplice and have no grounds to complain about this issue when others do it.

Milder version, refuse to get in the car when she is driving.

[ravingdavis]

I hate it when people use their phone while driving too. If you want to use it while driving go buy a £15 bluetooth kit and stop endangering peoples lives and your own.

[Dicky Ticker]

Parked outside the school yesterday I photographed one of the mums driving her 4x4BMW with a phone to her ear.In an impolite posh voice she asked what I was doing and I said it depended on what obsenity would come out of her mouth next and suggested that as she was apparently so rich why not invest in a good hands free system.
Probably just a waste of time but I had the pleasure of upsetting her

[ravingdavis]

Parked outside the school yesterday I photographed one of the mums driving her 4x4BMW with a phone to her ear.In an impolite posh voice she asked what I was doing and I said it depended on what obsenity would come out of her mouth next and suggested that as she was apparently so rich why not invest in a good hands free system.
Probably just a waste of time but I had the pleasure of upsetting her

This is even worse because modern BMWs have got bluetooth capability built in to the stereo system. Mine has it and it works very well, she should use it.

[SoulKiss]

Parked outside the school yesterday I photographed one of the mums driving her 4x4BMW with a phone to her ear.In an impolite posh voice she asked what I was doing and I said it depended on what obsenity would come out of her mouth next and suggested that as she was apparently so rich why not invest in a good hands free system.
Probably just a waste of time but I had the pleasure of upsetting her

I just take up a position next to the drivers door, keep pace with them and leave my thumb on my horn. Thanks to the wonders of Stebel they cannot continue their conversation :)

[Paul the 6th]

I've recently taken to shouting at drivers of vehicles, especially if they have the window down. My favorites include:

"GET OFF THE PHONE"

"USE YOUR INDICATORS!" - for people who insist on taking the exit immediately before yours without indicating so you could have safely pulled out or people who leave their right turn indicator on when leaving the roundabout..

"USE YOUR FECKING MIRRORS YOU DOYLEM".. one lad on a scooter shat himself because he'd taken the racing line around a corner immediately after a set of traffic lights; he hadn't bothered looking anywhere but forwards so he got a fright when he realised he was about 12 inches from me on my pushbike and I was shouting at him.

Shame you can't sign up as a special for the traffic division. I'd happily do all my production work on a night and at weekends if it meant I could help out with educating drivers on the dangerous little things they do without even realising.

Paging officer pete, permission to come for a ride along plz

[Specialone]

Yesterday was a good example why we arent allowed to carry guns anymore legally, i would be sitting in a jail cell right now.

Coming over a one way bridge, a van driver, who shouldve waited as i was further across than him decided to chance it and come across at speed, i had to brake hard and put it in to reverse as he didnt seem to be slowing, car behind hastily revesed too, he comes past with a fecking phone to his ear and oblivious to whats going on.

I had my window down and gestured to him 'put your f**king phone down', he just give me a dirty look and carried on at speed.

I was so angry (stupidly cos i hate getting that wound up) i wouldve just opened up on him had i been armed, pure rage does that to people :(

Also, the phone to ear is only part of it, hands free is just as bad, the act of putting it to your ear is irrelevant, its the conversation that distracts you, ban calls altogether, end of.

[Sir Trev]

In a sane world cars would have an in-built jamming device to stop people making calls whilst inside them. But of course the passengers would then moan that they could not have an innane for-the-sake-of-it "'cos like I got inclusive calls innit" conversation. Sat next to a moron talking drivel on his phone all the way to London once like this, one call after the other.

Make calls expensive again so people think twice about using their phones!!! Then perhaps suicidal pedestrians would pay attention to the cars around them BEOFRE they step off the pavement...

[dizzyblonde]

I've recently taken to shouting at drivers of vehicles, especially if they have the window down. My favorites include:

"GET OFF THE PHONE"

"USE YOUR INDICATORS!" - for people who insist on taking the exit immediately before yours without indicating so you could have safely pulled out or people who leave their right turn indicator on when leaving the roundabout..

"USE YOUR FECKING MIRRORS YOU DOYLEM".. one lad on a scooter shat himself because he'd taken the racing line around a corner immediately after a set of traffic lights; he hadn't bothered looking anywhere but forwards so he got a fright when he realised he was about 12 inches from me on my pushbike and I was shouting at him.

Shame you can't sign up as a special for the traffic division. I'd happily do all my production work on a night and at weekends if it meant I could help out with educating drivers on the dangerous little things they do without even realising.

Paging officer pete, permission to come for a ride along plz

Oh you're definetely not on your own Paul. I find myself constantly shouting at these types. I never use the phone whilst driving. Its not a hard thing to do IMO.
I'm sick to death of being out with Oli in the pram and are crossing roads. The amount of people who seem to think I am telepathic and know which direction they are going is unbelievable. I tend to be able to weed out the doylems who can't be bothered to indicate so stay put on the curb, but shout 'INDICATOR YOU MORON' when they fail to use them. Thankfully so far I have been successful in not being mown down by a prat on a phone, failing to look at the surrounding hazards, with no indication lights flashing!


Prime example of phone to ear, little asian lass, in very small micra type car, full of crash marks running down the side. Phone in hand, up to ear, then not, then ear, then steering wheel, whilst going across traffic to turn right, attempting to beat the lights as she goes. I felt like throwing a loaf of bread at her!

[Paul the 6th]

why's oli in a pram?
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/26461_10150151460170366_665535365_11679198_4983419 _n.jpg

[timwilky]

Paul

What happens in Reflex should stay there. Especially with evidence of Dave on Woo Woo

[RACEFIT_GLADDY]

Very good thread, people are oblivious to what they're doing until it's too late.

[Fallout]

Winds me up too. I've just accepted that the majority of motorists are inconsiderate and unaware (i.e. thick). There's not much you can do. I highly doubt the police would follow up on a mobile phone video a member of the public recorded, not to mention how hard that'd be to get while on a bike.

People will never change, no matter how much you winge or harass them or anything. They'll only change when they actually kill someone, or cause an accident and learn the hard way ... and then many people will carry on doing it anyway. Best not to be the person they hit, that's all I can say.

[timwilky]

Nephew A biker for what it is worth, got done for videoing someone on their phone. He thought the offence was talking on the phone. So when he saw them he started videoing the evidence. Unfortunately for his £60 the cops saw him waving his phone whilst driving.

[Fallout]

As painful as that must've been, it makes sense. Which reminds me .... reading and WRITING text messages while driving really winds me up. I will admit to occasionally whipping out my phone to read a text message when I stopped at lights. I may hear the beep and then I'll leave it in my pocket until I'm bogged down in stationary traffic, but I would never read one while moving and people who type them .... gahh ...

[Paul the 6th]

Yeah there was a truck driver on radio 2 many moons ago who got 3 points & £60 for taking his phone out of his shirt pocket and placing it on the dash even though it was turned off, it went as far as the home office referring to the oxford english dictionary definition of 'using' which was something like to have, to hold or to deploy.

It later turned out he could have appealed and most likely won, but he was outside of the time limit (6 months) so it went on to affect his pay grading and employment potential (or atleast that was his argument).

[Epic Monkey]

Don't forget the idiots who think putting their phone on loudspeaker whilst still holding it is hands free.
I seem to have a vendetta with phone users at the moment. Too many close calls.

[Fallout]

It later turned out he could have appealed and most likely won, but he was outside of the time limit (6 months) so it went on to affect his pay grading and employment potential (or atleast that was his argument).

Yes mate, I think you can appeal a lot of these things. Generally if you can justify it, the courts seem to let you off. An example being that guy who got a ticket for parking on a double yellow when he pulled over to give someone CPR! I believe he appealed successfully. Can't remember the news article.

[Bluepete]

It's as pointless shouting at people as trying to stop the sun coming up in the morning.

You'll get yourself all upset, the moron on the phone may turn out to be a psycho and try to really kill you.

They don't see me in a liveried car or on my job bike, so just give them a wide berth and carry on with your life.

(there now, I've done the PC thing)

Feckin idiots do my chuffing head in! Theres always an excuse too.

"ooh, I was checking the kids were ok, they're home alone and I'm in a rush to get there"

"I wasn't on the phone, I just had a really itchy ear and decided to scratch it with my phone" true.

"I wasn't on my phone, I just like the feel of it on my face" I kid you not!

Plus, it's always the first and only time they've ever done it!

Amazing how I manage to find some many virgins eh?

Male chickens the lot of 'em.

Pete ;)

[SoulKiss]

"ooh, I was checking the kids were ok, they're home alone and I'm in a rush to get there"

Report to Social Services?

"I wasn't on my phone, I just like the feel of it on my face" I kid you not!

Have Sectioned under the Mental Health Act?



I hope thats how they were dealt with anyway :)

[Paul the 6th]

It's as pointless shouting at people as trying to stop the sun coming up in the morning.

You'll get yourself all upset, the moron on the phone may turn out to be a psycho and try to really kill you.

They don't see me in a liveried car or on my job bike, so just give them a wide berth and carry on with your life.

(there now, I've done the PC thing)

Feckin idiots do my chuffing head in! Theres always an excuse too.

"ooh, I was checking the kids were ok, they're home alone and I'm in a rush to get there"

"I wasn't on the phone, I just had a really itchy ear and decided to scratch it with my phone" true.

"I wasn't on my phone, I just like the feel of it on my face" I kid you not!

Plus, it's always the first and only time they've ever done it!

Amazing how I manage to find some many virgins eh?

Male chickens the lot of 'em.

Pete ;)

Could ya not give them an award for comedy, perhaps in the form of a full on look over the vehicle or looking up their history to waste their time. I wouldn't dare take the pish if I knew my licence could be on the receiving end of a bit pointy stick (even 3 of them)

[Stenno]

I have to say, from my own experience, the worst offenders for using mobile phones are young female drivers. I constantly see them with their eyes in their laps, presumably texting whilst driving.

I recommend taking your girlfriends phone off her next time she's using it whilst driving, and throw it out the passenger window. Maybe say something memorable as well like "and now THIS is happening" (Anchorman-esque). If she breaks up with you she clearly isn't the one.

[littleoldman2]

Also, the phone to ear is only part of it, hands free is just as bad, the act of putting it to your ear is irrelevant, its the conversation that distracts you, ban calls altogether, end of.

Also children in a car with a single adult. In some cases a very dangerous combination. I often see parents driving whilst turned to the rear seat supervising children.
Phones are only one of many distractions.

[missyburd]

I just take up a position next to the drivers door, keep pace with them and leave my thumb on my horn. Thanks to the wonders of Stebel they cannot continue their conversation :)
Note to self: find louder horn :)

I can't stand it. I wish to goodness there was a universal single hand gesture to make it obvious you're rebuking them for being on the phone, at the moment I can only wittle it down to two while on the bike which involves this:
http://images.inmagine.com/img/imagemore/z196360/z196360039.jpg

Closely followed by this
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I tell you what REALLY riles me though. Folk who claim they are avid bikers and yet STILL mess about with their phones while cage driving, now that really fecks me off, hypocrites :(

[punyXpress]

Yeah there was a truck driver on radio 2 many moons ago who got 3 points & £60 for taking his phone out of his shirt pocket and placing it on the dash even though it was turned off, it went as far as the home office referring to the oxford english dictionary definition of 'using' which was something like to have, to hold or to deploy.

Nah: that's from the marriage service!
Someone on here had the right idea: took the phone & lobbed it on to a garage forecourt canopy.
Apparently it rang for days.

[maviczap]

Nah: that's from the marriage service!
Someone on here had the right idea: took the phone & lobbed it on to a garage forecourt canopy.
Apparently it rang for days.

Its on a Youtube vid if I remember right.

Some need to invent a gun that shots an electromagnetic pulse that disables the phone.

I know that you can make phone jammers, but I've no idea how & its illegal I think? :(

[dizzyblonde]

I know that you can make phone jammers, but I've no idea how & its illegal I think? :(

Is that like one of those snazzy watches you got in the early 90s that could change TV channels?
My mate had one of those, used to annoy all the goths in the local meeting place. Whenever 'This Corrosion' came on the video jukebox he used to change it :smt082

[maviczap]

Summat like that :p

[punyXpress]

Some need to invent a gun that shots an electromagnetic pulse that disables the phone.

I know that you can make phone jammers, but I've no idea how & its illegal I think? :(

For 'electromagnetic pulse' read 'bolt of lightning', & when they move phone to other ear ( cos they is deaf ) zap them again.
If jammers were illegal, they wont complain:
" Dear officer, I was illegally using my mobile while driving & someone zapped it "

[keith_d]

Some need to invent a gun that shots an electromagnetic pulse that disables the phone.


Nope, I want an EMP gun that disables there engine management computer. If the phone call is so important that they need to risk other people's lives, it's only right that they complete it in peace and quiet without any of that annoying engine noise.

[Sir Trev]

Nope, I want an EMP gun that disables there engine management computer. If the phone call is so important that they need to risk other people's lives, it's only right that they complete it in peace and quiet without any of that annoying engine noise.

This

[tactcom7]

Not quite a phone but I recently saw a chap in a black taxi on a dual carriageway, left hand lane, right indicator flashing away oblivious, so i pass him to find him singing his head off and, yes playing the ukelele (sp?) with both hands! feckin hippy,

[timwilky]

Back in the 70s when I passed my car test, my dad then gave me lessons in steering with my knees whilst opening/pouring a flask of coffee. I cringe at the thought now. But in some ways it is the same lack of control hands off the wheel etc. That is used to open a bag of sweets, peel a banana etc. whilst driving.

It is not just phones that lead to poor driving.

[punyXpress]

Dozy mare couldn't wait for clear access for right turn, so drove in right lane to junction & then swung in - into right lane of THAT road! She had no hope of seeing anything coming out of there ( that's if her eyes were even open!
Needless to say she was on mobile.
First time I've used 101 for plod & dont expect to hear more.

[kiggles]

hmm no matter how much we complain nothing can really be done to solve the issue until some people have died, even then they will continue

[punyXpress]

When the law on mobiles was introduced, it didn't become illegal to use them for some considerable time!
What a crass system for making and enforcing laws.