Author Topic: A solution to car phone users (Read 662 times)

Mr Rizla · « **on:** 19, June, 2007, 10:08:26 PM »

If only i could use this

Courior · « **Reply #1 on:** 19, June, 2007, 11:13:13 PM »

whats stopping you???

Solid · « **Reply #2 on:** 20, June, 2007, 01:15:54 PM »

I still maintain all bikers should be given Tasers and authorised to use them on the mobile-using twazzocks.

Aceman · « **Reply #3 on:** 20, June, 2007, 01:49:58 PM »

Some drivers have full control and are aware of their surroundings when using mobiles. But there are a lot drivers that seem to go completely blinkered when on their mobiles & driving.

With bluetooth units only costing about £20 or less, there's no longer any excuse for it.

Stu · « **Reply #4 on:** 21, June, 2007, 05:06:22 PM »

I need something to hold the throttle open on the bike while I'm texting..
It's dam annoying having to keep stopping writing my messages to speed back up.

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Tino · « **Reply #5 on:** 21, June, 2007, 05:59:21 PM »

Quote (Courior @ June 19 2007,23:13)

whats stopping you???

If he hardwires anything else into the bike it'll never ever start again.

scorps · « **Reply #6 on:** 21, June, 2007, 06:03:32 PM »

perhaps he needs that rizla sidecar to carry the batteries in

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Tino · « **Reply #7 on:** 21, June, 2007, 06:09:20 PM »

We all need one of these
or these
or do this

Weaver · « **Reply #8 on:** 21, June, 2007, 06:46:44 PM »

Quote (Aceman @ June 20 2007,13:49)

Some drivers have full control and are aware of their surroundings when using mobiles. But there are a lot drivers that seem to go completely blinkered when on their mobiles & driving.

With bluetooth units only costing about £20 or less, there's no longer any excuse for it.

Sorry Martin - are you seriously saying that someone with a phone glued to their ear and yabbering away with no proper control of a car can be aware of their surroundings? I think not.

Even with a hands free, taking/making a call is dangerous because it distracts you - doing so with only one hand one the wheel is just stupid.

Darkmonster · « **Reply #9 on:** 21, June, 2007, 07:02:13 PM »

I remember one night in town riding with Bj & (I think) Raven, we got alongside a twat in a BMW on the phone.....

Amazing how little he could hear with a Daytona, Monster & R6 all with race can's revving up by his window

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And I have to agree....people shouldn't talk & drive.

Mr Rizla · « **Reply #10 on:** 21, June, 2007, 09:34:34 PM »

Quote (Mr Rizla @ June 19 2007,22:08)

If only i could use this

TG, i take it the use of a pa system on the bike would be a NoNo, i can remmember back to the good old days of cb radio getting in bother for use of its pa-horn.

Having said that... i use a hands free comms system on the bike, wunder if its possible to wire up the audio from the passenger connector (which i never use) in my autocom to the pa as well as pmr and phone

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Aceman · « **Reply #11 on:** 23, June, 2007, 11:18:28 PM »

Quote (Weaver @ June 21 2007,18:46)

Quote (Aceman @ June 20 2007,13:49)

Some drivers have full control and are aware of their surroundings when using mobiles. But there are a lot drivers that seem to go completely blinkered when on their mobiles & driving.

With bluetooth units only costing about £20 or less, there's no longer any excuse for it.

Sorry Martin - are you seriously saying that someone with a phone glued to their ear and yabbering away with no proper control of a car can be aware of their surroundings? I think not.

Even with a hands free, taking/making a call is dangerous because it distracts you - doing so with only one hand one the wheel is just stupid.

Weaver - Apology accepted.

Do you ever talk when you're in the car driving? If so, you're not concentrating 100% on the road. Do you ever operate the radio/CD player in the car? Then you're not concentrating on the road fully. For most of us, driving a car does not require 100% of our resources/abilities. Yet there are a few people out there there are so clumsy when it come to driving that even changing gear takes away their ability to concentrate on the road ahead. Now when those people use a mobile, we're all in trouble.

Weaver · « **Reply #12 on:** 24, June, 2007, 10:55:42 AM »

Actually using a mobile requires more concentration than listening to the radio or a CD or than talking to other people in the car. The CD player does not want an answer so you are not concentrating on what it is "saying" to the same degree. When someone is in the car with you and talking - they can see what you can see and usually know when to shut up and let you concentrate. This is not true of somone on the other end of a phone who may not even realise you are driving.

People often turn towards the sound of the conversation too so even with a hands free unit - they turn their head away from the road - if you add to that one hand off the wheel you have a recipe for disaster.

Personally I never use a mobile in the car without a hands free unit and I very rarely do that - preferring to turn off the mobile. If I do have my hands free unit I only receive calls not make them - if you know you want to make a call you can stop the car. Nor would I ever use a hands free unit when riding because riding requires even more concentration than driving. Apart from anything else you need to look out for all those idiots using their mobiles!

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HellsBells · « **Reply #13 on:** 24, June, 2007, 11:16:38 AM »

Quote (Weaver @ June 21 2007,18:46)

Quote (Aceman @ June 20 2007,13:49)

Some drivers have full control and are aware of their surroundings when using mobiles. But there are a lot drivers that seem to go completely blinkered when on their mobiles & driving.

With bluetooth units only costing about £20 or less, there's no longer any excuse for it.

Sorry Martin - are you seriously saying that someone with a phone glued to their ear and yabbering away with no proper control of a car can be aware of their surroundings? I think not.

Even with a hands free, taking/making a call is dangerous because it distracts you - doing so with only one hand one the wheel is just stupid.

I am guilty of using my mobile whilst driving, I am also guilty of driving with one hand on the wheel also changing CD's and swapping radio stations, but I am a confident driver!

Martin have I agree with you what the difference between talking on your mobile or talking to a passenger either way your not concentrating 100%

I am sorry to say but there are many drivers on the roads today who without being on their phones OR changing CD'S are damn right dangerous!!!!!!!!!!!

Weaver · « **Reply #14 on:** 24, June, 2007, 11:49:04 AM »

I have an auto CD changer in my car so don't need to change them!

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And yes there is a difference between talking on the phone and to a passenger. Partly because the passenger can see what is happening and in many cases will therefore know when to shut up. Secondly because when on a mobile people tend to concentrate really hard on the telephone itself - especially as it is often harder to hear what is being said - than they do when it is a person in a car talking. Thirdly - often when people are talking on mobiles in cars the nature of the conversation itself - e.g. work related - requires more concentration than small talk between driver an passenger.

Yes there may be exceptions and yes there are some damm awful drivers out there without using mobiles. But that does not mean that people who are apparently "good" drivers do not become dangerous when using their mobiles.

Spill · « **Reply #15 on:** 24, June, 2007, 12:31:29 PM »

Quote (Weaver @ June 24 2007,11:49)

Partly because the passenger can see what is happening and in many cases will therefore know when to shut up.

Tell that to my mother! ':O'

While driving, if she talks to a passenger (not many people risk her driving) she will turn to face the person while talking! ':O'

The number of times she has crossed the white line while doing this beggars belief.
Whenever I visit her and we have to go somewhere I insist on driving.

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I really don't mind driving a Micra with dents all over it. ':blush'

HellsBells · « **Reply #16 on:** 24, June, 2007, 12:34:51 PM »

Quote (Weaver @ June 24 2007,11:49)

Thirdly - often when people are talking on mobiles in cars the nature of the conversation itself - e.g. work related -

I NEVER talk about work on my mobile, if I am on my mobile its usually sorting out my social life and my next shopping trip

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And I use my passengers as navigators when I am txtin ':p'

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Spill · « **Reply #17 on:** 24, June, 2007, 12:36:30 PM »

Years ago I had one of those 'revenger' noise boxes in my fairing. (You remember - you could pretend you were machine-gunning people that cut you up.)
One of the noises was a strange bleeping sound. I was slowly overtaking a car on the motorway when I saw he had his window open. As we passed, I hit the button - and he answered his phone!

Brightened my day up anyway (I'm easily pleased - ask Helen)

Weaver · « **Reply #18 on:** 24, June, 2007, 12:54:55 PM »

Quote (Spill @ June 24 2007,12:31)

Quote (Weaver @ June 24 2007,11:49)

Partly because the passenger can see what is happening and in many cases will therefore know when to shut up.

Tell that to my mother! ':O'

While driving, if she talks to a passenger (not many people risk her driving) she will turn to face the person while talking! ':O'

Well I did say there were exceptions!

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I wouldn't drive with my grandmother as a front passenger because she waved her hands all over the place and being smacked in the face while driving I found rather a distraction. ':O'

My father got upset when I refused to get in a car if he was driving (when younger he was a very good driver) - in his middle age though he drank too much and apparently he didn't think that driving drunk made his driving any worse! ':crazy'

HellsBells · « **Reply #19 on:** 24, June, 2007, 04:14:14 PM »

Quote (Spill @ June 24 2007,12:31)

she will turn to face the person while talking!

I think most people do this, I know I am guilty of this when talking to passengers in my car, its natural to look at the person your talking too

Weaver · « **Reply #20 on:** 24, June, 2007, 08:49:30 PM »

Quote (HellsBells @ June 24 2007,12:34)

And I use my passengers as navigators when I am txtin ':p'

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The problem I have with texting is that unlike those youngsters who can hold the phone in one hand and text with the same hand - I have to hold it with one hand and type with the other - must be an age thing ':crazy'

- and being not so spritely I have a real problem steering with my knees these days!

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HellsBells · « **Reply #21 on:** 24, June, 2007, 09:01:47 PM »

Quote (Weaver @ June 24 2007,20:49)

and being not so spritely I have a real problem steering with my knees these days!

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I am learning fast Pen

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scorps · « **Reply #22 on:** 24, June, 2007, 09:26:54 PM »

i can drive laying down on me back ask hells and yeti lol

HellsBells · « **Reply #23 on:** 24, June, 2007, 09:28:17 PM »

'> hands free as well

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Weaver · « **Reply #24 on:** 24, June, 2007, 10:10:18 PM »

Quote (HellsBells @ June 24 2007,21:28)

'> hands free as well

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Lying on his back and using his hands for something other than driving? Hmmmmm - the mind boggles!

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