Our Coming Cellular Laws in Sask.
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I still see 8 tracks showing up at garage sales - it's a blast trying to explain them to my grandsons (8, 10, 12 years old).
Somehow, it's hard to convey to them that these used to be COOL.
Especially if you had Fleetwood Mac's Rumors 8 track ... (which I never had, because I was a geek and never hit cool)Dunt Dunt Dunt and acovey like this.11-03-16 01:20 PMLike 2 - Well, at least you were a KID when 8 tracks were popular: I was a teenager!
I still see 8 tracks showing up at garage sales - it's a blast trying to explain them to my grandsons (8, 10, 12 years old).
Somehow, it's hard to convey to them that these used to be COOL.
Especially if you had Fleetwood Mac's Rumors 8 track ... (which I never had, because I was a geek and never hit cool)11-03-16 01:37 PMLike 0 - What gets my goat is people are OK with having people lose their license for a year if caught driving impaired and getting a federal charge on their record. Now that distracted driving kills more people then drunk driving they are all up in arms about the penalties.
Maybe if people who cause an accident or are seen not having proper control of a vehicle should be treated the same. If your fiddling with stuff on your dash or in your lap and are not handling your vehicle properly you should be dealt with the same way. Impaired by a drug or your own stupidity should be dealt with the same way.
Posted via CB10BigAl_BB9900 likes this.11-03-16 01:49 PMLike 1 - What gets my goat is people are OK with having people lose their license for a year if caught driving impaired and getting a federal charge on their record. Now that distracted driving kills more people then drunk driving they are all up in arms about the penalties.
Maybe if people who cause an accident or are seen not having proper control of a vehicle should be treated the same. If your fiddling with stuff on your dash or in your lap and are not handling your vehicle properly you should be dealt with the same way. Impaired by a drug or your own stupidity should be dealt with the same way.
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It will likely be similar with this - many people, especially the young'uns who have their entire lives revolving around their phones just don't realize how dangerous they are.
Plus which, many of these people we're dealing with are addictive people who have a tendency to not accept responsibility for their own actions.BigAl_BB9900 likes this.11-03-16 02:20 PMLike 1 - What gets my goat is people are OK with having people lose their license for a year if caught driving impaired and getting a federal charge on their record. Now that distracted driving kills more people then drunk driving they are all up in arms about the penalties.
Maybe if people who cause an accident or are seen not having proper control of a vehicle should be treated the same. If your fiddling with stuff on your dash or in your lap and are not handling your vehicle properly you should be dealt with the same way. Impaired by a drug or your own stupidity should be dealt with the same way.
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I think the most extreme case is a co-worker whose 18 month old daughter potty trained herself by finding potty-training videos on YouTube!
I kid you not, the kid found the videos herself!acovey likes this.11-03-16 02:22 PMLike 1 - With the computerisation of new cars it's very hard to get away with not having move from screen to screen on your dashboard to turn the heat up or down. There is no easy answer about what people do or want to do while driving their vehicles from clipping their toe nails to reading the news paper, having a cell phone just complicate things. Most people think that they can mulitetask the truth is they can't study after study has proven this.
Posted via CB1011-03-16 02:24 PMLike 0 - With the computerisation of new cars it's very hard to get away with not having move from screen to screen on your dashboard to turn the heat up or down. There is no easy answer about what people do or want to do while driving their vehicles from clipping their toe nails to reading the news paper, having a cell phone just complicate things. Most people think that they can mulitetask the truth is they can't study after study has proven this.
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We bought a slightly fancier '13 with the dual zone climate control and your observation is SPOT ON. We often have to take our eyes off of the road because turning the fan up/down is only 1/2 an inch away from the temperature control - we still miss the old controls.11-03-16 05:02 PMLike 0 -
I hope that in the near future, distracted driving because of using a mobile phone, will become as socially unacceptable as driving whilst intoxicated.
Two interesting recent articles in the UK:
Thousands caught driving distracted twice over four years - Thousands caught driving distracted twice over four years - BBC News
Lorry driver Tomasz Kroker jailed over four-death crash - Lorry driver Tomasz Kroker jailed over four-death crash - BBC NewsTgeekB likes this.11-03-16 07:00 PMLike 1 - What gets my goat is people are OK with having people lose their license for a year if caught driving impaired and getting a federal charge on their record. Now that distracted driving kills more people then drunk driving they are all up in arms about the penalties.
Maybe if people who cause an accident or are seen not having proper control of a vehicle should be treated the same. If your fiddling with stuff on your dash or in your lap and are not handling your vehicle properly you should be dealt with the same way. Impaired by a drug or your own stupidity should be dealt with the same way.
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The problem is why single out cellular use? EVERYTHING can be deemed a distraction. A blonde walking on the sidewalk in a mini skirt, those new LED billboards that are blinding at nighttime and have basically an action movie on them, someone honking their horn and you look around to see who is doing it, police or ambulance sirens.......see my point? We may as well just stay home if we do not know our own limitations or our own personal skills during driving, etc.
It is simply not fair to punish everyone for the stupidity of those that break the law. I see no difference between turning a radio knob or pressing the home button on my iPhone to answer a call if my phone is security mounted on my dash., and I can do it by feel, I do not have to take my eyes off the road. The real question is what will happen with Bluetooth now. EVERYTHING Is and can be labelled a distraction.
I will obey any new law that comes on January 1. Hopefully it will be reasonable.11-03-16 08:52 PMLike 0 - What gets my goat is people are OK with having people lose their license for a year if caught driving impaired and getting a federal charge on their record. Now that distracted driving kills more people then drunk driving they are all up in arms about the penalties.
Maybe if people who cause an accident or are seen not having proper control of a vehicle should be treated the same. If your fiddling with stuff on your dash or in your lap and are not handling your vehicle properly you should be dealt with the same way. Impaired by a drug or your own stupidity should be dealt with the same way.
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A car is a two ton weapon. You shouldn't be able to have a weapon in a public place unless you are completely focussed on the use and control of that weapon - you can't be completely focussed if you are distracted by something else and/or not sober....
I have mobility issues (walking sticks user - hobble at a slow pace and am unable to leap out of the way of danger) and I drive a lot all over the UK - unfortunately this means that I am affected by a lot of distracted driving... motorway drivers with erratic speed and lane-changing (like last night) is a dead giveaway for mobile phone usage... nearly getting run over whilst trying to cross the main road opposite my home is often caused by drivers texting at the wheel (this happens every week - for some reason young women are the most common offenders for doing this).11-04-16 02:49 AMLike 0 - Yep.
A car is a two ton weapon. You shouldn't be able to have a weapon in a public place unless you are completely focussed on the use and control of that weapon - you can't be completely focussed if you are distracted by something else and/or not sober....
I have mobility issues (walking sticks user - hobble at a slow pace and am unable to leap out of the way of danger) and I drive a lot all over the UK - unfortunately this means that I am affected by a lot of distracted driving... motorway drivers with erratic speed and lane-changing (like last night) is a dead giveaway for mobile phone usage... nearly getting run over whilst trying to cross the main road opposite my home is often caused by drivers texting at the wheel (this happens every week - for some reason young women are the most common offenders for doing this).
Like any law, they are meant to be broken by people who THINK they will never be caught, and many never are.
We also got some new redlight camera lights in my city. "Safety" was the way they sold it to the public but everyone knows it was all to make revenue for the city. I read there were 4 states in the US that tried these lights and one state supposedly put back normal street lights. The reason: People were white-knuckle driving approaching these lights for fear of getting a fine that they would SLAM on the brakes if the light was yellow and causing the drivers behind them to rear-end collide into them.
"The 99's charms will tug at your heart. Nothing else ever approached such exquisite perfection"-idssteveacovey likes this.11-04-16 03:09 AMLike 1 - I have blue tooth in my car but rarely use it, simply because I find myself being distracted by the conversation mostly business talk, and the need to take notes. Most times I let it go to VM then pull over. I have a colleague whose friend was on blue tooth because she was so engaged in the conversation rear ended another car at a intersection, no serious injury except to pride!!!!
Posted via CB10BigAl_BB9900 and berrydroid like this.11-04-16 10:22 AMLike 2 - did I read that right???? No Bluetooth use in Saskatchewan???In Ontario, I've seen sign saying it's illegal to dial....What about changing radio station or heat while driving.....What about cops looking at their mounted computer while driving; is it ban to them?
May as well shut down the automobile industry and go back to horses and buggy
Stupid....Last edited by Alain_A; 11-04-16 at 12:00 PM.
anon(9721108) likes this.11-04-16 11:47 AMLike 1 -
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Forget Bluetooth, ever see 2 people in a car talking, I'm going to single out the female persuasion here, but they use their hands and gestures when they talk. I have seen people use both hands to gesture in the air, never mind not watching my car in front of them.
I think there can be worse things than cellular.Last edited by Ralph Morgotch; 11-04-16 at 12:21 PM.
11-04-16 12:03 PMLike 0 - did I read that right???? No Bluetooth use in Saskatchewan???In Ontario, I've seen sign saying it's illegal to dial....What about changing radio station or heat while driving.....What about cops looking at their mounted computer while driving; is it ban to them?
May as well shut down the automobile industry and go back to horses and buggy
Stupid....11-04-16 12:06 PMLike 0 -
- did I read that right???? No Bluetooth use in Saskatchewan???In Ontario, I've seen sign saying it's illegal to dial....What about changing radio station or heat while driving.....What about cops looking at their mounted computer while driving; is it ban to them?
May as well shut down the automobile industry and go back to horses and buggy
Stupid....
But if I can't at least dash mount then I believe the law goes too far.11-04-16 12:07 PMLike 0 -
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