Swanny, I didn't say it was - read my post again.
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Swanny, I didn't say it was - read my post again.
No worries Ken I understood what you wrote, I was just saying hands free must be safer than holding a phone.
Those bluetooth things must be cheap by now, I don't understand why people don't use them, well apart from looking like a twat :)
I think mine cost a tenner and does the job. Hardly ever use it.
In fairness to you Swanny, looking at my earlier post again, perhaps I could have made the point I was making a bit clearer. I think the main focus is on the act of holding a phone whilst driving, which deflects attention from the greater distraction of engaging in conversation.
Holding a hand-held not in use = medium risk
Conversing on a hands-free = High risk
Holding and conversing on a hand-held = Very high risk (obviously the level of risk increases as the driver has only one hand on the wheel)
Don’t know whether this makes any sense?
Interestingly, I was reading through a lot of research on this and apparently, the human brain needs to reach a higher level of concentration to speak than to listen.
Does this mean that you are less likely to be involved in an accident when the wife calls you on the hands-free set? :P :D ;)
It hurts my brain listening to my GF, she doesn't seem to have to concentrate at all whilst talking :-XQuote:
Originally Posted by monday21
It hurts my brain listening to my GF, she doesn't seem to have to concentrate at all whilst talking :-XQuote:
Originally Posted by Swanny
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Ask Kev to teach you the 'selective hearing' procedure.....he seems to have that off to a fine art hehe ;D ;D ;D
Something I have been arguing for ages.
More and more studies are coming to the same conclusion – hands-free is just as much of a distraction as hands–held mobile phones. By no means conclusive evidence, interesting none-the-less - Very recent Which? Report:
To find out how different types of phone use can affect concentration, we sent three researchers to a research centre in Berkshire, where simulators gauged their driving ability and reaction times in various states of distraction. They drove while sober (as a control), and while at the legal alcohol limit. On a separate day they drove while using their phone to chat and text.
For all three researchers, the average time taken to react to hazards when sober and not distracted was just over a second. After drinking, their reaction time rose to 1.2 seconds, and it was fractionally higher still when speaking sober on a hands-free kit or handheld mobile phone. So even though it’s legal to use a hands-free kit while driving, our researchers found it just as distracting as using a handheld mobile.
Today I saw the recycle truck driver using his mobile - with all the activity and potential hazards going on behind his vehicle during rush-hour, how dangerous is that?
What about talking to a passenger?
I see people using their hands and looking at the person in the seat next to them.
How far will the laws go to stop people being distracted??
Wonder what the reaction time of a mother with a car load of kids on the school run or crying baby would be...
i see it day in day out in my job, stupid parking, ridiculous driving, and people using mobile phones...... they dont even have 10% concentration on what there doing...... and i would go as far to say its mainly truck drivers that i see doing it ! yes i appreciate there probably lost and trying to find the place they need, but why not stop and do it?