CY 187 761 Mazda Double Cab

[Guest Smimby]

My menses, and subsequent moodiness, are brought on prematurely when I'm confronted by such warm and fuzzy, self-righteous smugness.

 

But for sure dude, in laid-back Cape Town, it must be normal for people to apologise profusely and give grovelling assurances that they will never do it again when someone shoves their head through the car window to tell them to get off the phone. 

Yoh....you really assume some radical stuff there...but anyway

[Guest Smimby]

Ha Ha, to those pointing fingers I can with all certainty say the last time I spoke on the phone while driving was when the nokia bricks were still around!! These days if a buy a vehicle I will only take delivery if a blue tooth system is installed.

 

If not, I'm in for a flaming from the hub guys

Same here, we got a car that did not have BT but had the phone holder....I searched hi and low to find a very nice product that could do BT for me using the old style phone holder....

 

Look up Viseoo if anyone else has the same issue we had. Fantastic product.

[SAGecko]

I am NOT advocating breaking the law here.

 

I AM saying that you shouldn't be surprised by the reaction you get when you admonish someone for an apparently minor infraction. Don't be so friggin Holier-Than-Thou.

 

This is NOT the same as someone driving recklessly while yammering on the cellphone. In this instance the guy was stationary, not basting down the highway cutting people off.

 

My reaction to the OP was in regard to this specific instance.

[Grebel]

A slogan to live by:

 

"Not my circus, not my monkeys."

 

It applies to every conceivable situation that you may find yourself in where someone else pushes your buttons.

 

Alternatively, as a good friend of mine told me, "Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things"

 

Some things are outside of your control. Leave them be....

[Squier]

Is it that time of the month for you? You seem to have so much aggression. Are you on holiday in our Cape Town? Did you borrow your mates bakkie this am? Is it a Mazda??

"our Cape Town"??? Cape Town belongs to one man and one man only... Helen Zille!

[Grebel]

It boils down to a lack of respect at the end of the day. Respect for the rules of the road, the laws that govern this country, your fellow road users etc. People just don't give a damn. I try and follow the rules as best as I can. HOPEFULLY someone will see me doing this and follow suit.

 

For one day of your life, obey every road rule. Stick to the speed limit, don't cross a solid white line, come to a complete stop at a stop street. You'll be surprised how few people there are that are law abiding citizens...

[SAGecko]

You have it.... The good old South African attitude of "well if everyone else does it why shouldn't I". Why don't you change that to... For just one day I will try and obey the law. Not half of it but all of it. You never know it may be good for you and everyone around you.

 

*Sigh* I do not break the law copperhead. I have a Parrot BT system in my car. I do not hold my phone to my ear when I drive.

 

But I would vehemently object if someone had smugly and self-righteously told me to get off the phone if I was one of the protagonists in this scenario.

 

I might also have told him to F@ck-off...... And, if I wasn't a cyclist, the altercation may have left me thinking that cyclist were indeed lycra-clad ar$eholes.

[Hackster]

There's solid research out there that shows that talking on a hands-free while driving is as close to dammit as dangerous as talking on the phone itself.

 

I know that the one is against the law and the other isn't, but if you know that the 'legal' one is just as dangerous, would you continue to do it?

[Skubarra]

I am NOT advocating breaking the law here.

 

I AM saying that you shouldn't be surprised by the reaction you get when you admonish someone for an apparently minor infraction. Don't be so friggin Holier-Than-Thou.

 

This is NOT the same as someone driving recklessly while yammering on the cellphone. In this instance the guy was stationary, not basting down the highway cutting people off.

 

My reaction to the OP was in regard to this specific instance.

 

No SAGecko, he was breaking the law. If the light turned green was he going to stop mid-sentence and put his phone down OR hold up everyone behind him until his call is finished? No, he was going to continue driving half-distracted, struggling to change gears & keep control of his car while holding a phone in one hand and thus presenting a danger to people around him.

 

Like others pointed out, there are things like hands free sets & bluetooth available in Cape Town which is commonly used, so hubbers are not holier-than-thou when pointing out he is wrong.

[Guest Smimby]

*Sigh* I do not break the law copperhead. I have a Parrot BT system in my car. I do not hold my phone to my ear when I drive.

 

But I would vehemently object if someone had smugly and self-righteously told me to get off the phone if I was one of the protagonists in this scenario.

 

 

So you saying we should do nothing? 

 

When we see a murder, kidnapping, littering, assault....just keep your head in the sand and carry on?

 

How will we then every improve this country?

[urbanroyal]

Smimby. ...I salute you dude ...you did the right thing. ....tomorrow that dude knocks one of us whilst on the phone ...then we want to we want to hang him....you probably save someone's life ..????

[Guest Smimby]

There's solid research out there that shows that talking on a hands-free while driving is as close to dammit as dangerous as talking on the phone itself.

 

I know that the one is against the law and the other isn't, but if you know that the 'legal' one is just as dangerous, would you continue to do it?

I did not know that.....can you post some links?

[Slowone]

Yoh! and it's not even Friday yet.... I'm sure this topic could've have waited a few more hours... 

Warm up for the weekend  .... so you know how much popcorn to get .......

[urbanroyal]

There's solid research out there that shows that talking on a hands-free while driving is as close to dammit as dangerous as talking on the phone itself.

 

I know that the one is against the law and the other isn't, but if you know that the 'legal' one is just as dangerous, would you continue to do it?

No research done my side...but I think it's when you take your eyes off the road to text or dial ...that's when you veer across the road and cause an accident...not so much the talking...only my layman's opinion...????

[SAGecko]

So you saying we should do nothing? 

 

When we see a murder, kidnapping, littering, assault....just keep your head in the sand and carry on?

 

How will we then every improve this country?

 

Are you mad!!!!!

 

Are you seriously equating talking on your cellphone while stationary, with murder, kidnapping and assault?????

 

I see now why you intervened in the first place. You live in this hazy-crazy twilight world where littering is the same as stabbing someone in the face.

 

What kind of imbecilic world do you live in?

[Guest Smimby]

Are you mad!!!!!

 

Are you seriously equating talking on your cellphone while stationary, with murder, kidnapping and assault?????

 

I see now why you intervened in the first place. You live in this hazy-crazy twilight world where littering is the same as stabbing someone in the face.

 

What kind of imbecilic world do you live in?

 

Like it was said before, he was NOT going to put his phone down when he started driving....

 

NO I am not saying those things are the same....I am asking if you will not do anything when someone drive while talking on their cell?

 

Only when they kill someone is it a problem?

 

Those tings are ALL against the law, but you say that YOU have decided that ONLY some need action?