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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (25059)11/6/2002 12:17:28 PM
From: Steve Lee  Read Replies (2) of 74559
 
People in the UK have been getting fined and receiving penalty points (you can only do this a few times and keep the licence) for using mobile phones in the car since at least five years ago.

And it has done almost nothing for the take up of hands free kits. In fact, I reckon that out of the minority that have hands free kits, most of them still put the phone to their ear because that's the natural and convenient thing to do.

If you crash your car while on the phone, IMO it's a reflection of the individual rather than a reflection of the fact that a phone was being used. Some people are just bad drivers. If they weren't on the phone, they would be lighting a cigarette, eating a sandwich, picking their nose, scratching their crotch etc and still crash.

By arresting and penalising those who the police see using a mobile phone but haven't actually crashed they are getting the wrong set of people entirely.

Moving onto the point about radar braking systems fitted to cars, this just moves up the danger threshold that people are willing to drive at. I drive a 2 tonne car with a massive crumple zone, automatic popup rollover bar and four airbags. I have an idea of the speed at which I can stop and at which I can smack it into things and walk away, and I drive accordingly. If i had a plastic car with no ABS, narrow bald tyres and soft uneven suspension then I would drive a lot slower. Thus, apart from the risk of losing when being smacked into by someone with a safer car, I would be just as safe with the less safe car.
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