"Drivers caught on mobiles to face €1,000 fine"

MarkAnthony

expectationlost wrote: »

"a data input exercise" so don't be inputting new address into your satnav while driving?

Exactly, perfectly reasonable.

TBH forget fines, bans etc. anyone caught on a mobile should have the car impounded and only get it back once a handsfree is fitted to the car.

Comhrá

"a data input exercise" so don't be inputting new address into your satnav while driving?

About two months ago I was driving on the motorway outside Limerick. I had a satnav mounted on the windscreen and I was fiddling with it for a moment, and when I re-focused on the road (driving at around 70kph) I found I had drifted in on the hard shoulder and I was about 50 meters from ploughing into a parked car.

I instinctively yanked the steering wheel hard right, duly lost control of my car and went into a series of corrective and counter-corrective violent swerves, taking the full width of both lanes before regaining control - all thanks to the traction control and whatever other technology my car (Audi A3 Saloon) could muster.

The guy in the parked car was parked and on his phone - that was the last thing I remember seeing before having my adventure - but I wondered if he saw how close he came to possible death :eek:

I learned a very valuable lesson that day...LEAVE THE DAMN SAT NAV ALONE WHILE DRIVING!!! And the same this applies to the phone. I was so lucky to escape without injury death or even damage to either cars.

Lesson learned.

dr.fuzzenstein

+1
But the other guy did not learn his lesson:
Don't park on the hard shoulder to taken phone calls!!!!!
There should be a thousand euro fine for that too.

rameire

this shiite, are people idiots.

the guy is doing 70.
holding a phone taking a photo of a sandwich he is holding in his other hand.

Pataman

MarkAnthony wrote: »

Exactly, perfectly reasonable.

TBH forget fines, bans etc. anyone caught on a mobile should have the car impounded and only get it back once a handsfree is fitted to the car.

There wouldnt be a car on the road!

NIMAN

If ever there was a gadget to help you break the law, and possibly kill yourself and others, it's gotta be this.

http://www.gumtree.com/p/in-car-audio-gps/silcone-car-steering-wheel-support-mount-holder-stand-for-all-phone/1115106462

Cathalog

NIMAN wrote: »

If ever there was a gadget to help you break the law, and possibly kill yourself and others, it's gotta be this.

http://www.gumtree.com/p/in-car-audio-gps/silcone-car-steering-wheel-support-mount-holder-stand-for-all-phone/1115106462

That's just taking the piss. That product actually angers me..

CramCycle

NIMAN wrote: »

If ever there was a gadget to help you break the law, and possibly kill yourself and others, it's gotta be this.

http://www.gumtree.com/p/in-car-audio-gps/silcone-car-steering-wheel-support-mount-holder-stand-for-all-phone/1115106462

Most people using phones on the N11 in the morning just jam there phones into the space without the holder. i usually can catch the news headlines as I filter past :rolleyes:

expectationlost

and the texting while driving part has dropped from the Road Traffic Bill 2016 as they try to rush it through http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/wider-penalties-for-phone-use-when-driving-dropped-1.2500061

Special Circumstances

expectationlost wrote: »

and the texting while driving part has dropped from the Road Traffic Bill 2016 as they try to rush it through http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/wider-penalties-for-phone-use-when-driving-dropped-1.2500061

"unworkable legislation"

oh well I'm sure Leo will make a better job of the minimum pricing for alcohol that was shot down in Scotland already...

dr.fuzzenstein

expectationlost wrote: »

and the texting while driving part has dropped from the Road Traffic Bill 2016 as they try to rush it through http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/wider-penalties-for-phone-use-when-driving-dropped-1.2500061

Of course. The OP is from April 2014, we can't possibly expect the government to write a bit of legislation in such an insanely short space of time :rolleyes:

I bet if they hired someone from the private sector, they could have something watertight written up in 2 weeks.

CramCycle

The AGS seem to have made it quite clear what the issues are and what needs to be changed to make it workable, have let them know ages ago, but for some reason it wasn't moved in, FFS.

There was a solicitor on Newstalk this morning detailing the main issues. Seemed simple enough.