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| Thread ID: 104564 | 2009-11-01 02:33:00 | Can i even Touch my phone? | lance4k (4644) | PC World Chat |
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| 826019 | 2009-11-01 05:36:00 | Haha, very true - one of the many reasons I don't live in Auckland! Another is that the IT sector in Welly is the best-paying in the country!!? :D |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 826020 | 2009-11-01 06:52:00 | Another is that the IT sector in Welly is the best-paying in the country!!? :D So it should be - just consider the environment (If you have a strong stomach). ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 826021 | 2009-11-01 22:12:00 | So if i want to get my cellphone out of the glovebox and put it in my pocket when i'm driving, would this be legal? I can't understand why people have to use their cellphones while driving. It should be if you get caught using your cellphone you loose your licence on the spot, no mucking around. |
convair (13650) | ||
| 826022 | 2009-11-02 00:05:00 | I can't understand why people have to use their cellphones while driving. Clearly you don't have to drive anywhere as part of your job. Many people do, and need to be contactable while they're on the move. It should be if you get caught using your cellphone you loose your licence on the spot, no mucking around.Why? There are plenty of far more dangerous offenses with a lower penalty - so the penalties for cellphone use have to be consistent with the rest of the system. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 826023 | 2009-11-02 00:17:00 | Drink driving being the main one .... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 826024 | 2009-11-02 00:23:00 | Why? There are plenty of far more dangerous offenses with a lower penalty - so the penalties for cellphone use have to be consistent with the rest of the system. Thats true Erayd. |
convair (13650) | ||
| 826025 | 2009-11-02 00:24:00 | Clearly you don't have to drive anywhere as part of your job. Many people do, and need to be contactable while they're on the move. I think the 1% of cell phone users you are referring to need to get a reality check. If a client or your boss needs to leave a message and you phone them back in half an hour, its really not the end of the world. There was life before cell phones!! |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 826026 | 2009-11-02 00:27:00 | Yer it was called smoke signals / morse code / sign language :p | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 826027 | 2009-11-02 00:27:00 | I think the 1% of cell phone users you are referring to need to get a reality check. If a client or your boss needs to leave a message and you phone them back in half an hour, its really not the end of the world. There was life before cell phones!! 1% might be a bit low there...I know I'm going to have to sort out decent cellphone solutions in 4 cars that I drive at various times - the world we live in now demands people be immediately contactable. When you're out on the road, time can be money, and you need to be able to answer business related phone calls. I found this excerpt from the Herald explains it very well. You can not answer or make phone calls with a handheld phone while driving. Creating, sending or reading texts, email messages or video messages, while driving, is banned. Making genuine emergency 111 calls is permitted. This includes *555 calls used to report dangerous driving. Making or receiving calls if the phone is "secured in a mounting fixed to the vehicle" is allowed. This typically means a cradle, or fully integrated systems. But the driver can only manipulate a securely mounted phone "infrequently and briefly". Earphones, headsets and mouthpieces attached to phones can be used, provided the driver does not hold or manipulate the phone. You can use music functions, provided the device is mounted. Using a phone if stuck in traffic because the road is blocked by an accident or other cause is permitted. This does not apply when drivers are "stationary in the normal flow of traffic, such as approaching intersections, traffic lights or roadworks". Using a phone while on a bike or motorbike is not allowed. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 826028 | 2009-11-02 01:59:00 | I think the 1% of cell phone users you are referring to need to get a reality check. If a client or your boss needs to leave a message and you phone them back in half an hour, its really not the end of the world. There was life before cell phones!! Um no, if something has to be communicated to someone immediately, then it has to be done. Where I work, we have a fleet of trucks on the road practically 24/7 and if a client needs information or there's a traffic jam somewhere, that needs to be known by the driver immediately. There was a life before cell phones and that life has changed just like cell phones and the rules surrounding their usage has. |
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