Thread: OOPS Who got pinged using phone driving RRC ?

There used to be a large, illuminated sign that spanned the four lanes of the Pacific Highway, on the Gold Coast. Half a dozen various advertisements were scrolled through for about thirty seconds each.
One of the ads read "Don't drive distracted", or words to that effect.
The sign was a major distraction.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

There used to be a large, illuminated sign that spanned the four lanes of the Pacific Highway, on the Gold Coast. Half a dozen various advertisements were scrolled through for about thirty seconds each.
One of the ads read "Don't drive distracted", or words to that effect.
The sign was a major distraction.

Same here on the Tulla freeway. "Distractions lead to disaster". Genius.

They allow advertising beside and above the freeways/major roads here in WA as the sites they're at have all been carefully assessed as safe and will not distract drivers! Make any sense out of that if you can, as that's the very reason they use electronic adverts to get people to look at them.
But it's revenue for the Gov and that's all they care about.
Road safety here is just something they spout about to justify yet more money spent on cameras to mostly minor speeding offenders.
AlanH.

Originally Posted by ATH

They allow advertising beside and above the freeways/major roads here in WA as the sites they're at have all been carefully assessed as safe and will not distract drivers! Make any sense out of that if you can, as that's the very reason they use electronic adverts to get people to look at them.
But it's revenue for the Gov and that's all they care about.
Road safety here is just something they spout about to justify yet more money spent on cameras to mostly minor speeding offenders.
AlanH.

I'm long past believing that Governments of any stripe do anything with my wellbeing in mind.

There are now new rules for what can and cant be used while driving, confusing as hell so more Gov revenue collecting.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

There are now new rules for what can and cant be used while driving, confusing as hell so more Gov revenue collecting.

All I can say to that is that it's no wonder people simply ignore them.

Unless the Police interrogate mobile phones of drivers involved in accidents to see if phone use was a mitigating factor then it's all hypocrisy. I'd like to see the stats on phone use vs accident correlation.

The one & only time I was distracted by a phone call whilst driving I looked up to see I almost rear ended the car in front of me. Now it's always on Airplane mode when I drive.

There are stats about but research or survey results vs actual forensic results are not exactly the same.

Originally Posted by goingbush

The one & only time I was distracted by a phone call whilst driving I looked up to see I almost rear ended the car in front of me. Now it's always on Airplane mode when I drive.

I may be wrong but that suggests to me that you weren't distracted by the phone call but by the phone itself. A phone call is merely a conversation, but a phone has a large screen to engage with.

Originally Posted by goingbush

There are stats about but research or survey results vs actual forensic results are not exactly the same.

Yes, the trouble with stats is they are usually slanted towards a predetermined outcome.