DM reports yet more rubbish ........

dilemna

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ivers.html

Study funded by a mobile phone company?

kelsen

In a driving simulator, 45 participants drove for 30 minutes while talking on the phone.

Fairly conclusive then

notsoblue

"Motorists who talk on the phone or switch radio stations 'could be safer' drivers
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER"

The author has so little pride in what he's written he won't even put his name to it.

This just gives the theory that the Daily Mail is trolling the internet to get ad revenue even more credence.

DonDaddyD

What's a 'motons'?

Monkeypump

DonDaddyD wrote:

What's a 'motons'?

I can only assume it's a term dreamt up by certain cyclists to reinforce the 'them and us' mentality.

Kieran_Burns

DonDaddyD wrote:

What's a 'motons'?

dilemna's embarrassing combination of moron and motorist. :?

I personally find it a ridiculous word to use, but hey: if it keeps him happy.

shm_uk

Personally, I was never convinced that 'performing a secondary task', i.e. using a phone, made drivers more likely to be involved in or cause an accident.

People unwrap & eat sandwiches, peel bananas, fiddle with radio/cd/sat-nav, open bottles of drink, and so on, and so on... all of which (to my mind) require more concentration than talking... but I could be wrong


I have my own theory:

People who crash when they're on the phone are probably the same dimwits who were going to have a crash anyway.


Maybe it's flawed, but it's a theory...



Note to the OP: your thread title over-ran by 50%, it would have been more correct simply to say "DM reports yet more rubbish"

Althogh 'reports' is a massive exaggeration when it comes to the DM.
Google, cut & paste, then pad out is probably more accurate.

Blue Meanie

I like the term 'cyclunts' for rude bicycle users. :oops:

DonDaddyD

Personally, I was never convinced that 'performing a secondary task', i.e. using a phone, made drivers more likely to be involved in or cause an accident.

This thread now has some mileage to it.....

Zachariah

shm_uk wrote:

Personally, I was never convinced that 'performing a secondary task', i.e. using a phone, made drivers more likely to be involved in or cause an accident.

Perhaps a read through these reports will convince you. The evidence is fairly overwhelming that almost anything apart from concentrating on the road will have a deletorious affect on your driving. Contrary to what some people like to think, humans cannot multi-task complex activities very well.

dilemna

Kieran_Burns wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

What's a 'motons'?

dilemna's embarrassing combination of moron and motorist. :?

I personally find it a ridiculous word to use, but hey: if it keeps him happy.

Glad to be able to please even you .

mybreakfastconsisted

Same paper , same day, a teen killed after driving whilst texting has her mangled car displayed at her school as a warning to her classmates.

No link, for the reasons above, The Daily Hate prints a load of old bum gravy, outraged people click on the story and the site becomes the most popular British newspaper website. No, really.

dilemna

shm_uk wrote:

Personally, I was never convinced that 'performing a secondary task', i.e. using a phone, made drivers more likely to be involved in or cause an accident.

People unwrap & eat sandwiches, peel bananas, fiddle with radio/cd/sat-nav, open bottles of drink, and so on, and so on... all of which (to my mind) require more concentration than talking... but I could be wrong


I have my own theory:

People who crash when they're on the phone are probably the same dimwits who were going to have a crash anyway.


Maybe it's flawed, but it's a theory...



Note to the OP: your thread title over-ran by 50%, it would have been more correct simply to say "DM reports yet more rubbish"

Althogh 'reports' is a massive exaggeration when it comes to the DM.
Google, cut & paste, then pad out is probably more accurate.

It has been done.

robz400

I did a study into this once. I drove home chatting on my mobile and had 0 crashes. I think my study holds a similar weight to this one :roll:

Initialised

I'd do the same on my bike so I can be a safer cyclist but when I do I can't change gear or brake and end up drifting into the middle of the road.

mybreakfastconsisted

I ate alphabet spaghetti and 24 hours later wrote a better article than this.

tailwindhome

mybreakfastconsisted wrote:

I ate alphabet spaghetti and 24 hours later wrote a better article than this.

By wrote do you not mean cut and pasted?

W1

TailWindHome wrote:

mybreakfastconsisted wrote:

I ate alphabet spaghetti and 24 hours later wrote a better article than this.

By wrote do you not mean cut and pasted?

You are very naughty.

davmaggs

Does using the phone whilst driving cause or cure cancer?

robz400

Well I didn't get cancer last time i did it so I guess thats proved.

I'll inform the DM at once

DonDaddyD

When driving I find I'm more distracted when listening to some in the car or on loud speaker* than compared to listening to the radio. I suppose it's because I'm concentrating on what is being said with the view of participating, I'm also required to acknowledge that I'm listening when in conversation.

When listening to the radio, I can't explain it but it is a different type of concentration coupled with the fact that I don't have to actively respond. In fact I concentrate on the radio less - it becomes ambient noise that I'm aware of as oppose to the thing I'm primarily listening/concentrating on.

A little like I can watch TV and play my PC at the same time. But I can't play my PC and talk to another person at the same time.

*I simply don't use my mobile when driving, the notion that it doesn't distract or reduce you ability to drive is a stupid one. I find it incredibly hard to drive the car, turn, change gears one handed while holding a phone and having a conversation. For the same reason I don't - try not to - operate the Sat Nav while driving and should I need to operate the radio it usually involves me pressing a preset buttons, which are large and easy to find without looking.

Yes I may hold the steering wheel with one hand but my left hand is always free to carry out its duties and isn't occupied with holding a mobile. More to the point, I'm right handed so holding my phone in my right hand and driving with my left... I couldn't comprehend how that would work. In fact, it would be best not to try. Safer for all.

Mr Sworld

TailWindHome wrote:

mybreakfastconsisted wrote:

I ate alphabet spaghetti and 24 hours later wrote a better article than this.

By wrote do you not mean cut and pasted?

Maybe 'cut and pasta'd'... :oops: