Only when overtaking.

Disgraceful behaviour.

Posted from my Iphone on the M50

Garda “clamp downs” are laughable. All it says is we cant be bothered to enforce the law the rest of the time.

theres an awful amount of distractions out there, i dont know why they stop at phones? they might as well ban car radios while theyre at it as well. road signs and advertisements too, and those election posters with the ugly politicians on them, theyre awful distracting. and stop those distracting pedestrians from walking around the place, they cause the most crashes… especially good looking ones. just ban everything

I find it laughable that the Gardai themselves are exempt from the mobile phone while driving laws as they need it in the course of their duty. Who doesn’t?

Soon after this law was introduced, we were driving in Achill and a garda came along in his wee car, holding his mobile to his ear. He lift his other hand (the only remaining one on the steering wheel!) and waved at us, gave us a big smile and tootled on past us on the windey narrow road. We were speechless. Untill we burst out laughing and thought “typical Ireland” – but seriously, don’t know whether to laugh or cry really.

How about this? Would it be ok with the guards if I did this? http://urlybits.com/2011/04/entertaining-yourself-during-rush-hour-in-auckland/

What about drinking a hot cup of coffee, opening a cold bottle of water, avoiding huge holes on the road.

I surf the Internet more than I text or make phone calls. Add looking for a new song in my iPhone list to play next a second biggest offender.

Speed won’t kill me anytime soon. Sending an email might though.

More nonsense from the Road Safety mafia and their drones in the Gardai.

My prediction is that just as soon as all cars have an interface that is fully compatible with any mobile device meaning no motorist need ever pick up the handset at all, there will be a Video Media (TV) licence needed to carry such a device or a fine introduced for even taking a call handfree as all calls will be in a video format. This would guarantee the revenue otherwise generated through fines collected through the policing of holding a handset while driving for ‘safety reasons’.

Speaking of Gardai doing things Joe Public is prohibited from doing in their cars – whatever came of that big smash in Cork involving two Garda cars? Hmmm? What went on there?

@ Brian Doherty

Sorry but statistics tell us if we are to beleive the RSA that its the action of engaging in a conversation with someone that is not in the car with us i.e. Phone Call that causing the distraction, not actually holding a mobile phone to the head. If holding a phone to your ear is a distraction while driving you shouldn’t be driving.

With the statistic that are given then Car Kits are just as dangarous as holding a phone in to your ear.

When there are so many egotistical morons still doing this, it’s no wonder, not only that there are as many deaths on the road as there are, but that the country is in the state that it’s in.

There isn’t a single person in the whole world who is so important that they have to be available every minute of the day. Not one. Even if China bombs New York, Barack Obama can still finish his lunch before returning a call to Sarkozy or Cameron or whoever.

And yet there are still thousands of you out there who still think that you are so important that you have to be able to answer your mobile for the hour or half hour that you’re driving.

Have you trained your staff or raised your children to be as stupid as yourselves, that they can’t survive that long without you?

And you all get votes.

Here’s the bottom line: you’re not that important. Turn your phone off when you start driving.

just turn off your phone at the start of your journey and turn back on at the end.you get use to doing this that it becomes a habit

I’m sorry Ciaran, but I am more important to you. And if I want to use my phone then I will. No one will tell me what to do.

I have had 2 collisions in the past 1 fairly serious while rummaging for a ringing mobile when iI go back on the road one of the 1st things I will do is silence my mobile or install hands free it is rarely fatal but can be a distraction !! even though similar to a unruly gang of passengers

Are you saying that you have full and proper control of the car with one hand on the steering wheel?

It is the responsibility of drivers to make sure they are in control of their vehicle so as not to cause harm to fellow vehicles or pedestrians. No matter how adept you are at using your mobile it will detract from the attention you are paying to your driving. People may feel they can remain in control of their driving while using a mobile. However, if an accident occurs while using a mobile full blame must be assumed by the driver.

I know we all use our phones a lot of the time, the answer is simple- get a car kit. I ve been using one for 10 years or so and I honestly don’t know how I managed without it. bottom line holding phone to ur ear is distracting. using car kit is less so