₤ 200.00 fine for applying make-up while driving

[faith 0]

Did anyone ever see that Mr Bean episode (Rowan Atkinson) where he is in his car driving getting dressed, brushing his teeth etc on the way to the dentist I think it was......hillarious.

But to do that for real, put makeup on, pluck eyebrows etc....one deserves to be booked. I used to see the same girl travelling on a country road doing 80mph putting her makeup on in the rear view mirror....used to make me cringe everytime I'd see her.

I loved that episode

Wish I still had it

But I think cell phones should be banned while driving, no bluetooth, not hands free, nothing. To many accidents happen because of the idiots on the cell phones

You may think there is not difference but studies have been done that while talking on the phone the distratction level is over 100% more than talking to someone in the car. If I still have it on my computer at home I will list the reference that states this fact that I used in a paper on just this subject.

what is the difference between having a conversation with someone on a headset and having a conversation with someone sitting next to you? not much if you ask me. I'm more distracted with my hubby and kids in the car talking to me than I am with a convo in my ear. Should we ban passengers as well? *shrugs* just my opinion.

list your study all you want. I'm telling you that for me, for my friends, our kids distract us MUCH more than the phone does..... AND I found a study too:

CHAPEL HILL - Each year, an estimated 284,000 distracted drivers are involved in serious crashes, according to a new study by the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center.

"We found that 15 percent of drivers in the study were not paying attention and just over half of these (8.3 percent) were distracted by something inside or outside the vehicle," said Dr. Jane Stutts, manager of epidemiological studies at the UNC center and author of the study.

When drivers with unknown attention status were removed from the data, the percentage of distracted drivers rose to 12.9 percent.

Stutts will testify about the study, funded by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, at a congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday (May 9). She will testify before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Subcommittee on Highways and Transit at 10 a.m.

The study found that drivers were most often distracted by something outside their vehicle (29.4 percent) followed by adjusting a radio or CD player (11.4 percent). Other distractions included talking with other occupants (10.9 percent), adjusting vehicle or climate controls (2.8 percent), eating or drinking (1.7 percent), cell-phone use (1.5 percent) and smoking (0.9 percent).

"Different age groups appear to be distracted by different things," Stutts said.

Drivers under age 20 were especially likely to be distracted by tuning the radio or changing CDs, while young adults (ages 20-29) seemed to be more distracted by other passengers. Drivers over age 65 were more distracted by objects or events happening outside the vehicle.

Most of the distracted drivers were male (63 percent), in part because as a group, males drive more than females and are more likely to be involved in serious crashes.

Researchers used the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Crashworthiness Data System for the study. The CDS examines a sample of approximately 5,000 crashes a year in which at least one vehicle was damaged enough to require towing. Federal investigators collect detailed information about each crash, including examination of the vehicle and crash scene and interviews with drivers and witnesses. The UNC center's study used data from 1995 through 1999 and included 32,303 vehicles.

The UNC Highway Safety Research Center conducts interdisciplinary research aimed at reducing deaths, injuries and related societal costs of roadway crashes in North Carolina and the nation. The center's research addresses crashes involving motor vehicles, bicyclists and pedestrians and takes into account the various human, vehicular, roadway and environmental components of these risks.

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is an independent, publicly funded charitable research and educational organization founded by the American Automobile Association in 1947. The AAA Foundation's mission is to prevent traffic deaths and injuries by conducting research into their causes and by educating the public about strategies to prevent crashes.

Edited March 9, 2006 by faith

[eau_xplain 2]

I try not to take a call on my cellphone while I'm driving and when I have to I make sure I get off it when I'm driving in an area that needs my total concentration (like construction areas, interstates, busy city roads).

As to passengers, they can be very distracting indeed! In fact, last week I had to tell my "boys" (hubby and my son) to cool it as their playful arguing was causing too much distraction.

[Sister Fracas 5]

I lived in a small town once and there was a accident where I guy ran into a telegraph pole. His g/f had been giving him *cough* and he apparently lost control right at the critical moment. He went off with a bang alright. Luckily there was no innocent people involved.

were you hurt lorelle?

i know an azz whoopin' coming

come on....down with em

The thing is Bro Dean enjoys these azz whoopins, so I'd WITH HOLD in these situations...

Edited March 9, 2006 by Frances

[almaty 19]

sister fraces..of course i don't enjoy them