[LINK] Mobile phone use set to be banned in vehicles

David Boxall david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au
Tue Feb 8 09:32:13 AEDT 2011


On 7/02/2011 3:00 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> ...
> I've been reading articles about proposals (yes, proposals only) to
> make texting in the car illegal. I just shake my head and weep. Maybe
> it's an intentional Darwin effect? Who knows.
> ...
Back in the day, I used to spend more than an hour every morning and 
evening, commuting on public transport. In a bus loaded with passengers, 
at about 80 km/h, the driver could be observed holding a mobile on the 
steering wheel as he composed a text message.

The driver wasn't fired.

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