Your car is not a phone booth - Fact or Fiction?
11 Oct 2012|13,703 views
Your car is not a phone booth - Fact or Fiction?
How many times have you, frustratingly, overtook the ridiculously slow driver in front of you just to realise it's because he's meddling with his phone (texting or busy checking the 4D, we can never tell)?
Despite strict laws against using the mobile phone while driving, drivers are still frequently doing it. Not to say that they'll cause an accident every time they pick up the phone but the laws were put in place for a bloody valid reason. Most of us are good drivers, I'm sure, but all it takes is that split second before you find yourself in a sticky situation with the police or fellow road user.
To put things into simpler perspective - is getting 12 demerit points and your mobile phone confiscated not significantly serious enough? Not unless you are soaked well in richness or looming towards a kind of phantom love-happiness, there is a possibility you will end up in the crud-pot of defeat - let's just call in bad luck or error. I am not exactly what you'd call a word man. I do supposed, though, as I'm one who keeps making adjustments to articles. But even that isn't called, in my very own definition, wisdom. It is possible for a man to live three quarters of his life in constant error. You've seen the face and I've seen my own.
Perhaps that's also the reason why carmakers have incorporated Bluetooth function in cars so drivers won't have to fumble with the earpiece when there's a phone call or risk causing an accident without one. But still, that's not the point. Sure, these lovely functions were all created for convenience sake and, to a certain extent, as a preventive measure but we, as drivers, have to be more responsible. Having a conversation on the phone is a totally different ball game from say having a conversation with your passenger.
Unlike a computer, humans have a limited capacity to process simultaneous information. If the software on your computer seems to be slowing down, you might consider increasing the memory or processor speed to compensate for delays resulting from an overload in computing capacity. But as humans, we have a similar limitation when it comes to processing too much information, and unlike computers, our resources are somewhat fixed. Given the inherent delays in our own thought response time when faced with increased load factors, is it practical or safe to hold a mobile phone conversation while driving?
Essentially, in one way or another, everybody think he has the key to beating the system set by the Government, men in blue, or whatever you decide to call them. Even if it is only such an unjustified assumption that their luck must change for the better - some play drink driving, some play Blackjack, some play Poker, some play drivers, some play passengers and some continue to play their cars for phone booth - almost all of them lose at the end of the line, giving part of their income to someone or something they can't see, touch or feel. Most of these people have unbearably fixed egos and it's tenaciously silly.
A driver should have the proper character, knowledge and even the basic consideration. We can all continue to use our cars as phone booths but there are traps beyond traps (let's just say the men in blue may have a quota to meet and they'll do just about anything at anywhere to catch you using your mobile while driving). So remember, there are days when everything impossible happens, especially when the house bills are waiting to be paid and the whore's tongue of yours is hanging out for beer. Anyone of us can get caught, including the writer writing this story with much conviction and when that day comes (touch wood), it's the kind of day that can make us feel like imbeciles.
Fact or fiction - you decide.
If your car can double as a phone booth without you taking time off the wheel, why not?
Technological advancements put the phone in your hands without the need to take them off the wheel. Thus, there should be no shunning from tech gadgets which were created for easy living.
Life used to be simple. By that I meant doing without the wholesome array of electronic gizmos that occupy quarts of our lives, if not the whole. Do not be mistaken - I advocate for such adoption of technologies, if it can enhance the qualities of our lives, of course. Remember the last instance which your smart phone found the way to an obscured meeting place? You get my drift.
That brings us to the topic - should we condone the use of telephone during driving, even with the help of hands-free mobile kits?
I cannot emphasise enough how much easier things have become with technological advancement. Perhaps in the first place, these statements won't be necessary at all, because all of you reading this would have experienced it before.
Likewise, hands-free kits are just one of the various devices created for greater convenience. Of course, one of its main functions is to minimise the risk of 'chat-driving', leaving your hands to do the driving while engaged in a tele-conversation. But it seems that many have misunderstood, or simply misused the device (or not using them at all).
By now you would have heard (or read) about how Julian opposes to the idea of chatting on the phone while driving. Yes, as drivers we have met a fair share of inconsiderate people posing hazards to other road users: driving, while on the phone. Let's just say that they aren't good at multi-tasking (nothing to do with the sexes). That however does not constitute for a total condone of such action, or convenience so as to speak. This group of people does not, and should not serve as a representation of the masses, because like you (the more responsible group of individuals), I make use of hands-free equipments if there comes a need to call while driving.
In addition, hands-free mobile equipments are better designed to facilitate tele-conversations on the move. The recent years have also seen that cars are pre-fitted with handsfree telephony functions, and to the extent that answering of calls can be activated via steering-mounted buttons. Such integrations have made calling on the move a relative breeze - just the same amount of effort one would take to make a lane change (checking the mirrors, signalling the intention etc).
It is not to say that handsfree kits will eliminate all risks involved. There are a multitude of factors which can divert the driver's attention away from the road. Naturally, a driver engaged in an argument over the phone while driving will put him at a higher risk of road accident. It is quite simply how we use it, and not what we use.
The practicality of a device could be on either side of the scale - offering great assistance when used in an appropriate manner or harbouring a weapon of mass destruction on the other. To put it into perspective, negating the convenience of handsfree mobile kits is like walking to the television to turn it on when you have a remote control in hand; akin to turning down your friend's offer to read the time off his watch; while trying fruitlessly to work a sundial.
Ultimately the responsibility lies with the user.
Your car is not a phone booth - Fact or Fiction?
How many times have you, frustratingly, overtook the ridiculously slow driver in front of you just to realise it's because he's meddling with his phone (texting or busy checking the 4D, we can never tell)?
Despite strict laws against using the mobile phone while driving, drivers are still frequently doing it. Not to say that they'll cause an accident every time they pick up the phone but the laws were put in place for a bloody valid reason. Most of us are good drivers, I'm sure, but all it takes is that split second before you find yourself in a sticky situation with the police or fellow road user.
To put things into simpler perspective - is getting 12 demerit points and your mobile phone confiscated not significantly serious enough? Not unless you are soaked well in richness or looming towards a kind of phantom love-happiness, there is a possibility you will end up in the crud-pot of defeat - let's just call in bad luck or error. I am not exactly what you'd call a word man. I do supposed, though, as I'm one who keeps making adjustments to articles. But even that isn't called, in my very own definition, wisdom. It is possible for a man to live three quarters of his life in constant error. You've seen the face and I've seen my own.
Perhaps that's also the reason why carmakers have incorporated Bluetooth function in cars so drivers won't have to fumble with the earpiece when there's a phone call or risk causing an accident without one. But still, that's not the point. Sure, these lovely functions were all created for convenience sake and, to a certain extent, as a preventive measure but we, as drivers, have to be more responsible. Having a conversation on the phone is a totally different ball game from say having a conversation with your passenger.
Unlike a computer, humans have a limited capacity to process simultaneous information. If the software on your computer seems to be slowing down, you might consider increasing the memory or processor speed to compensate for delays resulting from an overload in computing capacity. But as humans, we have a similar limitation when it comes to processing too much information, and unlike computers, our resources are somewhat fixed. Given the inherent delays in our own thought response time when faced with increased load factors, is it practical or safe to hold a mobile phone conversation while driving?
Essentially, in one way or another, everybody think he has the key to beating the system set by the Government, men in blue, or whatever you decide to call them. Even if it is only such an unjustified assumption that their luck must change for the better - some play drink driving, some play Blackjack, some play Poker, some play drivers, some play passengers and some continue to play their cars for phone booth - almost all of them lose at the end of the line, giving part of their income to someone or something they can't see, touch or feel. Most of these people have unbearably fixed egos and it's tenaciously silly.
A driver should have the proper character, knowledge and even the basic consideration. We can all continue to use our cars as phone booths but there are traps beyond traps (let's just say the men in blue may have a quota to meet and they'll do just about anything at anywhere to catch you using your mobile while driving). So remember, there are days when everything impossible happens, especially when the house bills are waiting to be paid and the whore's tongue of yours is hanging out for beer. Anyone of us can get caught, including the writer writing this story with much conviction and when that day comes (touch wood), it's the kind of day that can make us feel like imbeciles.
Fact or fiction - you decide.
If your car can double as a phone booth without you taking time off the wheel, why not?
Technological advancements put the phone in your hands without the need to take them off the wheel. Thus, there should be no shunning from tech gadgets which were created for easy living.
Life used to be simple. By that I meant doing without the wholesome array of electronic gizmos that occupy quarts of our lives, if not the whole. Do not be mistaken - I advocate for such adoption of technologies, if it can enhance the qualities of our lives, of course. Remember the last instance which your smart phone found the way to an obscured meeting place? You get my drift.
That brings us to the topic - should we condone the use of telephone during driving, even with the help of hands-free mobile kits?
I cannot emphasise enough how much easier things have become with technological advancement. Perhaps in the first place, these statements won't be necessary at all, because all of you reading this would have experienced it before.
Likewise, hands-free kits are just one of the various devices created for greater convenience. Of course, one of its main functions is to minimise the risk of 'chat-driving', leaving your hands to do the driving while engaged in a tele-conversation. But it seems that many have misunderstood, or simply misused the device (or not using them at all).
By now you would have heard (or read) about how Julian opposes to the idea of chatting on the phone while driving. Yes, as drivers we have met a fair share of inconsiderate people posing hazards to other road users: driving, while on the phone. Let's just say that they aren't good at multi-tasking (nothing to do with the sexes). That however does not constitute for a total condone of such action, or convenience so as to speak. This group of people does not, and should not serve as a representation of the masses, because like you (the more responsible group of individuals), I make use of hands-free equipments if there comes a need to call while driving.
In addition, hands-free mobile equipments are better designed to facilitate tele-conversations on the move. The recent years have also seen that cars are pre-fitted with handsfree telephony functions, and to the extent that answering of calls can be activated via steering-mounted buttons. Such integrations have made calling on the move a relative breeze - just the same amount of effort one would take to make a lane change (checking the mirrors, signalling the intention etc).
It is not to say that handsfree kits will eliminate all risks involved. There are a multitude of factors which can divert the driver's attention away from the road. Naturally, a driver engaged in an argument over the phone while driving will put him at a higher risk of road accident. It is quite simply how we use it, and not what we use.
The practicality of a device could be on either side of the scale - offering great assistance when used in an appropriate manner or harbouring a weapon of mass destruction on the other. To put it into perspective, negating the convenience of handsfree mobile kits is like walking to the television to turn it on when you have a remote control in hand; akin to turning down your friend's offer to read the time off his watch; while trying fruitlessly to work a sundial.
Ultimately the responsibility lies with the user.
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