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sparkywtf wrote:For those who asked up above about when is an important time to talk on the phone while driving.
Mostly it has to do with work. If we get a phone call from the FAA about a chemical leak or something from DOT on a spill, we HAVE to answer the phone, no matter what. To not answer is a federal offense.
I don't beleave you. I can see that you would have to answer as soon as humanly possible, i.e. pull over and call back imidiatly, but must answer strait away? I call BS. There are many cases I can think of where you could not answer immediately, so I do not believe you at all.
sparkywtf wrote:
Also, when driving later at night on my way home, and a parent calls, it is usually something bad that can't wait. I would much rather know ASAP that my mom is getting sent to the hospital then find about it the next day because I didn't pick up a phone call.
Again, nothing that cannot wait until you can pull over and call back. You can't do anything about it, but what you can do is kill someone else. Your just being selfish. So what if your mum is getting sent to hospital. How is you knowing that now rather than in the two minuits it takes to pull over more important than the persons life you take not looking where you are going?
When we were taking the class on it (we have to be certified to ship stuff at work, this is IATA training), we were told we had to answer the phone no matter what.
You could be shaking the hands with (pick head of state here) and you still have to answer the phone.
When one of these calls come its not a "oh sorry about bugging you, we just have some questions"
It is more of a "The box you sent is leaking and we need to know 5 minutes ago what it is, what will happen, how to contain, is there any threat, will this blow up the air plain...."
Not answering means your in big trouble with the FAA.
sparkywtf wrote:When we were taking the class on it (we have to be certified to ship stuff at work, this is IATA training), we were told we had to answer the phone no matter what.
You could be shaking the hands with (pick head of state here) and you still have to answer the phone.
When one of these calls come its not a "oh sorry about bugging you, we just have some questions"
It is more of a "The box you sent is leaking and we need to know 5 minutes ago what it is, what will happen, how to contain, is there any threat, will this blow up the air plain...."
Not answering means your in big trouble with the FAA.
I could see that. There are always exceptions to the rule.
sparkywtf wrote:When we were taking the class on it (we have to be certified to ship stuff at work, this is IATA training), we were told we had to answer the phone no matter what.
You could be shaking the hands with (pick head of state here) and you still have to answer the phone.
When one of these calls come its not a "oh sorry about bugging you, we just have some questions"
It is more of a "The box you sent is leaking and we need to know 5 minutes ago what it is, what will happen, how to contain, is there any threat, will this blow up the air plain...."
Not answering means your in big trouble with the FAA.
I could see that. There are always exceptions to the rule.
i believe he was talking to paul
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sparkywtf wrote:When we were taking the class on it (we have to be certified to ship stuff at work, this is IATA training), we were told we had to answer the phone no matter what.
You could be shaking the hands with (pick head of state here) and you still have to answer the phone.
When one of these calls come its not a "oh sorry about bugging you, we just have some questions"
It is more of a "The box you sent is leaking and we need to know 5 minutes ago what it is, what will happen, how to contain, is there any threat, will this blow up the air plain...."
Not answering means your in big trouble with the FAA.
I could see that. There are always exceptions to the rule.
i believe he was talking to paul
I meant there are excpetions to the rule of pulling over first. Any sort of emergency response personnel for example.
Unless you're actually important enough to need to use a bluetooth phone while driving (Talking on handhelds is illegal in Canada), then you shouldn't answer your damn phone at all until you've pulled into a parking lot somewhere. We have these amazing things called 'call logs' on phones now. They record all incoming and outgoing calls on the phone, so that you don't have to worry about not knowing who called you.
As for people that text while driving, I'd pull you over and shoot you if I could, because you're everything that's wrong with young (mostly U30) drivers today. I sincerely hope that each and every one of you suffers paralysis, either complete or partial at the least, or outright death in a head on with a semi truck. It's annoying enough when I see people stopped at green lights because they were texting instead of watching the ****ing road. But to see people swerving and drifting around busy city streets, nearly running over peds or hitting other vehicles because they're too goddamn stupid to figure out what 'priorities' are... I hope anyone that's so irresponsible, self-centered, and careless as to do something that stupid will be fortunate enough to recieve a driver's side T-bone from a bus, semi, tank, or other large 'lol ur ded' vehicle. Let's see you text when you can't move your limbs, huh?
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metallifan wrote:Unless you're actually important enough to need to use a bluetooth phone while driving (Talking on handhelds is illegal in Canada), then you shouldn't answer your damn phone at all until you've pulled into a parking lot somewhere. We have these amazing things called 'call logs' on phones now. They record all incoming and outgoing calls on the phone, so that you don't have to worry about not knowing who called you.
As for people that text while driving, I'd pull you over and shoot you if I could, because you're everything that's wrong with young (mostly U30) drivers today. I sincerely hope that each and every one of you suffers paralysis, either complete or partial at the least, or outright death in a head on with a semi truck. It's annoying enough when I see people stopped at green lights because they were texting instead of watching the ****ing road. But to see people swerving and drifting around busy city streets, nearly running over peds or hitting other vehicles because they're too goddamn stupid to figure out what 'priorities' are... I hope anyone that's so irresponsible, self-centered, and careless as to do something that stupid will be fortunate enough to recieve a driver's side T-bone from a bus, semi, tank, or other large 'lol ur ded' vehicle. Let's see you text when you can't move your limbs, huh?
Not doubting the fact that you are told/trained to answer the phone no matter what. All I'm gonna say is you can happily tell that to the police when they pull you over because I'm sure they'll give a damn. Of course, judging what what you said earlier, the likely hood of that happening is so unlikely that I doubt it would be a problem anyway
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Most people I see driving with a phone stuck to their ear are either in a van or a flash car.
1. It's been illegal here to use a handset while driving for years.
2. I have seen bluetooth headsets selling for 12 quid ($15?)! If they can afford an expensive car, or can get it on tax-deductable expenses, what's their excuse?
Texting, people know they shouldn't do it, and hold it under the wheel, out of site.
This means they need to look down further to see the phone, and everyone knows they're doing it.
At worst, I hold the handset to the wheel and put it on loudspeaker. If I need to, I can drop it and still keep ahold of the wheel.
It is far more distracting than the radio though, so I only answer if I know who's calling, and why.
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HellsGuardian316 wrote:Not doubting the fact that you are told/trained to answer the phone no matter what. All I'm gonna say is you can happily tell that to the police when they pull you over because I'm sure they'll give a damn. Of course, judging what what you said earlier, the likely hood of that happening is so unlikely that I doubt it would be a problem anyway
Although it shouldn't be likely, I would still rather get in trouble with the local/state police than with the feds. It is a pretty hefty fine from them.
I did learn the FAA carries guns. Yet we can't take them on airplanes. Talk about fun suckers.
metallifan wrote:Unless you're actually important enough to need to use a bluetooth phone while driving (Talking on handhelds is illegal in Canada), then you shouldn't answer your damn phone at all until you've pulled into a parking lot somewhere. We have these amazing things called 'call logs' on phones now. They record all incoming and outgoing calls on the phone, so that you don't have to worry about not knowing who called you.
As for people that text while driving, I'd pull you over and shoot you if I could, because you're everything that's wrong with young (mostly U30) drivers today. I sincerely hope that each and every one of you suffers paralysis, either complete or partial at the least, or outright death in a head on with a semi truck. It's annoying enough when I see people stopped at green lights because they were texting instead of watching the ****ing road. But to see people swerving and drifting around busy city streets, nearly running over peds or hitting other vehicles because they're too goddamn stupid to figure out what 'priorities' are... I hope anyone that's so irresponsible, self-centered, and careless as to do something that stupid will be fortunate enough to recieve a driver's side T-bone from a bus, semi, tank, or other large 'lol ur ded' vehicle. Let's see you text when you can't move your limbs, huh?
Angry much?
I think that sociopaths endangering the lives of the people around them is a pretty reasonable thing to be angry about.
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Skinnereal wrote:I have seen bluetooth headsets selling for 12 quid ($15?)! If they can afford an expensive car, or can get it on tax-deductable expenses, what's their excuse?
They make you look like a prick. Seriously.
Although people driving around in expensive cars probably aren't worried about that.
Meh. Talking on the phone is still dumb, but at least you're watching the road for the most part. I still don't agree with it, but at least it's smarter than driving a car while LOOKING AT A ****ING PHONE SCREEN
I don't think that its necessarily the distractions, its the people who cannot multitask while driving. Some people are simply not capable of doing anything else while driving. And unfortunately (or fortunately) there are more and more laws forcing everyone to stoop to the level of those who cant do something.
metallifan wrote:Meh. Talking on the phone is still dumb, but at least you're watching the road for the most part.
Especially with a bluetooth. I don't see much difference between this and talking to a passenger in the car with you.
Studies have shown that even talking on a Bluetooth has a significant impact on your driving. It's not as bad as holding the phone, or texting. But, it's still much worse than talking to a passenger.
This is mainly because a passenger is also aware of the situation you're driving in. So, if things get a little scary or something jumps out at you, the passenger is yelling out a warning and not still listing things to get from the store.
metallifan wrote:Meh. Talking on the phone is still dumb, but at least you're watching the road for the most part.
Especially with a bluetooth. I don't see much difference between this and talking to a passenger in the car with you.
Studies have shown that even talking on a Bluetooth has a significant impact on your driving. It's not as bad as holding the phone, or texting.
Oh sure, that's all I was saying. The lesser of three evils.
Grakmar wrote:But, it's still much worse than talking to a passenger.
This is mainly because a passenger is also aware of the situation you're driving in. So, if things get a little scary or something jumps out at you, the passenger is yelling out a warning and not still listing things to get from the store.
That's a pretty good point.
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