Cell phone use while driving in ZA

[avion]

We all know it's illegal, but i actually saw a woman this morning pull off to the side of the road to receive a call~

Cops are now confiscating phones if they spot you using them. They had a blitz in Cape Town today and pulled 19 phones in one hour or something.

It's in the news if you wanna go check up on it. (Sorry read it on my phone and I'm too idle to post a link)

hth

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[CarlS]

I would favor that here. But first the State legislators would need to ban cell phone use while driving - something they have been extremely reluctant to do.

 

[The Seeker]

They just recently made texting while driving illegal in Pennsylvania.

You can talk on your cellphone while driving, but you are supposed to use some type of hands-free device to do that. All cellphones sold here come with an earbud and mic thingy.

 

[Rocky]

Unless it's a hands-free unit, talking and texting on a cell while driving is illegal here too.
But the way the law is flaunted you would think just the opposite was true.

 

[DaveM]

Well we are also supposed to use some type of hand free kit here as well but up until now it was never enforced

 

[shanered6]

theyv'e been tough on that here for maybe 15 years now, there even thinking of banning hands free now.

 

[The Seeker]

theyv'e been tough on that here for maybe 15 years now, there even thinking of banning hands free now.

So you think they'd frown upon the MINI DVD player I have on the tank of my Trophy?

 

[DaveM]

As long as you don't change disks while riding you should be ok

 

[shanered6]

i think frown would be putting it very lightly

 

[The Seeker]

Yeah...I enjoy watching a full-length movie while riding. Sometimes, I have to ride around the block a few times on the way home so I can catch the ending! I mean, who'd want to have to wait until the next ride to see the ending of Titanic"??

 

[Silli]

Good one AJ.

 

[DaveM]

Yeah...I enjoy watching a full-length movie while riding. Sometimes, I have to ride around the block a few times on the way home so I can catch the ending! I mean, who'd want to have to wait until the next ride to see the ending of Titanic"??

 

[The Seeker]

As far as I know, there's no law saying I can't watch Harry Potter while riding my bike!

 

[hemibee]

Yeah...I enjoy watching a full-length movie while riding. Sometimes, I have to ride around the block a few times on the way home so I can catch the ending! I mean, who'd want to have to wait until the next ride to see the ending of Titanic"??

Don't tell me how it ended, I wasn't able to finish it on my last ride because the dern DVD player's batteries died on me.

 

[shanered6]

AJ your incourageble !

 

[The Seeker]

Well, I sort of knew how it ended before I even began watching it.....people drowned...the end.

But what you need is a power outlet plug on your bike like I have!!

 

[The Seeker]

I saw on the local news tonight that all across Pennsylvania there have only been 32 people ticketed for texting while driving in the Month or so that the law took effect.

That seems like an awfully low number!

 

[CarlS]

Fully 60% of the drivers I see on the local suburban roads are using some sort of a device while driving. On the freeways (out of the urban areas) and on rural roads, I only occasionally see a device being used while driving, maybe 10% of the drivers.

 

[hemibee]

Well, I sort of knew how it ended before I even began watching it.....people drowned...the end.

But what you need is a power outlet plug on your bike like I have!!

I've got one but I was using it to run the beer cooler, can't ride and drink hot beer.

 

[The Seeker]

My GIVI hard top case is an ice cooler!