pow
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It once again hinges on the driver.
A good driver with a phone/ciggy could still be 100 times better on the road than a bad driver who shagged her way through a driving test.
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Root
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some people smoking are dangerous.
some people using mobiles are dangerous.
not all are in either case but meh.
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CORSA NUT
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
a professional smoke doesnt drop a lit cigarette. its ll make believe holywood scare tactics.
mobile phones are far far worse.
+1
+2 TBF
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Nic Barnes
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smoking is no harder than drinking or eating. you know how to opperate your lungs without thinking about it as you do that to breathe. you know where your mouth is so that doesnt matter. texting, people say they can do it without looking but in reality, you have to look. i dont have to look at anything to smoke a cig while driving other than the road infront. i can hold the steering wheel and a cigarette at the same time.
i cant text and drive without looking. i cant have a phone conversation without wacing my arms around even though the person cant see me.
thats just me though. smoking is like breathing to someone thats addicted. to type a text or talk on phone takes concentration and makes you focus on other things.
ps, kfc is fuckin awesome. followed by a tab while driving.
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Jay
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
It once again hinges on the driver.
A good driver with a phone/ciggy could still be 100 times better on the road than a bad driver who shagged her way through a driving test.
I always use my phone when driving in work, I wouldnt say it changes my driving ability, I've been on the phone and still avoided other peoples fuck ups.
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Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
mobile phones are far far worse.
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taylorboosh
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i dont smoke
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ed
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Smoking, eating, looking for a CD, making a phone call, being lost changing, the radio fucking about with your Tomtom, only looking at your Tomotom.
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Ste M
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I saw some dickhead eating a Maccy D's, using his elbows to steer. Very dangerous shit he was doing, speeding up, cutting people up, even took his chance at a large round about by not even consideing what was coming and took his chance. Felt like following him and cracking him square in the nose for it.
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ed
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If you're going to eat why you're driving wait until you're on the motorway and drive with your knees...
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harrybanks
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What is the law with regards to smoking behind the wheel though?
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fazza
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eating a big tasty and trying to driver is well hard, it goes fucking everywhere
tastes good tho
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Ste M
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lmao, they do!
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smcGSI16V
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I've been known to roll my own ciggies whilst drinkinking out of a bottle of water at the same time on a german autobahn.
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ed
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Originally posted by harrybanks
What is the law with regards to smoking behind the wheel though?
It's illegal to smoke and use a mobile phone. Eating is down to the copper to prove you were driving dangerously I believe.
The smoking thing came in a while back.
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Neo
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Wasn't aware of smoking being illegal tbh. Always do, every time i drive anywhere. It is no where near as bad as texting IMO, Even when having a fag i use my right hand on the wheel, when i take a drag i hold with my left hand only and when i need to change gear round a corner just hold the wheel like normal.
No different from scratching your nose imo.
Clever people would also wait for a road where they wont need to change gear or stop for roundabouts etc i.e. Motorway/Dual Carriage way for example.
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Tiger
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Good job the smokers don't live in Taiwan. They're banning smoking in cars, while walking, and bizarrely - riding motorcycles.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gzDVoZzNQFqkQZwV7ZbOoU_qThSw
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richc
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Originally posted by M2RTY
and then flicking the fucking lit fag end out the window
should be done for 3 points and fined for littering too
My friend donated £75 to the nottinghamshire council for this  (no points)
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AK
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its worse....
if you can get 'done' for eating or drinking at the wheel you should get the same or worse for smoking.
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Tiger
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quote:
Originally posted by M2RTY
and then flicking the fucking lit fag end out the window
should be done for 3 points and fined for littering too
I'm with you on that, people should use their fucking ashtrays.
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
its worse....
if you can get 'done' for eating or drinking at the wheel you should get the same or worse for smoking.
why worse? its no more dangerous.
non smokers sitting on a high horse as usual.
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dale87
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smoke a pipe, once lit hands free lol
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lostboy
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
a professional smoke doesnt drop a lit cigarette. its ll make believe holywood scare tactics.
mobile phones are far far worse.
I quit smoking not long ago, but when I did smoke I could find my tabs without taking my eyes off the road, and if I dropped ash on the seat I left it, I did drop a tab once though  I wouldn't say its all that dangerous, but it can take some peoples concentration.
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lostboy
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Oh and it is NOT illegal to smoke behind the wheel, it IS illegal to light a tab up while driving though.
Or at least that's what a cop told me.
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mwg
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Dont understand why you would want to smoke in your car anyway, means it stinks of fags and nobody likes a car that smells like an ashtray!
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