Oh dear, another conspiracy theorist...
And xenophobe too I might add. A harmonic combination.
Oh dear, another conspiracy theorist...
They're everywhere - I counted 53 driving to Gatwick Airport back when it wasn't an empty field. Fifty three.
I'm just waiting for him to say, "OK boomer" to me. 😉And xenophobe too I might add. A harmonic combination.
That might be your opinion but I only deal in facts. Point is that this legislation won't cover self-driving cars. Yet again the useless brit government is behind the curve with their draconian attempts to dumb down and subjugate the brit public all the more.
Coronavirus is not any more deadly than the flu, it's a big overreaction and countries like Sweden have proven to do the right thing.
That must have been many, many years ago if you're talking about London - Gatwick using what was then called the "urban clearway" that bypassed places like Crawley and Croydon.
The actual point is that no device is completely idiot-proof, and that people should take responsibility for behaving dangerously. It isn’t dangerous for a passenger to use a smartphone, which it why modern OS’s allow override of motion-activated disabling.Ah gotcha. I just hope they don't go to the next draconian step: UK demands Apple/Samsung to disable any smartphone photo or video features "While Car Motion is Detected".
Already texting can be disabled (as an option) while driving motion is detected. And I have no problem with that.
The point here is that the smartphone is not smart enough to know who is doing the driving. It only detects when a car is in motion (and thus assumes that the iPhone is in the car). The phone cannot know if you are the driver, or a passenger on a bus, etc.
Why on earth would you be holding a video camera or a book while driving a vehicle?So you are not allowed to hold your phone in your hand while driving, but you can hold coffee or other stuff. What if I hold a video camera or a book?!
The real issue with driving in the UK is two fold. First, there are traffic circles everywhere which means you're cranking down the gears to enter yet another one. They're everywhere - I counted 53 driving to Gatwick Airport back when it wasn't an empty field. Fifty three. Second, brit roads are not wide open and they attempt to cram you into the smallest space possible on the 'legal' road. Whether that's ghost islands or real ones which should be, there's zero space for error or recovery. England could learn a thing or two from America about how to properly do roads and driving.
Not really news is it!
there’s no police to enforce this anyway
The real issue with driving in the UK is two fold. First, there are traffic circles everywhere which means you're cranking down the gears to enter yet another one. They're everywhere - I counted 53 driving to Gatwick Airport back when it wasn't an empty field. Fifty three. Second, brit roads are not wide open and they attempt to cram you into the smallest space possible on the 'legal' road. Whether that's ghost islands or real ones which should be, there's zero space for error or recovery. England could learn a thing or two from America about how to properly do roads and driving.
You can reliably detect that the phone is moving at say above 15mph. Then the phone could turn its cameras on and detect its environment. The phone could ask the user for evidence they are not the driver. That could be pointing the camera at the steering wheel which is in the wrong position for the driver, or pointing it at either heads in the distance or a largish empty space, in case you're on a bus or train.I don't think something like that could be practically enforced. The number of people are a passenger in a car, on a bus, train, etc will be far higher than the number of people actually driving a vehicle. If there was some "magic" way a driver could be reliably detected somehow, I'd fully support it.
The point is hoe does the car know you are a passenger?
Dumbing down the brit public (even more) is a factual impossibility.Yet again the useless brit government is behind the curve with their draconian attempts to dumb down and subjugate the brit public all the more.
The speed cameras are not the problem. The problem are truly awful drivers who crash their cars without any outside involvement at the sight of a speed camera. (I did a lot of driving on the A13. Long stretch with 50 mph limit. You can safely (no risk of fines) drive at 52 mph. And then you have the idiots who drive up to your a*** because they think your are going too slow, and if you let them pass, they drive up to the next camera and hit the breaks to go down to 40 - when you could just peacefully go 52 mph completely ignoring all speeding cameras.Speed cameras can be a problem, too. Check out this absolutely hilarious BBC report. The fun & games starts at around 01:40. It was pulled from the BBC website fairly quickly - you can probably guess why. I don't know if the reporter ever worked again.
Coronavirus is not any more deadly than the flu, it's a big overreaction and countries like Sweden have proven to do the right thing.
It is still nice to use the A217 over the motorway, save for having to get through Reigate. The A23 though is a boring and slow road as it is lightly built up the entire way. Besides which, if you want to go from central London, even from the motorway, use the M25, A217, then the A24 instead of staying on to the A23.
It does have more roundabouts, which apparently is an issue for some people, but it has more dual carriageway, is faster, and avoiding Purely and the Croydon retail parks makes a big difference. Other than a single lane section on the Sutton bypass, the worst parts are actually the traffic light junctions which hold you up.
How so? Let me direct you to the CDC website which says that currently there are 218,986 deaths out of 331,000,000 million US population. Run those numbers and it's pretty small. And most cases produce mild or no symptoms. But if Covid 19 has you really worried, you can have my poorly tested and rushed to market vaccine.Gosh, yet another conspircy theorist!
😳
Coronavirus is not any more deadly than the flu, it's a big overreaction and countries like Sweden have proven to do the right thing.
The actual point is that no device is completely idiot-proof, and that people should take responsibility for behaving dangerously.
The speed cameras are not the problem. The problem are truly awful drivers who crash their cars without any outside involvement at the sight of a speed camera. (I did a lot of driving on the A13. Long stretch with 50 mph limit. You can safely (no risk of fines) drive at 52 mph. And then you have the idiots who drive up to your a*** because they think your are going too slow, and if you let them pass, they drive up to the next camera and hit the breaks to go down to 40 - when you could just peacefully go 52 mph completely ignoring all speeding cameras.
They couldn't do it that way for a number of reasons (power usage, privacy, etc). And what would stop a driver reaching over and taking a picture of the passenger dashboard? It's too easy to defeat, and a horrendous UX.You can reliably detect that the phone is moving at say above 15mph. Then the phone could turn its cameras on and detect its environment. The phone could ask the user for evidence they are not the driver. That could be pointing the camera at the steering wheel which is in the wrong position for the driver, or pointing it at either heads in the distance or a largish empty space, in case you're on a bus or train.
What a great idea! You’re saying the driver is not being ‘safe’ by paying attention to their phone while on the roadway, yet you’re practicing an unsafe manner by attempting to reverse your vehicle into them ‘slowly’? So if you were to cause an ‘accident‘, you’re putting yourself and others safety at risk while playing games on the roadway, but hey, I guess you would be ‘entertained’ as you said.
What a great idea! You’re saying the driver is not being ‘safe’ by paying attention to their phone while on the roadway, yet you’re practicing an unsafe manner by attempting to reverse your vehicle into them ‘slowly’? So if you were to cause an ‘accident‘, you’re putting yourself and others safety at risk while playing games on the roadway, but hey, I guess you would be ‘entertained’ as you said.