Re: Aftermarket cruise control

And Tim doesn't get scared or camera shake! :)

How many cars have you got?

I'd suggest enforcing the current laws.

I saw an Astra van veer into the middle of the road towards oncoming traffic yesterday, due to the driver's lack of attention as he was using a mobile.

Now, should I have been a traffic cop following him, should he have been charged with driving whilst using a mobile 'phone or, far more seriously, dangerous driving?

I still don't see the point in a specific law!

Indeed. Merc have been doing it since the Le Mans cars were racing the Bentley blowers and had a similar system on the Messerschmitt 109 engine. Guess who watched Coltrane's Planes & Automobiles today :P.

He was probably on the phone at the time :)

I see several such drivers every day in London.

I *really* can't understand why people here and elsewhere defend it - perhaps they think they are in control when on the phone, and only others aren't.

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I'm /not/ defending it - I'm only pointing out the pointlessness of a /specific/ law...oh, forget it! ;-)

People realise that 'murder' is a crime full stop.

Not everyone realises that driving whilst using a mobile is a crime, and a lot who realise it's frowned upon chance it because it isn't actually deemed as illegal, per se.

I see your point tho, you are saying riving whilst using a mobile is as serious as murder, yes ? :)

Some would argue that introducing a specific law for this offense is doing exactly that...

The 'book' is in no way 'over-full', in fact it would be fair to say that the 'book' is far too spartan. The law as it stands on many, many issues, is far too vague and open to interpretation (see recent case on the Ambulance Driver and transplant organ for a prime example). Introducing anything that cuts through that vagueness can only be a good thing.