I understand that sat-navs are already illegal in many countries.
The law in the uk ATM seems to focus on hand held devices, and in that regard it makes sense to me.
A screen, for a sat-nav is no more distracting than looking in a driving mirror, IMO, it’s a source of information which you process at a glance, just as is looking through the various zones of the windscreen.
I rarely make calls from my hands free, but I do receive them. I see no harm in this and put it on a level with having audio ICE.
The article talked about phone calls creating a mental image that somehow override real time images vital for road safety. Sorry, this sounds like total bollix to me. Are we to stop thinking altogether when driving?
Music creates mental images, and conversations between driver and passengers or even between passengers can be considered equally as distracting.
The world is going mad, accidents are generally caused by driver error, the responsibility should be with the driver, and so the offence should focus on that, not a piece of legislation about who you’re allowed to talk to or listen to whilst driving.
“He was listening to the Archers on radio 4 when the crash happened, that must have caused him to lose control on that bend...”.
Sorry, idiot driving causes most accidents IMO, including the few that I have had, not paying attention to the road, for whatever reason, phone or no phone.
What next, a ban on talking to your passenger? there's not much difference in talking to a microphone in the car as talking to a person sitting beside you.
