Reply to: Drivers who smoke may face £60 fine

[Clavdivs]

Was your window open because you were smoking ?

[G8_Summit]

Funny.

Reminds me on Friday I was driving home with my window open a bit. A wasp got sucked in though the window and ended up in my lap. I almost wet meself.
So there I was, driving along trying to keep my ass from touching the seat until I could get onto the hard shoulder and get that stripey yellow critter out the car.

[BoredBloke]

"I believe that looking at the speedo is also not a good idea as humans are apparently not so quick at refocusing."

Which is what happens in accident blackspots because of the governments 'safety' cameras. Which begs the question, why place something in an accident blackspot which is going to make the driver focus more closely on the speedo rather than the road.

[privateeye]

I shall drive straight home tonight - literally. I will not look up at traffic lights or left and right at pedestrian crossings nor will I look for my lights when it starts to get dark. I will not look down at road markings. All I will do is obey the law look straight ahead and put every fecker in hospital that I didn't see.

[DimPrawn]

Blinking is very distracting, as is sneezing.

I trust Blair and Co Legal MoneySpinners Inc can draft some legislation this afternoon to combat this.

[Joe Black]

How about changing the radio station, or a CD. Or winding down the window. Also changing gear, that might distract you too.

I believe that looking at the speedo is also not a good idea as humans are apparently not so quick at refocusing.

[The Lone Gunman]

You still have to press a button and move your hand off the wheel!

One can do a whole host of things without taking away your observation of the road and your capability of reacting.

[Bagpuss]

"Or winding down the window."

How old is your car?

You still have to press a button and move your hand off the wheel!

[BoredBloke]

"Or winding down the window."

How old is your car?

[privateeye]

Presumably, it will be ok to breastfeed while driving though.

as long as you are a foreign criminal as well

[bogeyman]

Presumably, it will be ok to breastfeed while driving though.

[Dundeegeorge]

Sheesh

It would make more sense and save effort for the government if everyone was automatically fined for everything every year and the innocent claimed the money back via the EDS designed "Not Guilty Credits System".

HTH.

STFU, like Gordon needs any more ideas.

[DimPrawn]

FFS this would be simpler and fairer

It would make more sense and save effort for the government if everyone was automatically fined for everything every year and the innocent claimed the money back via the EDS designed "Not Guilty Credits System".

HTH.

[wendigo100]

In-car entertainment will be next. New units must be designed to prevent you adjusting the controls while the car is moving.

[Bagpuss]

How about changing the radio station, or a CD. Or winding down the window.
Also changing gear, that might distract you too.