Watching TV while driving

Wesser

Saw a fella watching a film today on his phone while driving, another fella about 3 months ago, dublins northside...completely shocking, not sure if others have noticed this at all

CoBo55

Ah shur dem northsiders don't give a fcuk about anything, I bet he didn't have a TV licence either... Probably on the dole, working and signing, wife at home with 30 children in their free house, his grandmother was a traveller... Most posts covered...

colm_mcm

Saw one on the m18 doing that too. Doing 80km/h

Tablet (full size) in his hand resting on the steering wheel.

Miscreant

I have seen this on the N7 and was completely shocked. A friend of mine saw a driver watching a "grumble" flick in traffic one time too.
Nothing new about it but must be covered under the driving without due care and attention rule if caught.

CoBo55

I don't know what a grumble flick is ..

markc1184

Seen a taxi on the m1 last weekend with a football match playing on his dashboard.

colm_mcm

CoBo55 wrote: »

I don't know what a grumble flick is ..

I’m afraid to google it.

mikeecho

colm_mcm wrote: »

I’m afraid to google it.

TOP DEFINITION
Grumble Flick
(British) A grumble flick is a form of video based entertainment that allows men to pleasure themselves without excessive use of their imagination.

ED E

Pizza delivery guy for a local chain has TV on his phone 24/7, directly above the wheel. Next time I happen to pass its going to the Gards.



Spotted a lad with a full size laptop on his lap before. People are thick.

km991148

Wesser wrote: »

Saw a fella watching a film today on his phone while driving, another fella about 3 months ago, dublins northside...completely shocking, not sure if others have noticed this at all

I really REALLY don't want to turn this into (yet another) cycling thread.. but as a sometimes cyclist, with the different perspective, lane filtering etc it seems this is on the rise. You see it so often (probably because of the different speeds involved - i.e. when I am driving, you are part of the flow of cars, but on a bike you would pass or get passed by more cars)

Whocare

Good few hgv driver do .know one lad who do trip cork to Dublin every night do it not really dangerous as you only really be listing he said a quick look at phone every so often YouTube netflix ect . But you need to have it on "Burner phone " just incase there was accident or garda spot him phone out the window. Check my phone garda I wasn't looking at phone honest

km991148

Whocare wrote: »

Good few hgv driver do .know one lad who do trip cork to Dublin every night do it not really dangerous as you only really be listing he said a quick look at phone every so often YouTube netflix ect . But you need to have it on "Burner phone " just incase there was accident or garda spot him phone out the window. Check my phone garda I wasn't looking at phone honest

Yeah, I'm sure Tomasz Kroker thought the same before he wiped out an entire family.

It's not on and I've got zero sympathy for anyone caught doing this.

grogi

Wesser wrote: »

Saw a fella watching a film today on his phone while driving, another fella about 3 months ago, dublins northside...completely shocking, not sure if others have noticed this at all

I ofthen listen to YT from my phone in the cradle. Because of the way YT works, I have to have video on...

Wesser

Well then put the phone down on the car seat beside you face down

km991148

grogi wrote: »

I ofthen listen to YT from my phone in the cradle. Because of the way YT works, I have to have video on...

That's really just because you don't want to pay for your streaming service. You don't have to - you want to save 10 quid a month.

You can pretend this is a good excuse to allow unnecessary distractions in the car, but it's not really based in reality (which is presumably the view the police would take).

ExMachina1000

grogi wrote: »

I ofthen listen to YT from my phone in the cradle. Because of the way YT works, I have to have video on...

Same here.

Wishbone Ash

km991148 wrote: »

I really REALLY don't want to turn this into (yet another) cycling thread.. but as a sometimes cyclist, with the different perspective, lane filtering etc it seems this is on the rise. You see it so often (probably because of the different speeds involved - i.e. when I am driving, you are part of the flow of cars, but on a bike you would pass or get passed by more cars)

I see this regularly while cycling and filtering through heavy traffic. Drivers often have a lap top playing a film or whatever in the passenger footwell. Not visible to other drivers but very visible from a cycling position.

(...and about 50% of drivers have a mobile phone on their lap while in heavy traffic. Again, not visible to other motorists).

Dakota Dan

Wesser wrote: »

Saw a fella watching a film today on his phone while driving, another fella about 3 months ago, dublins northside...completely shocking, not sure if others have noticed this at all

How did you know that he was watching a filum? Do you also know what filum it was?

km991148

Dakota Dan wrote: »

How did you know that he was watching a filum? Do you also know what filum it was?

They were driving along side trying to watch :pac: It was just getting to the bit where Liam Neeson tracks down the killer.

vandriver

Top tip:
If any of your family tops up by 20 amonth on three,you can use your credit to pay for a family subscription to you tube premium and yt music.
No ads and no need for the screen on playing music.

accensi0n

grogi wrote: »

I ofthen listen to YT from my phone in the cradle. Because of the way YT works, I have to have video on...

You can lock your phone and still listen to YouTube by playing it in your browser in desktop mode.

Rubberchikken

More gardai on bicycles might soften a lot of coughs. The ability to slide up beside cars,at least, might catch a few of these buggers.

It's part of why whenever I read/hear of deaths in road my sympathy is non existent unless I know the the full extent of the incident

JCDUB

On the M50 at blanch a couple of months ago I passed a car, looked to my left and the driver had two hands on his phone, looking at the screen, while the passenger was holding the steering wheel looking forward.

I gave them a look and an eye roll, and both men immediately became aggressive, shaking fists at me and shouting, accelerating to catch up with me.

Lovely gents, not to mention highly intelligent.

Yuser.

Whocare wrote: »

Good few hgv driver do .know one lad who do trip cork to Dublin every night do it not really dangerous as you only really be listing he said a quick look at phone every so often YouTube netflix ect . But you need to have it on "Burner phone " just incase there was accident or garda spot him phone out the window. Check my phone garda I wasn't looking at phone honest

Just in case anyone reads this post

Throwing your fone out the window won't get you off

km991148

Yuser. wrote: »

Just in case anyone reads this post

Throwing your fone out the window won't get you off

And you will still be a complete and utter tool.

CoBo55

Yuser. wrote: »

Just in case anyone reads this post

Throwing your fone out the window won't get you off

Phone...

Yuser.

CoBo55 wrote: »

Phone...

You make yourself look silly doing that

GarIT

Yuser. wrote: »

You make yourself look silly doing that

Nope. But people who argue about it do.

CoBo55

Yuser. wrote: »

You make yourself look silly doing that

Like throwing your phone out the window doesn't?

Yuser.

Keep it coming I can take it

CoBo55

Bye.

lalababa

See people looking at vids or whatever now and again, van and truck drivers that I work with are on their phones doing Facebook/youtube/what's app vids/gambling/gaming. You name it.
Tid be terrible to be wiped out by some cnut on Facebook.

_Kaiser_

grogi wrote: »

I ofthen listen to YT from my phone in the cradle. Because of the way YT works, I have to have video on...

ExMachina1000 wrote: »

Same here.

accensi0n wrote: »

You can lock your phone and still listen to YouTube by playing it in your browser in desktop mode.

YouTube Vanced

Thank me later

biko

Drop the grammar stuff, thanks.