What’s your most controversial opinion? **Read OP** **Mod Note in Post #3372**

IF they also brought in much heavier penalties for using the phone whole driving. Yeah.

Ah yeah, fair enough. Some people are just easily frightened or anxious.

Sure. You could do that. The more successful way to get behaviour change is to offer a facility to change behaviour.

I don't suppose anyone will need to pull in EVERY 10 or 15 minutes. But you know you can call someone back in 15 minutes when you get a call.

Maybe you prefer the authoritarian hard line, but I usually prefer voluntary compliance backed up with law, rather than simply relying on threat of law.

Each to their own. Are the government suggesting increased penalties for using the phone while driving?

I think you missed the point of the post, insofar as you didn't respond to it at all.

I presume there are already lots of filling stations, and laybys which could be used. Probably not much change needed, which is great.

Why do you want to police the laybys now?you're made for being policed.

I’ve driven from Cork to Dublin and other similar distances and never had any problems not physically interacting with the phone whilst driving….

Facebook, twitter, TikTok, WhatsApp… your life won’t crumble if you are inactive and can’t read messages or interact with people or those services for a few hours….

Yeah you missed it.

It was about voluntary compliance vs just relying on punishment.

You seem to favour the pure positive reinforcement of a negative stimulus. I think it's sensible to facilitate compliance rather than just punish.

Not to worry.

OK. We won't do it then

Most new cars you can change the radio station, take a phone call without removing your hand off the wheel or looking at anything…

As regards temperature control, a second to look at the controls and you’ve turned it on / off or changed it.

You have to take your eyes off the road in front of you to routinely check the mirrors, as is the law, not optional.

So glancing at a panel of buttons to turn on aircon for about 1 second if required, is not a big deal.

I'd agree with you largely, controls with feedback and that don't require going through menus are absolutely needed. In relation to volume though, I'm fine with it being on the steering wheel. I've never adjusted from the screen. 😂

im ok with the new bottle caps.

they can be inconvenient, but measured against the old caps which you had to place down and then pick back up, or carry with the risk of dropping, the new design is on aggregate the more lazy-friendly.

No more disappearing cap. No more looking under the couch and wondering where the fk.

No more picking up a cap with a hair and a cornflake stuck to it.

Fake tan makes a person look trashy.

well look at you sniffing wine and discussing textures like a big boy.

Not controversial at all

Everyone should work at least six months in a customer service position. That education will last you a lifetime. For the rest of your life you will treat people with respect.

When I was a barman the ordinary working people were sound to me. The extremely rich people in the town (like the owner of the cement works) were nice and kind. The worst customers were the middle class new money, own a few flats around town jumped up snobs who treated me like dirt. What business acumen did they show to get their wealth? None, they just married a smart builder and these "ladies who leisure" do not even work.

We do not need military service but a lot of people sure do need 6 months working retail! Looking back that was a lousy, minimum wage, mopping toilets, serving drunks job but I learned a life lesson and so can others