Reporting drivers using mobiles.

MelonieHead · 03-03-2009 05:37PM #1

Have you ever seen someone talking on their mobile while driving and wanted to report them? I know most people are going to say "No, I mind my own business" which could be why there's no specific service to report them to and maybe it's too trivial to report to the police.

Should there be a specific service to report this to or would it be too hard to monitor? Even if you discount all of the private citizens, what about people driving company vans? Has anyone ever rang up the company to complain? I doubt that would do any good.

seanybiker · 03-03-2009 05:39PM

to hard to make work. It be your word against mine. If i didnt like you i could ring cops and say i seen ya on your mobile while driving. Be a balls to police

TwoShedsJackson · 03-03-2009 05:40PM

TrafficWatch 1890205805. Probably nothing will be done but you can get it off your chest there.

MelonieHead · 03-03-2009 05:42PM

Yeah, people have said that but surely the phone company that the driver is using would be able to confirm that he person was indeed on their mobile at the accused time? Obviously if you were going to report someone you would need to give the time that you saw them.

chin_grin · 03-03-2009 05:42PM

Would they not be able to check last calls received/make on the handset. Hmm, although that's out the window too as you could just say you were pulled over to take/make it. Grr.

But yeah I do get annoyed when I see it, especially as a lousy pedestrian. Shake harder boy!

flyton5 · 03-03-2009 05:43PM

I usually ring the guards(on my hands free) and claim the person is driving erratically maybe due to drink. Then once the call ends I wait a bit before calling back and saying they're probably not drunk but on the mobile.

Saibh · 03-03-2009 05:44PM

MelonieHead wrote: »

Yeah, people have said that but surely the phone company that the driver is using would be able to confirm that he person was indeed on their mobile at the accused time? Obviously if you were going to report someone you would need to give the time that you saw them.

Can't see it working tbh, you could say some one else was using your mobile phone

MelonieHead · 03-03-2009 05:46PM

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

Probably nothing will be done but you can get it off your chest there.

That's the problem! It's not practical to even try to do anything about drivers using mobiles.

Maybe the way forward is to install a signal blocker in every car. Sure, that would mean passengers suffer too from not being able to use their phone but it's not really that much of a sacrifice, is it? To be without your phone for a while? As few as twenty years ago people didn't have phones in their pockets and they got along just fine. Maybe the phone would only work if the engine was turned off, in case there is a legitimate emergency.

coolmoose · 03-03-2009 05:48PM

flyton5 wrote: »

I usually ring the guards(on my hands free) and claim the person is driving erratically maybe due to drink. Then once the call ends I wait a bit before calling back and saying they're probably not drunk but on the mobile.

and what exactly does this achieve? btw many studies also show that use of handsfree kits can be just as distracting and dangerous to drivers as use of a handheld mobile...

dublinario · 03-03-2009 05:59PM

Generally, when I see somebody driving while on their mobile phone, I tend to follow the person home and observe them from my car for a couple of days.
From there, I'll make a judgement call upon whether to establish a pattern of vague encroachment: I'll rifle through their garbage, make heavy breather phone calls, order pizzas and bouncy castles to their house.

It's not that I have anything against driver-phoners. I'm just looking to make a connection, you know?

TPD · 03-03-2009 06:02PM

Could have a few cameras mounted around the car and a button on the steering wheel. See someone misbehaving, snap a pic, send it to the garda when you get home.

justcallmetex · 03-03-2009 06:03PM

MelonieHead wrote: »

Yeah, people have said that but surely the phone company that the driver is using would be able to confirm that he person was indeed on their mobile at the accused time? Obviously if you were going to report someone you would need to give the time that you saw them.

I mean why stop there Maybe you'd like thier DNA profile too? Safty 1st after all

justcallmetex · 03-03-2009 06:09PM

MelonieHead wrote: »

That's the problem! It's not practical to even try to do anything about drivers using mobiles.

Maybe the way forward is to install a signal blocker in every car. Sure, that would mean passengers suffer too from not being able to use their phone but it's not really that much of a sacrifice, is it? To be without your phone for a while? As few as twenty years ago people didn't have phones in their pockets and they got along just fine. Maybe the phone would only work if the engine was turned off, in case there is a legitimate emergency.

Yeah and then we can use it to track people and hook it up to the insurance company so you wont do anything bold.

Be careful what you wish for.

Tell me is this the sort of world you would like to live in?

foxshooter243 · 03-03-2009 06:12PM

Informers!- the scourge of Ireland:rolleyes:

dublinario · 03-03-2009 06:17PM

justcallmetex wrote: »

Yeah and then we can use it to track people and hook it up to the insurance company so you wont do anything bold.

Be careful what you wish for.

Tell me is this the sort of world you would like to live in?

But self-regulation doesn't work justcallmetex. I think a nation of squealers would be the solution to, not just this, but a range of problems in Irish society. Ideally, you want to foster an atmosphere of perpetual paranoia, wherein everybody is squealing on everybody else, hoping to beat their accusers to the punch. Once a squealer has squealed, the squealee would be interned until their trial in the H blocks up North.

Alternatively, cars could be modified to release Helium from the dashboard when a phone signal is detected, making all phone calls sound ridiculous.

MelonieHead · 03-03-2009 06:19PM

Fair enough Tex. Do me a favour and get back to me when you or someone you know is involved in a traffic accident due to some modhrán chatting away instead of waiting until they reached their destination.

High horses are an indulgance few can afford.

jester77 · 03-03-2009 06:21PM

all the time, when I'm driving and see someone driving and on the phone, I quickly take out my phone, take a pic, call the hotline, report the reg, get the hotlines email and mail them the photo. The last time I did this I crashed into the guy on the phone, so it was easy catch him!

Berty · 03-03-2009 06:22PM

Is there not an irony in phoning the Gardai whilst driving to report somebody for talking on the phone whilst driving.

Anyway, I have a hands free kit in my car so Im perfectly legal yet I still have to push the buttons to make a call which is actually illegal.

"It is illegal to operate a mobile phone whilst driving" so the law does not say talking on a mobile merely using it. So although my hands free kit seems legal the fact I punch in the numbers make it illegal.

*Sigh @ World

pcardin · 03-03-2009 06:24PM

flyton5 wrote: »

I usually ring the guards(on my hands free) and claim the person is driving erratically maybe due to drink. Then once the call ends I wait a bit before calling back and saying they're probably not drunk but on the mobile.

You must have a very booooooooooooooooooring personal life.... :cool:

Micky Dolenz · 03-03-2009 06:25PM

you should not be making calls. You can activate an incoming call on head set.

pcardin · 03-03-2009 06:27PM

jester77 wrote: »

all the time, when I'm driving and see someone driving and on the phone, I quickly take out my phone, take a pic, call the hotline, report the reg, get the hotlines email and mail them the photo. The last time I did this I crashed into the guy on the phone, so it was easy catch him!

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:
next time use hands-free camera....

Micky Dolenz · 03-03-2009 06:27PM

dublinario wrote: »

Generally, when I see somebody driving while on their mobile phone, I tend to follow the person home and observe them from my car for a couple of days.
From there, I'll make a judgement call upon whether to establish a pattern of vague encroachment: I'll rifle through their garbage, make heavy breather phone calls, order pizzas and bouncy castles to their house.

It's not that I have anything against driver-phoners. I'm just looking to make a connection, you know?

I hope thats late at night when they are in bed and not while they are out driving, I'd hate to see you encouraging this driver phone thing :pac::pac:

CamperMan · 03-03-2009 06:31PM

have you got nothing better to do with your time?

dublinario · 03-03-2009 06:33PM

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

I hope thats late at night when they are in bed and not while they are out driving, I'd hate to see you encouraging this driver phone thing :pac::pac:

Of course. It's like I tell everybody in my clique of weirdoes, if you're going to stalk someone, for the love of God, stalk safely. Heavy breathing is best done while standing behind a tree outside the stalkee's house, so that with luck, you might observe their reaction through the net curtains.

Back when I was a young weirdo, taking my first baby-steps in the world of creepiness, I would often do my heavy breathing in person, rather than over the phone, and I had my jaw broken more than once, let me tell you. You live and learn though.

justcallmetex · 03-03-2009 06:34PM

MelonieHead wrote: »

Fair enough Tex. Do me a favour and get back to me when you or someone you know is involved in a traffic accident due to some modhrán chatting away instead of waiting until they reached their destination.

High horses are an indulgance few can afford.

I'll be sure to make the world suffer just like me when that happens....I can hardly wait for that depth bitterness

CamperMan · 03-03-2009 06:38PM

MelonieHead wrote: »

Fair enough Tex. Do me a favour and get back to me when you or someone you know is involved in a traffic accident due to some modhrán chatting away instead of waiting until they reached their destination.

High horses are an indulgance few can afford.

what about the drivers that smoke, or eat food or drink at the wheel, I see more of that going on than people using mobile phones

justcallmetex · 03-03-2009 06:43PM

CamperMan wrote: »

what about the drivers that smoke, or eat food or drink at the wheel, I see more of that going on than people using mobile phones

We'll get SWAT for them Fu(kers!

CamperMan · 03-03-2009 06:47PM

justcallmetex wrote: »

We'll get SWAT for them Fu(kers!

what about the idiots that drive with defective headlights, worn tyres or other defects that can cause an accident

justcallmetex · 03-03-2009 06:48PM

CamperMan wrote: »

what about the idiots that drive with defective headlights, worn tyres or other defects that can cause an accident

Thats what the NCT's for....

dublinario · 03-03-2009 06:49PM

CamperMan wrote: »

what about the drivers that smoke, or eat food or drink at the wheel, I see more of that going on than people using mobile phones

I concur CamperMan, those people are clearly highly-skilled drivers, ahead of the curve in the realm of multitasking. I wish I had their aptitude. While driving, I personally like to play one of those games where you pass a small metal loop around a bendy course of electrified wire, without touching the loop off the wire (which buzzes if you do). I find it therapeutic.

Similarly, a Rubiks Cube can really wile away the boredom when you're travelling at high speed along an endlessly straight, monotonous road.

event · 03-03-2009 06:54PM

MelonieHead wrote: »

That's the problem! It's not practical to even try to do anything about drivers using mobiles.

Maybe the way forward is to install a signal blocker in every car. Sure, that would mean passengers suffer too from not being able to use their phone but it's not really that much of a sacrifice, is it? To be without your phone for a while? As few as twenty years ago people didn't have phones in their pockets and they got along just fine. Maybe the phone would only work if the engine was turned off, in case there is a legitimate emergency.

this is possibly the worst idea i have ever heard
there are far too many things wrong with this, so i wont even bother to name them

Reporting drivers using mobiles.

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