You’re quite high up on a Multistrada, you get a good view into a car as you pass them or they pass you. Yesterday on the way to Silverstone I saw a bloke on his phone, doing about 40mph. I shouted at him and waved my arms. He knew what I was on about and dropped his phone down to the seat immediately and looked guilty. This was nothing. On the way home I cruised past a few cars on a dual carriageway, at 70mph. A small blue car zoomed up behind me at pace, this car was closing me down quickly. I pulled in just in case it was the law in plain clothes. As it went by it was a young girl with bleached blonde straightened hair. She was doing minimum 80mph+ one handed. None of this I minded. What got me was, as she went past me I could clearly see her left thumb texting away, she was looking at it, not me or the road. That was it for me. You or more to the point ‘I’ have to bear in mind that I admit to having a thing about texting while driving. I’ve been seriously rear ended twice on the M4. Fortunately I was protected by a solid Mercedes both times. I’ve had neck problems ever since, god knows what the van driver was looking at when he flipped his Sprinter van over me but I was lucky it didn’t land on top of me. It bounced down the road upside down like a Dinky toy. Back to the girl. I sounded the horn, waved my arms. She was oblivious. Up ahead we came to a set of red lights. I pulled up next to her, she wouldn’t look at me. After a moment she did so I motioned to wind the window down. I was surprised that she did. ‘Are you nuts? Texting while doing 80mph’? I asked. She flatly denied texting. I saw it, absolutely clearly. No doubt about it. Denial, innocence, wrongly accused. A blatant lie. ‘Are you nuts’ ? The lights changed and I went, wishing I had a Gopro of it. I don’t want to be all Victor Meldrew .... but I am! If I was on a bike when I was hit instead of being in my car, I’d be dead. No doubt about it. All because someone wasn’t looking where they were going. At least he admitted it. If there was an accident she’d have a bent car and I or you would be dead. Mort, no more, finished. This is a more serious problem than drink driving now. What can be done. What would you do?
I'm a white van man and I see it all day long, shocking . Also are only trucks allowed in the inside lane now ???
If you felt so strongly about the girl texting, why not give her Reg and approx time to the local nick?
So this blonde was knitting whilst driving and a cop draws along side her and yells ‘pull over’. No, it’s a scarf, she yells back and carries on her way!
Social engineering. 5 years ago no one would give a fuck about texting and driving. Come to think of it, I don’t give a fuck now. I see birds doing it. I couldn’t do it. I’d be straight in the hedge. I see people gesticulating to other people because they’re on the phone behind the wheel. So what? If you ice someone, you’ll be held to account. People will be telling me to wear full leathers in hot weather next
A long time ago I was promised a blow job while driving if I took my girlfriend at the time to the coast. Unbeknown to her I turned onto the York outer ring road towards Tadcaster instead of the A64 to Scarborough as I couldn't be arsed to go. I was in a lot of bother - she thumped me when she realised Nowadays, only my ex chick Philo would, she's flying in from Germany in 2 weeks and wants me to meet her in Cambridge - trouble is she's a bit scary (not aesthetically but in the head) so I'm trying to make my mind up whether to go
Young women are the worst. I've seen loads driving on phones. They are even worse when walking and I've lost count of thr number of young mothers pushing a pram over a road whilst looking at a phone. I've no problem talking on one. You could argue you could be distracted, but at least you are looking where you are going. They are obsessed wuth the bloody things and it'll be some banal shite like Facebook putting them and others in danger.
I did too, it was still proper roasting. Let’s keep this thread on subject though. Unfortunately not the blow jobs but the texting. We can always start another thread about bj’s while driving. Should be interesting.
Yes they can. Hope you never have anyone decide the same and send dash cam footage in because you overtook them or they thought you were speeding....
