Driving while on the phone....

[ummmm]

Just watching it on the news. They had the cameras out in Northampton today. They also showed how many hazards are missed due to talking on the phone.

Now....this morning I was on the bus coming home from the school run. The bus was full to capacity both seated and standing. I was standing near the driver who took his phone out just after we left the station and was still on it 1.5 miles later where I got off.

I took the bus number.....would you report him?

[paraffin]

A serious subject, however, let me add a bit of levity. Reminds me of this joke:


A golfer on the first tee drives the ball which "hooks" violently to the left, flies over a line of trees and disappears in the direction of a main road running past the golf course.

The golfer takes out another ball, tees off again, carries on, completes his round, walks off the final green and is confronted by the club pro who says to him:

"Bloody hell, Stan, that was a helluva hook off that first tee, wasn't it? What a disaster!"

Stan says: "Wasn't as bad as that! I only dropped one stroke!"

The pro: "Sorry Stan, but your ball whizzed over the trees, flew through the open window of a passing bus, smacked the driver in the face, the bus swerved, carreered down an embankment, and crashed into a river killing three passengers."

Stan mumbles: "What should I do?"

The pro: "Well, if I were you, Stan, the next time you tee up, try sliding the fingers of your right hand round the club a bit more and that will hopefully cure the hook!"

[ummmm]

So what would you do paraffin?

I get the joke though :-)

[welshlibranr]

I certainly would report him, How irresponsible, I see so many drivers talking on their phones while driving,struggling to control the car with one hand! it's illegal anyway, but a bus driver, with all those peoples lives in his hands! he should know better!!

[yogi.bear]

Hi ummmm .... hope you're well......just got in .....quick look at your thread.......i would report him as he was endangering you and all the other passengers lives too and could easily have crashed injuring yourself and others.....how irresponsible is that?

If you feel you don't want to give your name ....dont! ... you can do it anonomously as he may do it again and hurt someone.

Thats if you want to get involved....if you dont and feel worried about it, then dont as you may feel unhappy you did.
And as you said, maybe another passenger reported him already.

Your choice, sweetheart! xxx

Night,ummmm x

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[ummmm]

Nighty Night Ian...sleep well xx

[yogi.bear]

You too, lovely xx

[paraffin]

Hi ummmm:

To honestly answer your question, let me tell you a true story.

When my son was a teenager, he and other pupils from his school were about to go on an exchange trip to Germany. We took him to his school where, with the other parents and kids, we waited for the hired coach to arrive to take them to the airport.

The coach duly arrived and I noticed that one of its tyres was quite bald. My first instinct was to confront the driver but something stopped me. It was the instant realisation that my son, being a hormonal teenager at the time, would have been totally mortified had I done so, for he would have deemed it as wholly unacceptable for his father to be seen to "humiliate and embarrass" him in front of his friends and their parents by daring to raise the issue regardless of its severity.

Not only that, but they would have missed their connecting flight had there been the significant delay of having to find another coach.

So I "chickened out" for fear of public confrontation with my son, to save his feelings, and ran the risk of a tragedy happening. I thank God to this day that they arrived safe and sound but have also not stopped feeling guilty nevertheless.

[LucyThomas6]

I would have taken it off him and thrown it out of the window.

[*Princess*]

Who is this green Lucy Thomas I've heard a lot about?

[LucyThomas6]

It's me.

[LucyThomas6]

They keep banning me because I tell it like it is and some of the gentle souls on here can't take it.

Watch this space for LucyThomas7. It's only a matter of time.

[*Princess*]

Are you one of bellends side kicks?

[LucyThomas6]

Who?

[*Princess*]

bellends side kicks.