This afternoon I was coming back from a SUP, in a quiet side street and all of a sudden my mobile rings. Looked at the screen and saw it was my daughter. I just picked up it up out of instinct and then I saw the flashing lights and the quick siren blurt. I actually pulled over to let him past then realised it was me he was after.
Just stopped, got my license out and waited
Straight off the bat, he says "do you know why Ive stopped you?"
I went "Yep, the phone rang and I grabbed it out of instinct. Sorry"
He didnt say anything, just took my license and walked back to the car.
2 minutes later hes back. Looks at me and says, "You know if you are on thhe phone, you are gonna get cleaned up or clean someone else up. Wake up to yourself"
Gave me my license back and walked off.
I thanked him, thought to myself "hes right, what a dickhead I am"
The phone kept ringing but I waited until I got home to answer.
No fine, no demerits but it worked!!!
I always drive and talk on the phone. People eat haburgers and smoke behind the wheel whats the difference?
Thanks for sharing. Clearly this is a case where the copper did the right thing by giving a warning. A warning makes you both grateful and remorseful. A fine would makes you resentful.
This is my "PET HATE" in WA....manly because I have been nearly cleaned up
(and that's no exaggeration) about 6 times in the last 3 months.....
For some reason people on the phone want to come into my lane while I am still there and I get such a shock when I see a car coming in on me I end up getting really anger and I am not an angry person...
We don't do most things in life because they are illegal
So why do people have to talk on the phone when driving
Are they all above the law....would they go out and kill someone
because thats illegal too.
Hmmmm...lets see driving while on the phone can = death....
Not happy Jan!
Sorry for my rant....
...and I don't quiet understand the 
...and I don't quiet understand the
I use the aforementioned (bluetooth) hands free. I don't mind answering whoever calls, but I don't make outgoing calls whilst driving. Bear in mind that 95%(ish) of my driving is on country roads, so traffic is seldom a problem.
Couple of weeks ago I thought I was lucky not to get booked coming towards the mobile radar car doing about 67kms in a 60 zone.
Lucky the copper was to busy with his mobile to his ear to notice me
I get confused.
How is talking on the phone any different to talking to a passenger, with a durrie or pie in one hand, and the steering wheel in the other?
Texting i do understand- that's just dumb, it takes your eye off the road.
Interestingly, it's not against the law to use a cb radio while driving. How is that different?
I wonder if it has anything to do with (dare i say it) revenue and the burden of proof?
Some of these handsfree kits are just as bad as using the phone normally... I have the VE Series II Commodore which has an integrated Bluetooth handsfree touch screen set-up in the dash... Looks nice, but to make a call I still need to take my eyes off the road to either pick a number from contacts, or else key in the number from the touch screen number pad.
I consider it too dangerous to use in traffic, so I choose who I am going to ring on the way home and then key that number in whist still stationary in the car park, and then hit the green talk button when on the FWY.
After having been flashed 5km over the limit 
and being kindly fined 150$ I was quite happy to be able to photograph a cop (gendarme here) driving and using his personal mobile phone...
Sent a copy to the local paper, printed first page....how good........[}:)][}:)]
if one talks to their hamburger or cigarette, then doing those things are probably as bad as talking on the phone while driving
note the OTHER dent in the front bumper
Id say the rail is designed to flex for side impacts but the bolts are designed to shear on an end impact.like maybe big holes for bolts, and the rail, once through the car has ridden upward to follow the height of the bottom of the windscreen
Kn lucky too ,I dont see any red splats of brain drips
You don't think that that OTHER dent was where the car took out the first upright when it still had maximum speed? That would explain it being so far into the rail...
^^^ I reckon it's real - I viewed a few 'actual' images of accidents involving safety rails on a slideshow that are very similar during RCR (road crash rescue) training - but with "red splats". The rail is intended to take most of the impact, but in many cases, the rivets shear and the rail becomes a spear.
The fact that images like this exist is the reason that many 'metal' barriers have been replaced with the new cable barriers. Unfortunately, the cable barriers can do much more damage, especially to rescue crews due to the extreme tension they can be under when stabilising the vehicle.
As for driving+talking on mobile...please don't do it, for your own & others' safety.
How about this, I was in the CBD in Brisbane with bumper to bumper traffic, hadnt moved for 5 minutes and my wife called my mobile so I answered to let her know I was going to be late due to traffic. I wouldnt have answered it otherwise. A cop walking down the street knocked on my window and booked me $200. My argument was that I wasnt moving and hadnt done so for ages. Cop wouldnt have a bar of it. Felt like saying go and book the idiots on the motorway I see every day swerving all over the place while on their mobiles......aargh!
I know the feeling Dazza. Probably five or six years ago there was a pretty bad smash on a friday arvo dixon and ennis ave (for the locals).Cops had all directions blocked. Noone moving. Hadnt for a good half hour. My best mate was heading to my place that night for a few coldies then go the early the next morn. So i ring him and say go old mandurah road as this way is rooted. Yep all good he says and i hang up. Ten or so later when the traffic starts moving one of the cop cars comes flying up behind me. I pull over to get out of his way thinking something else is goin on but guess what? Yep... "i saw you on the phone mate" he says. "your kiddin me surely?" i say. No chance. Yep a nice fine and a few points. My tongue was bleeding from biting it so hard. But we live and learn i guess.
