"A K" wrote in message
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On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 10:06:37 PM UTC-5, Rod Speed wrote:
"A K" wrote in message
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On Friday, April 12, 2019 at 12:23:00 AM UTC-5, Bod wrote:
Mobile phone detectors are to be used by police to find drivers using
devices at the wheel.

The Thames Valley and Hampshire forces are rolling out the technology
to
show when motorists are using their phones.

A sign will flash at the driver telling them to stop using their
mobile
- but the detectors cannot tell if it is a driver or passenger using
the
phone.

The detector picks up 2G, 3G and 4G signals and will therefore flash
to
alert people in cars who are using phones to call, text or data.

If people are using a Bluetooth hands-free device, the detector will
recognise this and not flash.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47896472

If it stops just one death, it has to be a good thing.

that's a great idea.

Bull**** it is when it can't work out whether it
is the driver or a passenger using the phone.

Drivers using cell phones are as distracted as drunk drivers.

Thats a lie too. Most drivers using a phone while driving
are no more distracted than when talking to a passenger and
are much less distracted than with unruly brats in the car.

Statistics say otherwise.

There can't be any reliable statistics on the non phone distractions.

https://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-acci...tatistics.html

I know many cell phones user who got into accidents.

None of the ones I know have had an accident using one and
we spend hours on the phone during the garage/yard sale run.