28-03-13, 01:59 PM
Telephone calls whilst riding - really?
What could possibly be more distracting than having a loud ring then a voice booming into your ear as you negotiate traffice, ride a hairpin bend or simply just ride in a staright line?
I do not understand the obsession that people have these days with constantly being contactable - does no one ever 'get away from it all' for an hour or so anymore?
I have mates who answer their phones in the pub and then spend 30 minutes 'discussing' with little Brittany or Cruise Harper Bastard why they must go to bed and not disturb Mummy - what the fuck?!!! You're in the pub with your mates, your kids should not think it's ok to ring you for anything less that a missing limb or a dead sibling blocking the fridge door.
The last thing I want is some nobber ringing me as I'm filtering my way through London traffic to ask me how to use the video recorder, for fucks sake it can all wait unless it's life or death and even in death the only thing I can do is get there when I can, you're already dead, that ain't gonna change!
What the hell is voice mail or the ridiculous 'text message' for if eveyone insists on being contactable at all times?
I have to question how safe mobile phone headsets are to be used when riding a motorcycle in the same way that I question (by question I mean punish) car drivers who insist on driving with one hand clamped to their ear chatting on the phone and not payng any attention to the road.
What could possibly be more distracting than having a loud ring then a voice booming into your ear as you negotiate traffice, ride a hairpin bend or simply just ride in a staright line?
I do not understand the obsession that people have these days with constantly being contactable - does no one ever 'get away from it all' for an hour or so anymore?
I have mates who answer their phones in the pub and then spend 30 minutes 'discussing' with little Brittany or Cruise Harper Bastard why they must go to bed and not disturb Mummy - what the fuck?!!! You're in the pub with your mates, your kids should not think it's ok to ring you for anything less that a missing limb or a dead sibling blocking the fridge door.
The last thing I want is some nobber ringing me as I'm filtering my way through London traffic to ask me how to use the video recorder, for fucks sake it can all wait unless it's life or death and even in death the only thing I can do is get there when I can, you're already dead, that ain't gonna change!
What the hell is voice mail or the ridiculous 'text message' for if eveyone insists on being contactable at all times?
I have to question how safe mobile phone headsets are to be used when riding a motorcycle in the same way that I question (by question I mean punish) car drivers who insist on driving with one hand clamped to their ear chatting on the phone and not payng any attention to the road.