Using Mobile whilst driving

I agree with you, TB, that even hands free is a distraction. I talk with joy about my toy but very rarely use it. It's there for very important/emergency situations only.

It would be hypocritical of me to decry waving at MHs as a distraction (as I have done many a time) if I then made use of my hands free set up as a matter of course. 

It's just a really sad reminder to everyone.

I have a modern version of hands free with voice activation, and whilst not arguing that even that can be a distraction, It's no more so than a passenger talking or the kids wailing or even the music blaring.

Ideal environment for driving is on your own with complete silence ......... but I talk to the dog, my passenger(s) and have the music turned on.

Yes blue tooth in cars great invention, we love ours but we have seen many in an up to date car who have it.  but they seem to prefer texting   Idiots ! 

"although I do think people have always taken their eyes off the road for some reason or another."

Precisely why we don't wave to MHs, Pippah. There are already enough distractions without creating more. 

Write your comments here...But waving to MHs shows that you are aware of what is on the road coming towards you. Not just another vehicle but what type and size.

Do you not wave an acknowledgement to a driver who lets you out at a junction or flashes to allow you to pull out into the lane he/she is in if you are wanting to overtake a vehicle in front of you?  This is a LOT different to using a mobile phone or similar device, for whatever reason, whilst driving. 

Banning the use of mobiles, or other similar devices, in all vehicles by blocking the signal would be very unfair to passengers and could not be enforced. Any such blocking device could only be fitted to new vehicles, not existing ones. Would some vehicles, such as taxis, expect to be exempt?

"Not just another vehicle but what type and size."

I'm aware of a big white vehicle. That's all I need to know.

Let's not rake it up again here. You can always read previous threads if you want.

This video highlights what is "important"

https://www.facebook.com/DrivingSpain/videos/500413180146039/

 what's the difference between a conversation via a phone & a 2 way radio?

The one via the 2-way radio is legal.

going back some 35 years when at work my company fit all us techs with car phones from that day to this i have never answered the car phone while driving much to the disgust of the office.Or for that matter made a call while driving  malc

There seem to be a very large number of people posting here, who have no idea of the difference between cars equipped for hands free calling and manually using a phone. My phone travels in my handbag. Calling and music are activated by steering wheel mounted controls. Called number and music selection is managed through voice controls, none of which gives rise to taking your eyes off the road. Judging by some posts here, drivers should be banned from talking to passengers, listening to music or, heaven forbid, listening to radio 4. There's a world of difference between using a 2 way radio handset, changing radio station by hand on a car radio, or swapping a CD. Finding the switches for my fog lights is more distracting than initiating a phone call, or answering one - neither of which I do when involved in activities which involve extra concentration such as junctions and route changes. Next we'll have people attacking the use of SatNavs. Maybe if you can't multi task you should be reconsider your ability to do more than drive in silence, but quite a few of us are capable of listening to music or talking while driving.