Well we've nearly all got one but how do we use it? On today's news I was surprised to see how low the figures are for people caught driving while using a mobile phone since they made it illegal. I think this was done in London and remember, the figures quoted are only the ones that got caught. Well, come down and try driving in Bristol and Bath and I can assure you the figures are probably a dozen times higher but they never seem to get caught.
The worst culprits are drivers of Chelsea tractors, white vans, builders, drivers of big, posh cars and I've even seen bus and lorry drivers doing it too. Not just occasionally, but every time I get behind the wheel or when I walk into the centre. The penalty if you get caught is only three miserable points on your licence and I think this should be raised to ten at least, or better still, ban them from ever owning a phone again and let them do 100 hours community service! People that do this are the most selfish and irresponsible dregs of society. If they have an accident while indulging themselves in this illegal activity, it isn't them that suffer the most but the other person and their family.
Why can't the manufacturers of these contraptions build in some kind of disabling device so that they don't work in moving cars.
I've got a mobile but it is rarely used, in fact I keep it switched off most of the time. I don't want to be at everyone's beck and call twenty four hours a day and I get irritated if I'm browsing in shops and someone's mobile starts ringing out the most diabolical tune and then they start shouting "I'm in Tesco at the frozen peas". They don't even talk normally, it's as if they want everyone to know they've got a bloody phone and at least one friend.
The Barratt hutches opposite my house have been lined with lead or something because I often see the residents out in the road, walking up and down regardless of the time of day or night (or early hours of the morning) talking very loudly on their mobile. Why they can't be like normal people and get a land line is beyond me.
And finally, why do they have to have such bloody awful ringtones?
Someone nearly ran right up the back of me and Star because they were texting on their bloody phone. I'd like to crush all mobiles with a large mallet! I don't know what people find to blather on about endlessly.
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