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Hands free phones are a problem too
3rd November 2005, Page 28
3rd November 2005
Page 28
Page 28, 3rd November 2005
— Hands free phones are a problem too
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SO NOWTHERE is talk of upping the fine for using hand held mobile phones from i.30 to £60, plus three points, because last year 20,000 fines were issued.
Well, we are happy for people to gabble away losing concentration on their hands-free! We also seem to be happy for coach drivers to give running commentaries while driving.
Up here the most interesting parts are also the most inaccessible. Imagine meeting a coach with 50 passengers on a single track with passing places and the driver's talking away!
It's not just the cowboy operators doing it either. Some operators even proudly proclaim it in their brochures.
Andrew M Newdick One Tonne Transport Ross-shire