2013 Drivers survey from private fleet

I looked at the results of that qn and wondered why more of middle-aged people were texting than the young ones - then I realised the younger ones probably weren't being as honest with themselves.

not "occupation", sorry I meant "appearance" - ie. stereotypes.

Yep unfortunately we've got a long way to go as a society before we're all holding hands and riding dolphins off into the sunset! If anything I think we're getting worse. Sad but true.


Mick

Agree Michelle, though my initial reaction was concern for the general inability to communicate by hanging more than a very few words together. Has the media trained us to think only in short sentences, and think simple thoughts? Are our minds conditioned to only accept simplistic little sound bites? Reducing everything to glib generalisations targeting identifiable groups within society - do all young women tailgate and worry about their hair while texting and simultaneously talking on the phone? (Sorry that sentence is too long so won't make sense!) And .. just what is the breaking distance and what's an "ain't"? (My old English teacher would be horrified with what I've just written...and written a public place!)

I know I'm just a cranky old pedant, but those survey responses really are very concerning. Our civilisation now has some wonderful aids for communicating, but seems to have lost the ability to communicate!

Cheers

John

John,
they are all communicating fine on their phones and texting.

I just don't think they either grasp or believe it will happen to me. One of the first things the boys in blue are going to do is check their mobile and phone records after a serious accident.

I was having a few cool drinks with the son of a local transport operator. He said they had waited ages to get a prime mover and trailer back after one of their drivers was killed in a fatal accident. The reason for the delay was because they were looking for a dash cam that the driver always used.

John and Val
"Breaking" distance is when you are travelling too close behind and they stop.

If you travel further back it is Braking distance and no breaking occurs.

When texting, at 100 kmh (which is 27m/s) how many meters per character is that?

That line, "all young women tailgate and worry about their hair while texting and simultaneously talking on the phone".
This is multi tasking, and is a sought after set of skills in the modern world.

Ross M

hi michelle
no need to correct that
we all occupy our appearances most
of the time don't we ?? lol
cheers
barry

Haha Barry! And then we have our dogs that share our appearances too.