HEADS UP - Police Blitz on Eating/Drinking while driving

Gleno · Postby **Gleno** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 10:41 am

For years and years we have had food and drink whilst driving, any evidence to support deaths or injuries as a result of driving whilst food in hand??

Sorry but this is blatant revenue raising.

SAM-24A · Postby **SAM-24A** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:34 am

Perhaps we should all learn to drive like this guy ....

Preferably start watching @ the 3:40 time mark ....

+1 to Marc aka bunnishiwa who wrote:

Driver education is awful in this country. Getting parents to teach their kids for a 100hrs is a joke - teach all their bad habits is what is happening.

Sam .....

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bunnishiwa · Postby **bunnishiwa** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 12:09 pm

You filming my morning commute Sam??

squala · Postby **squala** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:07 pm

I'd much rather they outlaw smoking while driving first. It's unhealthy and obviously one hand isn't being used to operate the car.

Chubb · Postby **Chubb** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:16 pm

^^^^ here here to that Al, I for one can't understand how smoking while driving is still legal.

Slash · Postby **Slash** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:36 pm

I understand the whole keep two hands on the wheel logic...

But it ain't going to do shit if you don't know how to handle your car!

+1 to Driver education!!

squala · Postby **squala** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:25 am

Come to think of it, this so-called law could be a violation of human rights. I should be able to at least drink water whenever I please, and carmakers have endeavoured to make this possible via cupholders. No god-bloody nanny state can deprive me of H2O. Getting dizzy or dehydrated is way more unsafe than drinking on the go.

Dirtee · Postby **Dirtee** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:44 am

amen to that ^^

Vast · Postby **Vast** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:18 pm

I have once been on the phone, while eating a Big Mac, while also driving my manual car through traffic.

It's all fun and games.

squala · Postby **squala** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:58 pm

Stilgenbauer wrote:It is now formal Law that anyone caught eating or drinking while driving is heavily fined and possible demerits.

Can you please cite any reference to this?

Slash · Postby **Slash** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 5:24 pm

I havent seen anything that supports eating and drinking alone.

I have seen an article where they say "You can recieve a fine if your eating or drink and not in proper control of your vechile"...

Drive without proper control of vehicle - $397 and 3 points
Road Rules 2008
Rule 297 (1)

I have no issue with that, so it comes down to police discretion?

HEADS UP - Police Blitz on Eating/Drinking while driving

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