Hands free phones in cars

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One brilliant poet. 

Me, I'm more of an Albert Tatlock truth be told!

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There are several versions around of a quote by Winston Churchill but the theme was:

“I only believe statistics that I have doctored myself”,

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@Champnet wrote:

..... Noisy kids & talkative passengers - you can ignore....

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@Champnet  I'm not so sure. I even silence the missus, when joining the carriageway from a slip.

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Quick question; do we know, if any other countries have such a ban?

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Quick answer, no idea. 

Seriously, just checked and it seems France has had a ban on using hands free phones since 2015. Now that is a surprise.

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It might be a bit late into the party for banning hands-free phones now that hands-free cars are appearing!  

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@Luzern wrote:
... I even silence the missus, when joining the carriageway from a slip.

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@Luzern 

Achieved hands-free presumably?  

Edit: spleling

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@Minivanman wrote:

Quick answer, no idea. 

Seriously, just checked and it seems France has had a ban on using hands free phones since 2015. Now that is a surprise.

And we all know how good the French are at obeying rules!

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@Luzern wrote

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@Champnet  I'm not so sure. I even silence the missus, when joining the carriageway from a slip.

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Sheer terror ?

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Here's an articlewith a list of what is permitted within Europe.

@Minivanman It appears to differ from your report on France.

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@Champnet wrote:

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@Luzern wrote

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@Champnet  I'm not so sure. I even silence the missus, when joining the carriageway from a slip.

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Sheer terror ?

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Not quite, but more so on Fridays in Summer. The road near us is packed, or if not so some idiot drivers making their way  to Bournemouth and other points West. There are many accidents over a close 2-3 mile stretch, some fatal.

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@Luzern 

It would appear so.

I'll find the report which was in a recent English language newspaper if I can and get back to you. 

Gotta get these things right. 

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I know in Spain, you have to have a properly fitted kit. You cannot use the Cyberman effect bluetooth equipment, neither can you use ear buds. The Police are now also using drones to enforce driving standards (good luck with that!!).

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@Luzern 

Here you go. I can only assume then that 'the objective' was never implemented.

"France has set the objective to reduce the number of road deaths in half by the year 2020. On Friday April 3, the Interior Ministry announced several measures to achieve this goal, including the ban of hands-free kits in vehicles that will take effect on June 30, 2015. The ban includes any mobile device hands-free kit that requires an ear bud, Bluetooth headset, earpiece or headphones, including those kits that only require one ear and leave the second ear free"

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@Marksfish 

That was the puzzle, how the heck are the police going to know if somebody is talking on the phone.

The driver could just as well be chatting to a passenger, arguing with some radio show they are listening to.... or praying for rain in Spain!

Crazy eh.