American's and stick shifts (long)

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <01bdcb6e$01253a60$38ee7ece@matthewp> matjen@xsite.net writes:

> But gradually, Mr. Lovett began to realize he needed another arm. Balancing
> calls to co-workers on his cell phone while eating breakfast and drinking
> coffee became too arduous.

Get caught driving with a cellphone in your hand over here and it's
GBP40 and three points on your licence.  Same goes for breakfast.

Get caught with both and it's "driving without due care and attention."
Depends what sort of mood the magistrates are in.  If one of them has
recently been rear-ended by someone doing the same, you could be
walking for a year.

Same goes for cup-holders.  You can't control a couple of tons of moving
metal and drink at the same time.

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 Phil Payne
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