RE: American's and stick shifts (long)

["Sheffield Corey" <SHEF@omdc.gso.uri.edu>]

>>> 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.
>
>> Is that what the law says in UK? Does the law explicitly mention eating
>> in the car?
>>
>> Major telecom companies are working on hands-free cell-phones now.
>> But they are still far from being able to offer them to the market.

>Hands-free kits are absolutely standard over here.
>
>The law now explicitly refers to cellphone usage.  It says that using
>a hand-held in a moving car is a moving traffic offence for which either
>a "Fixed Penalty Ticket" or a summons may be issued.  If the police see
>you they _WILL_ intervene - if you're very lucky, they'll just motion
>you to put it down.  Eating, drinking and smoking are all listed as
>potentially hazardous.
>

Hi Phil,

	Saw the same thing in Lima, Peru this Summer(their Winter) The Police
just go nuts when they see someone on a "handheld" in city traffic. The best we
can do here in the "states" is a bumper sticker that reads: "Stop talking and
start driving". Not very effective:-(

						Happy motoring,

							      Shef