I recently joined SnapChat and learnt about "Influencers." These are people who have a lot of subs with public profiles from what I can gather.
I noticed about 1/10 of these Influencers are driving whilst recording themselves, road, friends, etc.
It amazes me that people can be that stupid to willingly record themselves breaking the law.
Has anyone else noticed this? And what's to stop someone recording them and handing the footage in to the police and I wonder if they'd even care.
If he got caught doing it, it would be the first and only time that he did it.
Why didn't you report it to the police?
I saw a disturbing video of someone vlogging while driving and then filmed her friend with her head split open and continued the commentary (obviously brain on automatic due to trauma).
Just don’t kill someone else please…
Back when youtube was relatively new and people were uploading videos, I saw almost every single 'vlogger' driving and recording whilst holding their phones/cameras.
Never. Driving is the most dangerous thing I do every day and warrants my full attention.
Narcissism is a scourge.
People using phone's hands free or not are stupid.
Driving requires your full attention, if your illegally using your phone it's not just the law your breaking your putting people's lives and yours at risk, could you live with yourself knowing that you were responsible for the death of your loved one or someone else's life?
Even legally using your phone hands free is dangerous, watch the MythBusters episode.
People using phone's hands free or not are stupid.
So you don't talk to your passengers while driving? Hands free are not the cause here - its not much difference (in fact, safer because no eye contact) compared to talking to someone on passenger seat. Its not dangerous if you use it sensibly. On the flip side, anything can be dangerous if you don't use it sensibly.. or if you are plain stupid driver
Talking to passengers and using your phone are completely different. Your passengers can see when there is a situation that warrants your full attention and be quiet for a moment. The person on the phone on the other hand, can't, so will continue to demand your attention, leaving less for the difficult situation you are facing.
Points taken. I stand corrected.
I only really talk to passengers when I'm stopped or in slow moving traffic. At most other times I halt the conversation and focus on the task at hand.
I don't listen to the radio either, unless I'm driving interstate.
I disagree. Your brain is not designed to multi-task. You cannot give 100% attention to two separate inputs. Safe driving needs 100% attention.
It's not just people snapchatting while driving. Next time you go for a drive, I guarantee you that at the first red light you come to, you will see someone on their phone
No that's idiotic
I don't even think there's a need for a poll tbh
I want to hear from at least one of the 3 “yes” voters… :D
$2000? What a joke. She should have got jail time as well, she was plastered.
She also kept her job at the dealership…………..AND the dealership insurance paid the car out ….. ! How? I do not know. I thought that drink driving meant automatic no insurance…..
Very lucky to be alive and very lucky not to have killed someone.
The video is quite alarming, as she screams as she realises she's heading towards the trees
Jesus, that is insane. The reasoning behind any of those decisions boggles the mind.
Drink driving cannot mean no insurance, otherwise third party victims would not be entitled to claim.
DD usually means no insurance
And yes, victims cannot claim against DD's policy………….not a well known point.
Often, if you are the victim of a DD, it is better to NOT call the police.
Budget Direct (mine, for example) says
General exclusions applying to the whole policy
This Policy does not cover any loss, damage or liability arising out of the use or
operation of the car:
- if at the time of or immediately following an incident, the driver of the car:
- did not hold a valid licence or permit to drive in Australia, or held such a licence
but did not comply with its conditions;
- was under the influence of alcohol or any drug;
- was in excess of the lawful blood alcohol level limit in force where the car was
being driven;
- refused to take a legal test for alcohol or any drug;
Page 9 of https://ecommerce.disconline.com.au/branding/resources/BUDD/…
This idiot was in the news yesterday here in WA captured doing a video call on the freeway. The police announced today they had tracked her down & issued a $400 fine and several demerit points.
https://thewest.com.au/news/crime/woman-filmed-watching-smar…
I say crush the phone if caught as the monetary penalty isn't working at all.
And this is the problem with Australian penalties at the moment (including sentences handed down by impotent magistrates and judges). $400 fine? Should have been a $4000 fine. We need penalties and sentences which will deter people. That's a weekend off the tiles for her. Disgraceful.
And here I am still wondering what's a snap chat.
+1
Lol @ the term “social media influencer”. Most of them have “fake” followers to boost numbers. Like that bozo from the UK that got roasted recently by the hotel owner… Morons.
So long as they end up only doing harm to themselves, it will help thin out the gene pool. The problem is, they don’t just hurt themselves, but usually others as well.
Please include a “WTF is Snapchat?” option.
What the hell's a "influencer"??? Is that like saying Kim Kardashian is an "influencer" and should be followed?
Apparently several thousand people with sad, unfilled lives seem to think she is.
I ride a motorcycle so I feel like I see other motorist distractions much more than what regular road users would.
The affect that changing a radio station has on a driver is incredible as is. The use of a phone makes me want to break mirrors, and I often call people out when they are using a phone + visibly distracted.
The concept of going to the next level of taking a snapcrap whilst driving makes me want to start smashing windows. They literally have to concentrate on driving, content for their snapcrap, camera angle and their personal appearance just to name a few.
As a fellow motorcycle rider, I feel that pain. I often see people drifting in and out of their lane only to get a glimpse of what they are doing, and more often than not, it’s mobile phone related.
I also drive trucks from time to time, so this also gives me a great vantage point to see what people are doing in their cars and I’m just blown away by the amount of people I see using their phone or have it sitting on/between their legs.
I agree. I have also seen truck drivers talking and texting on their phones and that is really scary.
I concur. The ones that blow me away are the interstate B-Double drivers. That’s 80 tonnes of death and destruction. If I see that shit, I call them out over the CB. You would think that guys who get idiot car drivers giving them no room for error and seeing the amount of car drivers on the phone, they wouldn’t do it themselves.
Driving a truck freaks me out. I am fully aware of what my inattentive mind could cause. I am hyper alert while driving any of the trucks at work and touching a phone is the last thing from my mind.
If you ever see a truck driver on the phone and it’s for a big logistics or freight company, or any company for that matter, note the details of the truck, time and place and give the company a call. They take a very dim view of their drivers breaking the law.
A user got butthurt a week ago from a comment I made calling out his bullshit. He subsequently got penalty boxed for making personal attacks and blames me for it.
Now he comes around to every comment I make on a daily basis on his multiple/friends accounts and downvotes my comments. So I pay no mind. If it’s a week later and they are still butthurt over what a mod did or becuse they got caught lieing, then I know what I said was right.
Either that or there are two truck drivers on this forum who don’t want people to know about their phone use and the suggestion of reporting them to their boss has upset them…
New drivers should be shown the consequences of distracted driving like the safety videos you watch for work.
Like what happens to the guy that climbs near the high voltage .
He saw the light.
There is a program in the UK where the cops are visiting schools and showing the kids of that age the consequences of dangerous driving. It would be interesting to track their driving records for a few years and see what the impact was.
A visit to the morgue to dead kids might be something they would remember.
I wonder if Steve Smith would do it