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| Halcyon:
--- Quote from: Someone on October 31, 2020, 10:50:48 am --- --- Quote from: Halcyon on October 31, 2020, 04:05:16 am ---Use of mobile phones by the driver while driving were introduced in Australia in 2012, which wasn't that long ago. --- End quote --- They were in place by 1999 in several jurisdictions, NSW, ACT, VIC, and SA, at least. Care of a nationalisation of the road rules. Given the narrow period of use of car phones in Australia, we can guess your age pretty well. --- End quote --- Ahh yes, you are correct. They were strengthened in 2012. Still, I can still remember when there was no such law prohibiting handheld phones. |
| themadhippy:
Is it still the case in the uk that its illegal to use a phone whilst driving but a 2 way radio is fine |
| Red Squirrel:
I think back then they were probably treated the same way as a CB radio... and probably outputted about the same amount of watts too! lol And people worry about 5g. :-DD |
| vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on November 01, 2020, 12:17:45 am ---I think back then they were probably treated the same way as a CB radio... and probably outputted about the same amount of watts too! lol And people worry about 5g. :-DD --- End quote --- CBs only have 5 watts output, using AM, or 12 watts PEP using SSB. The UHF FM CBs in Oz are 5 Watts FM, so I assume the 27MHz FM ones which were used in most European countries would be similar. Cellphones, CBs, ham radios, taxi radios, etc have one thing in common. They spend a lot more time in receive mode than they do in transmit, so their duty cycle is very much less than a broadcasting station. |
| vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: themadhippy on October 31, 2020, 11:52:36 pm ---Is it still the case in the uk that its illegal to use a phone whilst driving but a 2 way radio is fine --- End quote --- The big advantage of a 2 way radio (or a bluetooth connected phone), is that you don't have to look at them to use them. What freaks me out are the huge central displays on modern car dashboards. Their bright garish colour schemes just beg you to look at them. Add to that, the transfer of some control functions to the touchscreen function on these, & they are a recipe for distraction & disaster. If you want to select between sources for your in car entertainment system, for instance, you usually have to do it on the screen. |
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