XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , Robert Bannister   
    wrote:   
   > On 24/01/2014 2:23 pm, Your Name wrote:   
   > > In article , Chrysi Cat   
   > >  wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> So wait, would you be inclined to ban _radio receivers_ in cars? Driving   
   > >> is boring enough that forcing people to do it in silence would lead to   
   > >> all sorts of fun reactions...   
   > >   
   > > Yep. Drivers should be in a little compartment all by themselves,   
   > > separated from passengers and other distractions ... just like the old   
   > > London double-decker buses and taxis.   :-)   
   > >   
   > > Some companies do have their own rules about such things. For example,   
   > > buses in New Zealand often have (or at least had when I used them)   
   > > signs telling you not to speak to the driver while the bus is moving.   
   >   
   > And yet I often see the drivers talking to other drivers on their... -   
   > is it a radio or a kind of phone?   
      
   If they're anything like some New Zealand bus drivers, they be   
   illegally talking or TXTing on the private mobile phone.  :-\   
      
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