XPost: comp.mobile.android, comp.mobile.ipad   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , Alan Baker   
    wrote:   
      
   > On 2014-03-11 06:22:22 +0000, Your Name said:   
   >   
   > > In article , Brent   
   > >  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On 2014-03-11, Your Name  wrote:   
   > >>> In article , Brent   
   > >>>  wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>>> On 2014-03-10, Your Name  wrote:   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>> The ONLY thing you should be doing while driving the car is DRIVING THE   
   > >>>>> CAR, which includes things like using the indicators, but does not   
   > >>>>> include fiddling with unnecessary bits like the radio, GPS system,   
   > >>>>> cellphone, airconditioning, etc.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Some people even keep their hands off the defroster, probably because it   
   > >>>> shares controls with the AC. :)   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Hmmm ... so you get in the car and find it all frosted up, they ignore   
   > >>> that and drive off. Then X blocks down the road they suddenly realise   
   > >>> they can't see anything and start fiddling with the defroster while   
   > >>> still driving ... nope, the sensible version is to turn on the   
   > >>> defroster before you drive off. If you must turn it off again later,   
   > >>> then wait until you're at least stopped at a red trtaffic light, or   
   > >>> even better pull over and stop somehwere safe ... you DO NOT fiddle   
   > >>> with it while driving along.   
   > >>   
   > >> And don't turn on the headlights without pulling over first!   
   > >>   
   > >> Can't tbe too safe!   
   > >   
   > > Headlights are part of driving, if it's dark or low-visibility. Many   
   > > cars these days now come with automatic headlights anyway (and a  damn   
   > > nuisance they are when driving through short tunnels or under   
   > > over-bridges).   
   > >   
   > > Personally I don't turn the headlights on while moving ... it's far too   
   > > easy for some dimbulb to think you're flashing your lights as a signal   
   > > to let them turn across the road in front of you. I either put the   
   > > headlights on before I start driving, or if it's still daylight then   
   > > I'll turn them on at a convenient traffic light stop. Apart from some   
   > > mid-winter nights coming home, I'm not really ever out in the dark   
   > > anyway.   
   >   
   > In other words, you're not really a driver.   
      
   Yep, someone who drives their car most week days on suburban, city and   
   country roads, as well as motorways at various times of the day ... is   
   "not really a driver".   
      
   Not surprising that would be some people's definition. It fits with the   
   equally silly definition of what's supposedly necessary to do while   
   driving a car.   
      
   Simply because I have no need to drive in the dark doesn't mean I'm   
   "not really a driver". :-\   
      
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