As I was crawling through the Sydney Harbour Tunnel today at 65km/hr, some 15km/hr under the limit, I had plenty of time to wonder why most people seem to slow down in a tunnel. These same people will travel past a speed camera at 10km/hr under as well. Get them on the open road and they’ll quite happily travel at 40 over in a school zone while talking on a mobile. Is there a solution?

-S

YOUR CAR IS NOT A SELF-PROPELLED PHONE BOOTH! It’s Bloody Dangerous to talk and drive because the phone splits your attention away from the road. Seen people wandering in their lane? Try to steer a roundabout with one hand and wind up in the wrong lane? Seen people drive 10-20km/hr below the speed limit? When you finally get a chance to overtake, how often is it someone yakking on a phone? In most states, including NSW, it’s ILLEGAL to drive while using a mobile phone so please, for the sake of the kid or motorcycle that you might not notice and then squash, hang up your bloody phone and drive!

-S