QLD licencing laws set to change.

[MO]

Originally Posted by GCFordChic

Clearly V8 supercar drivers are highly trained and should not be compared to the average driver trying to have a conversation on a mobile, while eating Hungry Jacks and attempting to drive.

Im glad you can see some of what i am saying is making sense, but i really fail to see why my age and experience are of no value, hence making my opinion less important than yours just because you are an old fart ( :P JOKING) and you have driven for much longer than me.

I suppose you are saying you have had so much practice being distracted by lighting your cigarettes and ensuring you dont drop one accidently, that you are now at the point where you can do it 'safely' whilst driving. But so be it, (no offence meant MO, nor is this a personal attack) i have learnt through this and other experiences there is no reasoning with smokers when it comes to their cigarettes. The question then is, MO do you think it is safe to let people eat, apply make-up and do other incidental activities whilst they are driving?

(Maybe this should be a new thread....)

Just to clarify my standpoint..I'm in front of the majority here..in as much as I have done the ACT police driver course..I have done the NT police driver course...I have done track time at club level.

Now to the points..if your a smoker and it helps your drive do it..as for hydration if you need to have a drink(non alcoholic) do it...as for applying make up talking sms' ing on mobile..your dead you do not apply make up or use a mobile whilst driving.

Bill_r you obivousley have a lot to learn...just to clarify..I have and will still do 180/220 kph and smoke now you tell me where I can and have done this.?

Jen and Bill_r I have spent the majority of my life involved with high powered and highly modified cars.

Please read my posts in "what the hell can be done"thread..then maybe,hopefully you will realise I'm fair dinkum..As an aside I am capable of teaching you more in a weekend than most can teach you in a week.

Jen on alot of things you talk sense however my comment re your age and experience are valid.