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See it all the time. It's tractor drivers round here, and they look like they are 16 years old! For some reason it seems it's not possible to drive a tractor with a 20 ton trailer on if you dont have a phone pressed to your ear. Richard
D3 SE 2007. Triumph 2.5Pi 1973. Ferguson TEA20 1948.
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16th Nov 2024 9:52 am
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23866
Broken Bluetooth module?2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
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16th Nov 2024 1:32 pm
Worms
Member Since: 24 Sep 2023
Location: Highlands
Posts: 415
Depending on its age it may never have had a bluetooth module! Not that that is an excuse!Previously:
2010 FL2 TD4e GS
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW - still got this, non-runner on SORN.
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel
16th Nov 2024 3:14 pm
1784
Member Since: 04 Sep 2009
Location: Almunge
Posts: 170
rrhool wrote:
See it all the time. It's tractor drivers round here, and they look like they are 16 years old! For some reason it seems it's not possible to drive a tractor with a 20 ton trailer on if you dont have a phone pressed to your ear.
Same here and as my son is one of them, I know that they are indeed sometimes 15-16 years old and are always on the phone with their friends/colleagues in other tractors.
However around here, they are all wearing "Peltors" that leaves both hands free for driving
Defender 110 SE 2021, Tasman Blue
Discovery 1 V8 ES 1997, Epsom green
Discovery 3 V8 HSE 2006, Bonatti Grey
Range Rover V8 1983, Sierra Silver
Member Since: 24 Jul 2008
Location: morley, leeds
Posts: 316
Yes, you just bash it on the table and predictive txt says “it’s broken”
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MartinDiscovery 4.5 HSE 2015 MY
Discovery 3 SE 2007 MY gone with spinning journals
16th Nov 2024 7:39 pm
Worms
Member Since: 24 Sep 2023
Location: Highlands
Posts: 415
1784 wrote:
However around here, they are all wearing "Peltors" that leaves both hands free for driving
In the late '80s, when I first got a Walkman, I tried to listen to tapes while driving my Series 3 for long journeys on dirt-track roads. I always found the experience left me disconnected from the 'feel' of the road and my control of the vehicle suffered - especially when it was sliding slightly at speed on gravel bends. Also couldn't distinguish between beats on the headphone and that flap-flap-flap of a puncture, so rapidly gave up the walkman when out on the road. Fine in the tractor going up and down a field, but I "hae-ma-doots" about the safety of using headphones on the open road.Previously:
2010 FL2 TD4e GS
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW - still got this, non-runner on SORN.
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel
17th Nov 2024 8:15 am
1784
Member Since: 04 Sep 2009
Location: Almunge
Posts: 170
Hardware wrote:
you can text with headphones ?
Of course, using Siri or similiar it's quite convenient when driving and "needing" to send a text.
But in reality, it seems todays youngsters are mainly using old fasion voice calls when working to put food on our tables.Defender 110 SE 2021, Tasman Blue
Discovery 1 V8 ES 1997, Epsom green
Discovery 3 V8 HSE 2006, Bonatti Grey
Range Rover V8 1983, Sierra Silver
17th Nov 2024 5:44 pm
1784
Member Since: 04 Sep 2009
Location: Almunge
Posts: 170
Worms wrote:
In the late '80s, when I first got a Walkman, I tried to listen to tapes while driving my Series 3 for long journeys on dirt-track roads. I always found the experience left me disconnected from the 'feel' of the road and my control of the vehicle suffered - especially when it was sliding slightly at speed on gravel bends. Also couldn't distinguish between beats on the headphone and that flap-flap-flap of a puncture, so rapidly gave up the walkman when out on the road. Fine in the tractor going up and down a field, but I "hae-ma-doots" about the safety of using headphones on the open road.
These headphones or PPE's have surround microphones that pick up voices or sounds so you can hear if something unusual happens around you.Defender 110 SE 2021, Tasman Blue
Discovery 1 V8 ES 1997, Epsom green
Discovery 3 V8 HSE 2006, Bonatti Grey
Range Rover V8 1983, Sierra Silver
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