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Smith & Cross Traditional Jamaican Rum: "Pussers on Steroids"
You can count on one hand the number of truly traditional and authentic rums in the marketplace, including rums like Pussers Blue Label, Mount Gay Extra Old, Wray & Nephews Overproof, Barbancourt Five Star and perhaps Appleton Extra. You might even want to strike Mount Gay or Appleton from the list.
But there's no doubt about Smith & Cross.
This is a real Jamaican rum in every sense of the word. Jamaica style - pungent and aromatic, and with the label quietly proclaiming its constituent Plummer rums (150-200 esters) and Wedderburns (200 plus). Compare to ordinary pussified rums that typically contain but 30-50 esters.
No contest.
The Plummer component tends to contribute floral and fruity elements, while the more potent Wedderburns add the really deep fruit, heavy body and pungency. And all at a "navy strength" of 57% (114 proof). By the way, Smith & Cross make clear that this is
a "navy rum", rather "navy strength".
Do not confuse with a real navy rum, namely Pussers! Got it?
Furthermore, and like a good single malt this spirit is pot stilled and notably not chill filtered, again to create and retain as much flavor as possible. Smith & Cross is historically accurate to the genre.
But I digress. The reviews:
Sue Sea
Let me first say that I am a huge fan of Pussers, and to a lesser degree of Sea Wynde, Mount Gay Extra Old and Seales. Smith & Cross more than stands up to these. The bottle is simple and traditional, classically quiet with a deep navy blue label and understated gold leaf lettering, suggestive of the sea. The Ralph Lauren look.
Smith & Cross' aroma is simply overwhelming. Vanilla, molasses, nuts (pecan), honey/toffee, ginger, clove and cinnamon, and a complete array of fruit from high to a luscious baked orange marmalade, to deep raisins and prunes. All over a background of leather and dunder. This is a rum to savor and nose, everytime I went back I kept discovering new aromas. Overall the Smith & Cross could best be described as having a baked gingerbread, rumcake, candy and fruitcake effect, buttery and cooked. Honestly, this is perhaps the most aromatic rum I have ever nosed.
Tasting was different. We'd started at the full overproof strength of 114 proof and you knew it. Nosing was careful as was the early sipping which seemed dominated by the high alcohol content which unfortunately seemed to overpower all the lovely aroma. This rum began hot, and got glowingly hotter with clove, cinnamon, ginger and pepper. The finish was quite long, and again reflected the aromas, and with a consistent long aftertaste.
As an experiment, Jim added one, three and six milliters of water (representing just a touch of water, 98 proof and 80 proof. Even a touch of water brought out more flavors and put the alcohol burn back in its place and revealed more of the original aromas. At 98 proof, the Smith & Cross was actually quite pleasant, but when diluted to 80 proof it began to resemble a Mount Gay Extra Old, still complex, but much more drinkable and retaining a striking peppery finish.
I'd also like to suggest that you try a very small, single ice cube for tasting purposes. It was quite interesting to note the changes as the cube slowly melted. Drinking Smith & Cross on the rocks might be just perfect.
A great rum.
Warning: this is not your mommie's rum. Smith & Cross is a serious and authentic offering that you simply must experience once. It presented with dunder, and a full array of fruit - high, medium and deep, with a background leather sourness, pruney and tarry. Serious rum.
The early palate is actually sweet, but an early heat comes on fast and ever stronger. Dilution delays this effect and allows the fruit to come through. The finish is a hot cinnamon and white pepper, long and with a completely consistent aftertaste.
In retrospect, it became clear that dilution definitely opened up this rum. Even though Sue Sea has implied that full dilution (to 80 proof) caused the Smith and Cross to "fade", this is only in comparison to its original and almost overpowering strength. Truly dilution is an art, and should only be done conservatively and only after your intial tasting is done. Start with literally a couple or three drops, then you may add water gradually. We found it extemely valuable to have several drams at the ready for a ready comparison.
: a handy formula for dilution is (
In sum, Smith & Cross Traditional Jamaican Rum does not disappoint. A truly great rum that is entirely authentic, real and lives up to both its name and intent in every way. For the sophisticated rum drinker.
If you fail to buy this rum, you are not just an idiot - you are a fool. Seriously.
Score (ten is best): 9
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I finally had the opportunity to purchase & taste this rum. I may have to go back and rethink all of my other rum evaluations.
Yes, its that good!
Do you happen to know what is the length of aging for this rum? I suspect it may lead even more credence to the idea that older is not necessarily better.
Students of the cask, reject naught but water. -Charles Gonoud, Faust Act 2
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How old is Smith & Cross? The envelope please...
S&C is distilled at the Hampton estate and is made entirely of pot-stilled rums. The consensus seems to be that it is 50% of Wedderburn (aged 6 months) and 50% Plummer (aged 1-1/2 to 3 years). Unfortunately, the many sources seem to use exactly the same descriptive phrases, so it seemed entirely possible that the same description is getting passed around.
The importer Haus Alpenz provides copious and reliable notes on their product:
"Here we offer a blend of approximately equal parts Wedderburn and Plummer, the former aged for less than a year, and the latter split between 18 months and 3 years on white oak. It is not a style that necessarily benefits from further aging, as the oak can dominate the fruit and spice notes within and in time dampen the aromas."
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Here's a great dilution calculator, that would work well for over proofs.
So to dilute 1 oz/30ml of 57%/114 proof to normal drinking strength of 40%/80 proof one must add 13ml of water.
Of course I'd follow the advice above and add 5 ml taste then another 5ml and taste. I think the sweet spot for nearly everyone would be slightly different.
Don't forget one ml water weighs one gram so if you don't have syringes or small liquid measures laying about then maybe you have a small scale.
This of course means for the bargain price if 20 odd monopoly monies for a 700ml bottle at 57% you get 1 litre of great rum at about 40%.
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Had a little play with dilution ratios today with Smith and Cross. I could almost sip slowly on the full strength 57% and be content but would know that I am probably missing out on a few aspects of the rum that water would bring out.
So with a 10 ml syringe I added water at 1 ml intervals with sips of water between each taste and a pause of a few minutes.
I don't think I got it exactly where I would like it but after adding the whole 10ml so reducing my 30 ml portion of rum to 43% alcohol it was pretty close to the sweet spot. However by the time I got there I'd lost faith in my palate so decided to give it up for the day.
Smith and Cross is a fantastic rum and wonderfully made. A real craftsman rum. This will be permanently in my shopping list. As the poster before me said 'It's really that good'
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Lawmakers got their first taste of Medicaid Wednesday, along with a push to expand the program.
Human Services Director John Selig told the Senate Public Health Committee Medicaid is the elephant in the room, an overwhelming state issue that's become impossible to ignore.
Medicaid is the largest program in the state, and makes up 80 percent of the DHS budget says Selig, but far more streamlined than most.
"Although medicaid is a big program, compared to other states, it's fairly lean," Selig said.
The director says Medicaid growth has slowed to its lowest rate in 25 years, and several programs facing extinction may be spared.
"We're pretty certain the nursing home program we won't have to eliminate," Selig said. "Our hope is some of the others we won't have to, also."
But Selig says there's nothing the program can do to help hundreds of thousands of Arkansans without health care.
"You just have to be dirt poor if you're an adult, and disabled, to get any help from medicaid," Selig said. "And then you have to be a parent. If you're single, you're just out of luck."
Selig says expansion would extend coverage from children and seniors, to 250,000 Arkansans (aged 19-64) who make less than $22,000 a year.
"That's part of my role, to convince them (lawmakers) that expansion makes sense and that we can afford it," Selig said.
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The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board recently recommended that government regulators prohibit all cell phone use in moving vehicles, even with hands-free devices unless the call is for emergency services (i.e. 911 calls). Based on auto accidents they've investigated over the years, the agency contends such communication, particularly texting, is a significant distraction for drivers' attention.
Now, first off, it has to be remembered that driving is not a right but a privilege regulated by the authorities for safety and traffic management. But would such a ban go too far? After all, talking to a passenger seated next to a driver can also be distracting. One fellow member of the New England Motor Press Association told me he regards talking on a hands-free phone the same as talking to a passenger. And even with a hand-held unit, once it is dialed and put on speaker (the most distracting part of its use), can function as a hands-free phone.
On the other side of the coin, talking to a passenger is not the same because the other person is in the same environment and situation as the driver, and thus knows automatically when the driver needs to focus more attention on the road, tailoring his/her behavior accordingly. And the NTSB feels the hands-free distraction, while not as severe as texting (which most reasonable people will agree demands a total ban), requires action because it is so widespread (i.e. a lower risk factor spread over a wider data base produces a significant number of accident incidences).
So where do we go from here? First off, for the sake of full disclosure, as someone who has had two family members run into by drivers either texting or on a cell phone, I am firmly in the camp of tightening communication device use to reduce distraction—provided it can be enforced effectively or technology adapted, in the vehicle or device, to avoid use in dangerous situations.
At least we will likely see a country-wide ban in the U.S. on texting while driving, the worst of such offenses. Why not leave us a comment as to what you see as a reasonable technical or regulatory solution to the distracted driving problem?
For a thoughtful discussion of the NTSB recommendation, which includes board chair Deborah Hersman and others, click here (in which only one participant gets semi-hysterical about "abolitionists" of drivers rights).
I have to say, most of the time, when I notice a driver doing something particularly bone-headed, e.g. crawling along at a slow pace while a stale green is about to turn red, or swerving into my lane unexpectedly, it's because the genius is talking on his cell phone. So I'm not surprised by this NTSB recommendation. A ban would go a long way to preventing road rage.
A total ban is an inconvenience to everyone. It's motivated by the evident fact that too many people cannot be bothered to show some restraint. While driving, keep those calls short, if you must call at all.
Still, my suspicion is that people in Congress are among the worst offenders, so that nothing will be done on this score.
A new device can be fitted into every car so that the driving seat area will not be able receive or transmit calls including the hands free wired or non wired devices. This device to be designd as a passive device which will absorb all the radiation of the mobile tower signls. Also it will detect audio signls from the wired devices and switch of the engine with a warning.
Interesting concept but I suspect there would be a huge uproar about government pushing personal freedoms if such a device were mandated in a car. I agree that something needs to be done, I've seen too many close calls due to cell phone use behind the wheel.
Never mind safety issues when wired to the engine controls!
Irresponsibility is there all the time, phone use just provides another opportunity for the idiot within us to reveal itself.
Maybe set cars' EMS to run very slow, very safe (and yet economical) unless the driver holds a advanced licence which is as hard to get and hold as a commercial pilot's licence.
The problem with legislating a ban is that determined users will ignore the law just as they do now. Placing the responsibility on the service providers to detect motion and disable communication (except for emergency calls) will ensure all moving devices are rendered inoperable.
The argument against this is that passengers in cars, trains, buses, boats are also affected. However, in most cases these passengers are already restricted from other activities such as consumption of alcohol or illicit substances.
The alternative is to embed a jamming device in the vehicle that can sense whether it is the driver or a passenger using the mobile unit, make this device impossible to defeat by its removal or electrical disconnection, and not jam users external to the vehicle. This would be quite a trick.
Maybe a camera in the steering wheel? [(No image OR driver's lips moving OR lips covered with surgical mask) AND strong RF field detected AND vehicle in motion AND both hands not on steering wheel for longer than 5 seconds = enable jam)]. Or similar algorithm. The problem here is that older vehicles without this 'feature' would quickly rise in value and remain in service much longer than they do now.
It's a pickle all right...
I approve of the ban. More people are killed by phone or texting users than drunk drivers. While there has been some reduction in drunk driving, accidents by distracted phone and texting is on the rise. We all need to identify and expose the ignorant people who think they can do other things while driving. Perhaps if they lose their drivers licenses, they will have more time to phone or text without endangering anyone.
EREBUS: I'd like to see the statistics that tell that distractions kill more people than alcohol abuse. Now DUI AND texting can really become a flint that sets off a runaway Molotov cocktail.
Thats a bold statement, do you have data or data source to back that claim?
Whatever happened to personal responsibility? Now days there are laws that compel us to do a myriad of things which most would be better off learning through parental instruction. What next--a law banning drive-thru food since someone taking a bite out of a quarter pounder while exiting McDonalds is more likely to get in an accident? Burgers have been around a lot longer than cell phones and are certainly as dangerous.
I totally agree with you, seaEE! Not enough personal responsibility is being taken by whiners who can't drive themselves, and are not quick enough on the draw. Personal utilities and toys are for us to use and play with at our discretion. Personal liberty is too precious.
Instead of making legislation which only sane people follow and hence are of no use let the technology itself impose such restrictions.
Let the Car body itself act as a shield jamming all kind of transmission (except may be GPS) while engine is running. If anybody in the car wants to talk, take the car out of the traffic , stop the engine and then talk.
Windows would have to be made conductive, and the rubber seals would also need to be conductive to form a Faraday cage.
Windows would have to be forced closed when an internal RF field is detected This can be defeated by use of an external antenna.
Forcing the windows closed while the vehicle is in motion because of RF field detected could trap Junior's little arm. Someone would be sued.
Fully agree with your last statement. If any occupants of the vehicle absolutely must talk, pull over into a McD's or such and tend to other bodily requirements at the same time.
@ seaEE I once mirror-watched a female in an SUV come tearing up behind while stopped at a red traffic light. She had a hamburger in one hand and a phone in the other.
1st thought - Didn't your mother tell you that speaking with your mouth full is rude?
2nd thought - What are you steering with - your elbows?
All the following are legal: driving with your eyes closed, driving while exhausted and delirious, reading a magainze on your lap, adjusting the EQ on the radio, digging items out of the center console, checking out your review mirror for more than a few seconds.
I don't think this is universally true. I know of one location where this falls under "driving with undue care & attention" (or something like that).
Bob Lacovara
Hmm... motion control is an option, but then no one in the car could use their cell phone. If you were on a train, presumably your do-everything phone would know you were on a train track, and would let you use the phone. The train engineer, however, would have to be trusted. Texting could be prohibited at all velocities above a walk, for everyone, everywhere. Personally, texting annoys me... my kids send me text messages at work: why can't they just speak to me? Dad is too cranky? It's possible, I suppose.
I've another idea: you need insurance to use your cell phone in a car. You get into an accident while on your cell phone, your liability insurance is ok, but your property damage is void. And your medical bills are your problem. People will buy insurance, or not, as they please. Or not use their cell phones. Or use a hands-free device. Passengers aren't bothered by cell phone restrictions in this case.
Bob Lacovara
Maybe it's all a tempest in a teapot. I plan to look at the NTSB reference, and see if there are any statistics. The NTSB are a cut or two above most of the agencies in DC, they may actually be rational. Just how many lives would be saved by the end of texting and voice from the driver? How many would be saved if cars couldn't go faster than 35 mph?
There seems to be no end of great ideas from the government on changing our behavior for our own good. I don't want to be safer courtesy of civil servants in DC constantly dreaming up restrictive laws. I don't mind if they fix the responsibility for my actions more firmly on me, but I don't care to have my actions limited by the bad decisions of others.
...continued... Of course cell phone usage by a driver increases risk. Aircraft pilots spend a lot of time training to fly the plane, navigate the plane, and talk to controllers, all at the same time. And then they retrain. People driving cars spend as little time as possible "training" and then never get a refresher again. The entire license system needs to be overhauled, and I don't think cell phones are the straw on the donkeys' backs in DC to do it.
I actually had the same thought wrt pilots of aircraft. However, I believe the answer there is more than just training. That's part of it, but the other part is that pilots can and do stop yacking on the radio when they are busy doing something. For example, during landing and takeoff. It's not constant chatter.
The air traffic controllers are well aware of this, and they give pilots space.
Driving a car is more similar to the landing and takeoff portion of flights, than it is to the steady cruising at altitude.
And when taxiing on the ground, the conversations between pilots and controllers are short and sweet. If drivers could manage to restrain their cell phone confversations similarly, I submit to you that we wouldn't have a problem.
As always happens, the rest of us inevitably pay for the abuses of the many.
Oh, and even more importantly, whatever talking on the radio a pilot does is only related to his task at hand. He's not being distracted by unrelated topics that require his immediate response.
Bob Lacovara
Bert, true, and true: a pilot's communications are typically short, specific, and related to the task at hand. In an airport traffic pattern, even the conversations between the tower and other aircraft are of interest--a pilot builds a mental picture of the other traffic in the pattern(s) which tends to enhance safety, not degrade it.
One other thing: while training, pilots are taught that whatever else happens in the three domains of fly, navigate, and communicate, to do it in that order: fly the plane first. How many drivers, fumbling after a cell phone or a coffee, stop watching the road? In an automobile, a distraction of seconds can result in an accident. In an airplane, 20 or 30 seconds, even a minute, looking at a display or chart often means nothing at all. The only time a driver can ignore their surroundings for a minute is when they are parked.
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What about Autopilots for cars?
Do you have an autopilot in your car?
In a separate thread, that was discussed. They're coming, IMO. In the meantime, if you try to convince the judge that it should have been perfectly okay to carry on a long cell phone conversation while driving, because your car was on autopilot, I think you may get a bigger fine.
Duane Benson
In 2010, there were 3,029 traffic deaths attributed to distracted driving. In the same year, there more than 10,000 deaths due to drunk driving. That's half what drunk driving deaths were when I started driving. 2010 had the lowest rate of traffic fatalities since 1949 and the lowest absolute number since nearly that long ago NHTSA data).
No. I'm not saying 3,000 traffic fatalities is good or acceptable. However, given that fatalities are consistently dropping, even with the rise of cell phones, it's a pretty good bet that those fatalities would have occurred with or without cell phones. They aren't incremental fatalities.
Make it safer by banning texting and hand-held calls, but we can stop there at that point of diminishing return. Again, the data suggests that completely banning cell phones won't have any more affect than banning texting and hand-held use would.
Alternately, we could institute a government regulated total safety program. All home and car doors would be networked and locked (from both inside and out). The locks would be connected to government computers and would not be unlocked unless the person requesting permission to leave the house could produce proper documentation of training, recurrent training and common sense, as well as a government safety approve justification for the trip. That would save a lot of lives.
"In 2010, there were 3,029 traffic deaths attributed to distracted driving." Was there any mention as to how distracted driving was defined? I assume it is not solely talking on a cell phone or texting.
Duane Benson
Here's the definition of distracted that is given by the NHTSA for this contect: "distraction by dialing a cellular phone or texting and distraction by an outside person/event".
They have refined their definition to get closer to just texting and cell phone conversations, but there is still a number, not split out, that are just other generic distractions.
With Apple's Siri launch, people dont have to literally type to send an sms while driving. Just ask siri to do it. I suspect, this investigation havent considered the evolution of natural language voice interface.
Bob Lacovara
eewiz, your point is a good one, but directing a system to do something for you doesn't eliminate the distraction entirely, just mitigates it. On a tangent, though, let me ask: first, I verbally direct a system to send a text message, which I then dictate. The message goes out to another person, possibly driving their car, who directs his automation to read the message (and, optionally, plays post office). All that rather than speak to the other party? To each his own.
No, the underlying problem isn't the automation, or the exact mode of communication, it's the distraction of trying to communicate while performing a task that needs some of your attention all of the time, and all of your attention some of the time.
Code Monkey
Any phone with a GPS and/or motion sensors can detect when a car is moving. It could splash a big red warning label when a driver is texting. Something about it being ILLEGAL and DANGEROUS to text while driving. Disabling is a bit much, since a passenger might be texting. The feds could push through something like that.
"Distracted driving" covers a LOT of sins! I have witnessed (and on occasion been hit by) drivers who were: combing their hair, putting on makeup (using the rear-view mirror re-aimed so they had no rear view at all), tending to children (in the back seat!), SHAVING, using a laptop, watching TV or a movie, dancing in their seat to their iPod (earbuds clearly visible), etc. And that's just in the past month (not the hit part, though; I'm way too good at dodging these accidents waiting to happen)! Seriously, these days so-called "licensed drivers" have apparently never been taught how to drive safely, and maintain their awareness of EVERYTHING going on around them (360 degrees). I've been driving over 50 years, and still keep my eyes in constant motion when I'm behind the wheel. My last chargeable accident happened in 1964, well over a million miles ago. And most people consider me an aggressive driver!
Frank Eory
Indeed there are many forms of distraction besides talking or texting on a cell phone. I have seen drivers do nearly all of the same things you mentioned, including one I saw last week reading a newspaper!
You also forgot to mention eating, although others did. I'm guessing that eating, especially drive-thru fast food, is high on the list of dangerous things people do behind the wheel -- not just the distraction factor, but also because they are driving one-handed or no-handed -- steering with the knees.
I think training and regular re-testing and license renewal would be more effective and practical than many of the technical prohibitions being discussed here. Adding many thousands of dollars of cost to every automobile in an attempt to combat stupidity is simply not the right solution.
Speaking of training and testing, or lack thereof, how do you tell if a person lives in Arizona? The expiration date on his driver's license looks like a "star date" from Star Trek. My 17-year-old son's license expires in 2059, when he turns 65. He is not legally required to have any supplemental safe driving training or re-testing until then, and I think that is insane!
Oh, I forgot: that NHTSA study also commented that they felt the number of "distracted driving" accidents they reported was WAY too low, because that was only the drivers who ADMITTED to it!
David Ashton
An ex-employee of mine once killed a small child crossing a road when he was driving and talking on his (hand held) cellphone. MaryL above gave some appaling stats. Yet we see people talking on hand held phones here in Australia all the time and Police don't enforce the law. The really sad thing is that you can pick up a Bluetooth car kit for around $25-50, hardly a lot, and these idiots don't think it's worth buying one.
Unfortunately, according to this NHTSA study, but I've also seen this reported previously, even the hands-free systems distract drivers. I think it has to do with having to concentrate on an unrelated topic immediately, in order to be able to carry on this phone conversation.
Truth is, I have no trouble believing this. One, because we have a hands free car phone system, so I know it can still distract. But also, have you ever driven with a passenger who is constantly talking about things you're not particularly interested in, and is doing so relentlessly, and perhaps even with a piercing voice?
Imagine, for example, trying to find your way to an address you're not familiar with, perhaps at night, with such a person yacking away in the car. It's very disturbing. That's the environment a long telephone conversation, unrelated to your current driving task, creates.
David Ashton
All good points, but if you ban cellphone conversations in cars, you should also list and ban other manual activities like some cited above (shaving, puting on makeup, etc). And some passengers should probably be banned too!
Does anyone have any stats for accidents in which cellphone use was a factor, split into those with handsfree kits vs those with hand-held phones? I think handsfree ones would be in a fairly small minority, but I'm open to correction.
If I am right, proper enforcement of the "no hand held (and no texting) rule would lead to a good improvement.
For myself,I have a handsfree but I will not answer calls in heavy traffic, I'll phone the person back when I'm on a more open road. And I've set up handsfree dialling. And I'll pull over or call back if I'm on a call which needs me to think a bit. All common sense, which is fairly rare sometimes. Thats why we need laws, and more important, enforcement of them.
Bob Lacovara
David, I think in some states that putting on makeup, shaving, etc. come under the heading "reckless endangerment". I bet it varies considerably from state to state.
I'm not sure that even a Bluetooth headset would help many people. It's a question of being able to concentrate on two different things at the same time. It can be very difficult.
About 10 years ago, I was on my way home from work. I was stopped at a traffic light waiting to turn left into my neighborhood, when I heard a boom. I looked to my right and saw an SUV stopped where the car next to me used to be. I saw the woman push the air bag out of the way and reach down to retrieve her cell phone to continue her call. Yes, I am all for restrictions of distractions for drivers, but they have to be enforcable and not laws that take away our freedoms. Anyone that causes an accident due to negligence has to be held responsible and punished.
@daleste...Could not agree more, but it's very difficult to do without some restrictions. Your story is incredible.. I've also watched people run right through red lights without even recognizing the light was there, some do so successfully some don't. Those that don't need to bear responsibility for whatever happens as a result of their inattention.
My guess is the origins of legislation such as this is come from the insurance industry looking for legal outs to deny claim coverage and as a way to increase premiums. We already have laws on the books for "Operating a moving vehicle while impared", we don't need another.
Driving while talking on a handheld phone has been illegal for some years now in the UK. As far as I am aware, it is enforced (it's obvious to any other driver who's on the phone, so it must be blindingly obvious to the police). There is a culture of it being unnacceptable (you see headlines in newspapaers referring to a driver having killed someone while on the phone, for example).
While, it is technically legal to use a handsfree kit in the UK, if you have an accident while doings (especially if you kill someone) you will be in big trouble (you will go to prison for example if you kill someone while using a handsfree kit). We have the offence of "driving wothout due care and attention" (as mentioned elsewhere), but also "death by dangerous driving" (a few years inside - what you'd be charaged with if you killed someone while using a handsfree kit) and "death by reckless driving" (more than 10 years inside - what you'd be charged with if you killed someone whilst talking on a handheld).
and it makes sense. I say, while on the road, one should always keep both hands on the wheel and think of nothing else but driving. I am not even sure about playing music
while driving to be honest....
Edward Thermals
Talking on a telephone is not the main issue. I follow numerous slow-pokes that hold up traffic and when I pass, I can see from my higher vantage point, they are texting. To not expose this behavior, the driver keeps the device below the steering wheel, adding to the danger.
Start here and see what occurs then. Ed
attila the hun
I suspect that there are laws everywhere prohibiting driving while distracted/impaired ... It should be relatively easy to include texting under the definition of driving while impaired, so there shouldn't be a need for additional laws. I suppose that the legislatures need to ensure that the penalties are significant enough to discourage the practice.
The other part is to record cell phone activity and GPS info from the phone for a period of time (several days?) if it's not already being done, so your cell phone will indict you if you've had an accident and were texting. If you've been on the phone and your GPS coordinates were changing around the time of the accident, you're in trouble. The police should be able to check cell phone records for a time in question for any accident.
David Ashton
@...so there shouldn't be a need for additional laws.
True, just enforce the existing ones...vigorously.
I wonder if there have been any studies on land mobile users which would include law enforcement vehicles, goverment vehicles, ham radio, CB radio, etc.?
Max Hendrickson
Real simple way for NTSB to enforce this ... an interior auto compartment, behind the dash board, cell phone jammer!
Here in Australia it is an offense to use a cellphone ( or a Mobile Phone as we call them here) while driving or stopped at controlled intersections ( Stop signs, Red lights etc), the fines vary from state to state. Personally I use my drive time for some wind-down and just let the thing keep ringing.
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Interesting stuff Toeknee, thanks for that. I'd go along with most of the concusions in the AMTA report, however I'd question how many people are going to answer a question with an answer that may make them look stupid (even if it is anonymous) and also whether people are going to act as they usually do when they know there is a camera filming their every action.
I also live in Australia and would point out that (a) I hadn't even heard of AMTA prior to this, let alone seen or heard of their guidelines and (b) I have never seen or heard of anyone being prosecuted for hand held mobile phone use, in spite of the fact that it's a crime and I see people doing it all the time.
How about you?
I don't recmon we should knock the existing laws until it's proven that good enforcement of them has no effect - and I think it would have a marked effect.
hands free bluetooth should be mandatory on all new cars and not just an option on the high end luxury cars. The accidents typically will happen when the user is distracted to looking at the screen or keypad and not the road. As far as the comments that a talking passenger knows to stop talking is silly, if the driver is in a tight situation he\she will automatically stop talking and pay attention to whats going on or if they have any sense, terminate their call. They are not going to keep having their conservations as they are getting into an accident or dangerous situation.
Robotics Developer
I love the discussion that followed the article! I can't agree with the ban, only with holding drivers responsible for their actions. I have seen many drivers (mostly women for some reason) talking on cell phones thru red lights, not signaling and turning, weaving, slowing down (10-15 mph below speed limit), and making bad driving decisions. Still, it should be punished as a moving violation like DUI. If the cellphone records show the driver on a call during the accident then: added fine and loss of license (for some period; increasing with repeats). Just a thought..
Anyone here who has also viewed the same topic on other public forums will note a major difference in these comments - nobody here (maybe because the commenters are engineers with common sense) claims to be a superhuman multitasker who can devote 100% of their mental faculties to driving while at the same time devoting the other 100% of their mental faculties to the cell phone conversation/texting.
I cannot agree with holding drivers responsible for their actions. This happens AFTER the fact; I do not wish to become a victim of an irresponsible moron whose accountability becomes just a fine to the state. Again, the prevention needs to happen BEFORE an innocent victim becomes maimed for life. Only carrier shutdown of moving devices can accomplish this.
Bob Lacovara
zeeglen, your observation that engineers don't believe that they can do 3 things at once with full attention is a good one. But I disagree that drivers shouldn't be held responsible for their actions. Surely, someone is responsible, and the driver looks like a good bet. On the other hand, holding the driver responsible doesn't have to be the only steps that are taken to mitigate a problem; other mechanisms can be put in place. What certainly won't work is to rely only on those mechanisms... it will not be practical to design a system that knows when it's the driver, in motion, talking or texting, but not a passenger. You can only make driving completely safe if you limit speeds to something between 0 and 5 mph. Just like spaceflight: keep the vehicle on the ground, spaceflight is safe. Except for Apollo 1.
Dr. Internet
Interesting discussion. Reminds me of the DUI/DWI discussions. In the early 1960's an engineer developed a simple device to prevent intoxicated people from driving a car. A display flashed a 6 digit number for 3 seconds. The driver than had 15 secs to enter that number and activate the vehicle. After three failed attempts, the vehicle was disabled for 60 minutes. This would have added about $15 to the cost of a new car. Why don't we have these in cars today? Because our society has determined that driving is a RIGHT, not a privlege, despite what the law actually states.
Until recently in my city, a driver could beat a DUI charge by simply refusing to blow in the tester.
I think that developing a technology to prevent cell phone (mobile phone, mate) usage may be just another way of telling abusers that if they can find a way around the tech, their behavior is acceptable. In other words, if you don't get caught, it's OK.
I agree with zeeglen that a better solution would prevent the problem, but no one will implement or use it. I like Robotics Developer's idea, even though it is 'after the fact'.
Look at the drunk driving laws in Iceland for example.
Here is my proposal:
If there is an accident and it can be determined that the operator of the vehicle was texting, then they lose the car, have a $5,000 fine, and a 30 day license suspension. Second offense, they lose the car, $10,000 fine, 1 year suspension. Third offense, they lose the car, $20,000 fine, 1 year in jail, and lifetime license suspension.
For an accident whilst talking on the phone, the punishiments would be similar, but scaled down a little.
And, if three sober citizens will testify that a driver caused an accident that killed another person and the driver was on the phone AND drunk, we just shoot them right there.
Bob Lacovara
There are other reasons that the 6 digit device doesn't exist. One is that in an emergency, an otherwise normal person my be so hyped up that memorizing a 6 digit number and keying it in would be very difficult. Immobilizing a car for 60 minutes under those circumstances would be about as criminal as drunk driving.
How do you keep people from texting while driving? Ultimately, you can't. After the fact penalties are ok by me, but they don't sweep the driving population clean of scofflaws, and they don't help the family that is maimed by losing a mother or father. In the number of people driving in the US, a large number are impaired one way or another at any given time. Not much you can do except set up your penalties, and hope for the best. Similarly, banning spoons won't affect the number of obese people in the US, nor would fining people for being overweight.
These are problems in human behavior, and it will not be readily solved by gimmicks or engineering toys. Life is risky, and the amount of risk we can remove is limited.
Not disagreeing with your proposals, but I do strongly disagree with this notion that driving is a "privilege," implying we should genuflect in front of the bureaucrats that "allow" us to drive.
Driving is no more a "privilege" than breathing air is, or riding a donkey was in the old days. Driving is our current form of private transportation. No one even dreamed of adding "riding a horse" as a "right" under the Constitution. Or for that matter, driving a horse-drawn cart. It was a given, that people could move about as they pleased, and carry on with their business as necessary.
So when I hear "driving is a privilege," it sounds like so much sanctimonious claptrap. We, the people, have enacted certain laws to make sure that those who drive don't endanger others unduely, but that's about the extent of the "privilege" nature of driving. We do not need to beg anyone for the "privilege" to move about.
Perhaps it's mostly a matter of semantics.
"I rode up to her and said 'Aye, young lady,
Me donkey he will carry two.'"
"Well, seeing as ye have a donkey,
To the Dingle Fair I'll ride with you." (traditional song)
Back then donkeys did not crash into each other even when their drivers/riders were distracted or inebriated, and certainly not by cell phones. Similar to the government-regulated sharing of the RF frequency spectrum, sharing of the public roadway became a problem when the donkeys and horses were replaced by high-speed pistons. When someone does endanger others unduly they lose the privilege of driving. They can thereafter walk, or buy a donkey.
True. If someone proves that he can't be responsible behind the wheel, their license to drive is revoked.
But look at it the other way around. If someone meets the age limit and has not given any indication that he would be a threat to others, does anyone have the "right" to withhold his "driving privilege"?
That's my point.
This is not much different from owning a gun. Any yahoo can buy a gun, and claim his God-given second amendment right to do so. And the next day, he can go on a shooting rampage. So in fact, this is not much different from driving.
A gun is (usually) intended for self defense, and its use, unless while calling the police, is not normally distracted by a cell phone conversation.
One can lose the right to drive by speeding. This is a definite threat to others. It is not necessary for an accident to result, simply driving the vehicle above the posted limit is sufficient to endanger others.
In the same way, concentration directed to a mobile communication reduces the level of safety cogitation to others who share the same roadway. And unfortunately vehicle dashboard design does not help - where at one time knobs and buttons could be sensed by touch, today's modern designs are flat with no tactile texture to the buttons. Flat screen displays are the worst offenders, they REQUIRE the removal of eyes from the road to view the screen. Not designed by monkeys, rather these are designed by morons.
I think a separation needs to be done in this discussion between texting, voice calls while holding the the phone and then true integrated hands free. Dialling is an issue separate from talking.
I would like to suggest the following:
1. texting while driving = total madness
2. dialing while driving = total madness
3. talking while holding the phone = a slight departure from reality
4. talking totally hands free = no worse than talking to a passenger
5. having young kids in the car = about halfway between 3 and (1/2)
Others have argued that a passenger is less of a distraction than a hands free call, but I believe that is probably more of an individual thing, because I use a hands free and when a call comes in and something on the road get busy, I zone out of the conversation in the same manner as when talking to a passenger, where as others may not.
One other thing I would like to add is that menu driven infotainment systems should be banned long before handsfree mobile phones, as they are almost as dangerous a distraction as texting. Of course they could be fixed by requiring the handbrake to be engaged much like the navigation menus on a GPS


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OK, here's a pass at my center block. I wondered if I should do a darker border.
Very Nice Avis! What does it measure, if it is big enough and your happy with it I don't think you need a darker border, unless that is your creation you want.
It measures about 24 1/5". I was going to remove the white border and replace it with a dark border to make the center POP, lol.
Avis, it's very pretty but you're right, I think the light fabric takes away from all those beautiful colors, but then I might be wrong. The girls will jump in here and give you their thoughts soon.
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MzA: It measures about 24 1/5". I was going to remove the white border and replace it with a dark border to make the center POP, lol.
Avis - I really like the light border. In my opinion you should not change it. This way your group can use the darker colors in the borders to highlight the center piece. WTG.
I would put dark on it just to see on your board, don't remove white, just audition a dark color. Take a picture of it then you have your decision. Taking a picture of it always helps me see it better, weird but it works
it depends on the look you want to start out with. Audition a dark wider border around what you have now and see what you think. Leaving it light might give the next person to add a darker fabric and it will still pop, just differently. Put in your vision that you want the center the focal point of the quilt if that is what you envision.
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I'm loving the blocks I've seen so far. I need to get mine finished and posted. :)
looks great! Batiks are always fun to work with. My son was married in July and their colors were lime green, plum and pink. It was beautiful. I was skeptical but it turned out be perfect for them. My son even wore lime green patten "chucks." LOL
I love all of the centers so far. So many possibilities.
Avis: Your pattern would make a lovely memory quilt using men's ties. I have some from my father-in-law that I might have to "steal" your idea for.
My center is a crazy block (quilt). Colors are red, blue, green, yellow, gold, purple--many choices. The center ( a little off-center) is a piece of bargello. I want to make a bargello quilt one day and I thought this little piece would get my feet wet. I wouldn't mind if ones in my group would make crazy borders. Just please no black in this one. The block measures 22 1/2 inches square. Can't wait to start.
Happy New Years everyone.
OK, so I must have missed the posts about all of you that work!!! I am feeling much better now!! It is exciting to see what all the centers are looking like!!! They look great!! I finally figured out what I am doing and am working on getting it done today!!!
If your not happy with the border color then you should change it. But, in my opinion, I think it looks great just the way it is. Can't wait to see how your group enhances your center block.
northern colorado
Oh Linda. It's a crazy quilt center block! I love it. Wish I was in your group because in addition to adding a border, I would embellish your center block. How fun!
MzA Love your center ,I would not change a thing .Barbara
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An Atlanta-based company is interested in developing the Peachtree Corners property on Peachtree Corners Circle and Peachtree Parkway into a specialty retail center.
If you've driven by the intersection of Peachtree Parkway and Peachtree Corners Circle, the blue and white sign announcing a new development on that corner has probably caught your eye.
The sign announces that a new "speciality retail development" called "Peachtree Corners Place" is planned for the corner across the street from Dreamland restaurant.
An Atlanta-based company, Fuqua Development, has its eye on the property. Patch spoke briefly with Jeff Fuqua, spokesman for the company who said the company was in the early planning stages.
"It's premature to talk about the development," said Fuqua. "We are about a month a way from announcing solid plans."
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However, it's yet to file any plans with the city or Gwinnett County said Diana Wheeler, Peachtree Corners Community Development Director.
Wheeler said the company is likely trying to line up committments from businesses before it files development plans.
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Liz Bigler
6:52 am on Monday, November 19, 2012
Yes, I know it's easier to rip down trees and build on mother nature than it is to redevelop something that's sitting empty, but it makes me sad to see yet another green space in our area paved over. Especially when half of the plaza one block south, where Goodwill anchors, sits empty. Also, the former Ingles at Pleasant Hill and Howell Ferry. Why doesn't someone adapt that? Reuse and recycle, developers!
1:12 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
I would love to see a ground swell of suport for renewing the near empty shopping center one block south. This makes so much sense. Is this a value of the new city? Will we hear any of the council people champion this thinking?
7:12 am on Monday, November 19, 2012
The drawing above looks just like the Forum. Is there really a need to to take more green space to duplicate an existing shopping area?
Rico Figliolini
8:02 am on Monday, November 19, 2012
Market demands are what drive real estate development. That is why, even though the middle parcel of this lot is zoned for apartments, it wasn't developed as such yet. But, retail in this area, across from the forum is different. The demand is there and that is quite frankly a prime space for retail.
With that said I'd would like to see a comprehensive plan that includes keeping some "green" space as Suwanee did with it intended as a park. The ONLY space that Peachtree Corners may have that can work that way is right across from the Forum.
BTW, I believe the only way to keep it green - other than negotiated use with the developer in trade of special use permits, etc. - would be to seize the property through eminent domain.
Judy Putnam
10:00 am on Monday, November 19, 2012
Rico, I'd love to see the property preserved as green space. Have you talked to the City Council about your idea of seizing the property though eminent domain?
Lyn Ferraiolo
9:30 am on Monday, November 19, 2012
When accepting plans, remember this is PeachTREE Corners. People will go for lunches there, but shopping in the heat ? Think of shady tree lined sidewalks,seating areas, and pergolas that make for a cooler , prettier shopping/meeting with friends area . We have a chance to build up this city as a beautiful place to visit, to shop, and to enjoy our neighbors, and we don't want another "strip mall" . Making a different shopping experience will draw not only locals, but visitors from other towns, as the Forum already does. Y ou will want people to go across the street to enjoy the new experience.
Judy Putnam
9:59 am on Monday, November 19, 2012
Excellent point Lyn. Talking about ripping down trees, the Bush Road project is a perfect example of a developer simply coming in and mowing down a forest to build homes.
Jody Reeves
11:26 am on Monday, November 19, 2012
Aside from the loss of greenspace, we need to think about traffic. 1) Traffic is backing up on Peachtree Corners Circle at Peachtree Parkway, past the side entrance to Quik Trip and 2) there WILL be dump trucks coming up Peachtree Corners Circle from Peachtree Industrial, through the neighborhoods, to the construction site. Don't fool yourself that a sign will keep them out. Eighteen wheelers cut through already.
12:48 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
Proper Planning was one of the key selling points in making Peachtree Corners a city, so I'm keeping a very close eye on how our city leaders respond to the development of this particular area. "Across-The-Forum" has the potential to be a very significant representation of PTC's identity...we only have one shot at doing this right, so let's make this effort a memorable one that will have a positive impact for decades to come.
Also, I'm very glad (and relieved) to see so many posts citing the importance of preserving the "green"ness of this space as much as possible...and, FWIW, we just had visitors from out of town that were very impressed with the Forum (again, just more food for thought regarding how important it is to make the right decisions for what will happen across from it).
7:56 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
So long as it isn't apartments and doesn't impact the home values of the Simpson Elementary school district, I think that the Planning Commission and the Council will rubber stamp the plans.
Rico Figliolini
8:22 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The middle portion of the area of land - directly opposite - of the Forum entrance on Peachtree Parkway is already zoned for R-13 apartments.It just hasn't been developed that way yet.
Lynden Carter
10:28 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
It's an unspiring shopping center that looks bland and uninteresting. John's Creek seems to attract far better architecture and I have to wonder why this developer thinks so little of this area that they are willing to add yet another boring looking mini mall.