Mob Peeve

New Zealand will be gearing up for a November 1 roll out of a hand free law. Drivers will not be allowed to receive phone calls while driving if it requires holding or manipulating the phone.

There will be a NZ$ 80 fine with 20 demerit points added to your record for violations.

To avoid violations you can:

Pull over and make calls

Use a headset

Bluetooth headsets and devices

With many places implementing the hands fre...

RUS = Are you serious?

It's rather concerning that parents are reduced to communicate to their children via text message. This video just shows how much mobile phones, and other mobile technology alike, have become a "normal" part of our lives. So shouldn’t instilling your children with good mobile manners be considered a part of “good parenting” in this modern technological world? Hope fully these parents watching this video are teaching their children respo...

Yes, driving and talking or texting on cell phones could be just as bad as drunk driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (US) recently made their study from back in the 2002 and 2003 public. They have kept it under wraps mainly because "in part, officials say, because of concerns about angering Congress."

• Drivers talking on their cell phones are 4 time more likely to crash
• Drivers on phones are as likely to crash as a person with 0.8 blood alcohol conte...

This is definitely not the solution to answering calls at inappropriate times, but it may be a solution for younger people who suffer from having annoying ringtones or constantly forget to turn their phone to silent mode before class begins. Ultrasonic sounds are high frequency sounds, and studies have shown that it can generally only be heard by dogs and in younger people. Some claim this age threshold is around 20 ~25.

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As more we become a more mobile tech savvy society, companies have been interested in what people think of mobile etiquette and annoying behaviors.  An interesting result from Intel's survey: while many people find texting and emailing while driving is the most annoying and over 60% say loud talkers are annoying, only 38% admit misbehaving.  Read more at

All you need:

• Consideration
• Common Sense

Our first peeve caught on camera! Thanks to CellyEtiquette

Location: Auckland, New Zealand - The Link Bus

Time: Thursday, July 2, 2009 7:00p

Mobile faux pas: Talking loudly on a public bus.

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Source: MIEN Magazine presents Mobile Telephone Manners

First started by etiquette expert Jacqueline Whitmore of Palm Beach, FL in July of 2002. Back then there were 137 million cell phones in use in the United States. Now the numbers have been estimated to have gone up to 255 million, and 3.145 billion worldwide! Many places have adopted a "No Cell Phone Rule" while many people have still managed to disregard them and misuse cell phones in public.

"Wireless phones an...

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