"andy" <andy.ggrps@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:1172107908.602809.114280@v45g2000cwv.googlegr oups.com
> On Feb 21, 10:56 pm, "Tom Bradbury"
> <tom.bradb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Why wouldn't it be - it's no different to speaking to
> > > people in the car!
> >
>
> . If you're talking on a mobile phone, the person on the
> other
> > end of the line won't understand that you're about to
> > drive into the back of the car in front and will
> > continue yabbering on whilst the driver will continue
> > listening up to the point of either just hitting or
> > actually ramming into the back of the car in front (or
> > whatever obstacale there is in front of them).
>
> Actually, it isn't at all difficult to say - hang on, I'm
> just coming up to a roundabout, so I'm not really
> listening for a bit

I've used amateur radio with hand-held microphones for 25 years and I've
never had even a hint of a problem as a result. I do now actually have a
handsfree microphone on the radio now, but before I did I always used to
make it clear to the person I was talking to that I would drop the mike
without warning if I needed to do so urgently.

Ivor