You Cann't Text and Drive But Its Legal to Pump Breast Milk while Driving !

[csv8]

"She became the first woman to breastfeed in State Parliament, now MP Brittany Lauga has shared a picture of her pumping breast milk while driving. ... PARLIAMENTARY mum Brittany Lauga says she has had widespread support over her push to change “archaic” rules in State Parliament after she brought her newborn ..."
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"QPol on 4RO this morning said "its legal, nothing in the Statutes against it."
Really ? I would have thought it would be a distraction ?

[solarite_guy]

I wonder if this is something the law makers have the "courage" to address. It must be distracting to a driver.

hmmmmm? I wonder how any grid girls would be treated if they tried something similar?

[M&Ms]

This is where it is ridiculous. I agree with no texting and driving, but the fact you can't even touch your phone or hold it on your ear for a few secs while still looking straight ahead, yet are allowed to smoke / light up a ciggie, have breakfast, put on makeup, drink your shake, yell at your kids, read a book, adjust your seat and mirrors, and now breastfeed while driving, really shows how narrow minded our policy makers really are. Yes, she needs to be pinged for dangerous driving, but then that would be anti-feminist, won't it?

[Junkyard-Dog]

I like breasts just as much as I like driving but I really don't reckon this is a pressing issue.

[RHR]

Neg drive? Not have proper control?

If she had a prang while pumping I reckon she'd get one of the two

[.:4:.]

Could that in some circumstances fall into indecent exposure and create a distraction to other (male) drivers?

[Falcon SXR8]

What an idiot, up there with all the idiots on the highway with there heads in there laps looking at there phone

[roddy1960]

I've heard of pump up shocks but this is shock up pumps. Bad jokes aside any idiot who reckons they can text while driving deserves whatever the biggest fine is they can get. Just the same I agree that this breast milk pump thing is a bit bewildering to say the least.

[Trump]

Whipping the girls out to pump... pull over and do it where it's more comfortable.

[chrisandsharon]

I think you’ll find that 99.999999% of women who are breastfeeding would have absolutely no intention of expressing milk whilst driving. Fair dinkum - give the majority of women some credit. I think you’d have more chance at winning lotto than seeing a woman expressing milk whilst driving.

[nuthin' fancy]

She's got Takata breasts - beware shrapnel when the kid hits 6 and its humid.

[TICKFORD220]

Its legal do near anything while driving apart from using a phone lol

[Work Horse]

Honk if you love Jesus. Text while driving if you want to meet him!

[Pedro]

Texting while driving is just plain stupid, but on the other hand it's not illegal to fiddle with a GPS. WTF!

[chevypower]

You’re really milking this issue, aren’t you?

[Maka]

Well that puts a new meaning to "expressways"

cheers, Maka

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by chrisandsharon

I think you’ll find that 99.999999% of women who are breastfeeding would have absolutely no intention of expressing milk whilst driving. Fair dinkum - give the majority of women some credit. I think you’d have more chance at winning lotto than seeing a woman expressing milk whilst driving.

But it seems that the remaining 00.000001% is helping to run the country

[Cav]

If it is good enough for sheilas to use a pump on their breasts while driving then it is good enough for blokes to use a pump on their dick while driving.

[Vesper Martini]

Originally Posted by Pedro

Texting while driving is just plain stupid, but on the other hand it's not illegal to fiddle with a GPS. WTF!

This is an interesting one, a factory GPS normally has the touch screen disabled whilst moving, and you need to use voice control...
I assume there are some laws that make car manufactures do this?


However I believe an aftermarket one in a holster is legal, provided its not mounted above the dash impeding vision.

but I believe its only legal if its deemed a driver aid.



https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/safe...es-and-driving

[d@rk51d3]

Originally Posted by Junkyard-Dog

I like breasts just as much as I like driving but I really don't reckon this is a pressing issue.

More of a squeezing one.

[Ben73]

Yet you will get a fine for talking on the phone if you are parked legally on the side of the road with the engine running. Makes sense.

[.:4:.]

Originally Posted by Ben73

Yet you will get a fine for talking on the phone if you are parked legally on the side of the road with the engine running. Makes sense.

You get done with the engine running on the phone regardless. The safest bet is either bluetooth or engine off keys out. The fuzz are savage on phone use.

[Pedro]

Originally Posted by Bevsta007

This is an interesting one, a factory GPS normally has the touch screen disabled whilst moving, and you need to use voice control...
I assume there are some laws that make car manufactures do this?


However I believe an aftermarket one in a holster is legal, provided its not mounted above the dash impeding vision.

but I believe its only legal if its deemed a driver aid.


https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/safe...es-and-driving

That's the type I'm talking about.

[csv8]

Originally Posted by Ben73

Yet you will get a fine for talking on the phone if you are parked legally on the side of the road with the engine running. Makes sense.

No it doesnt. Its revenue raising. Parked on the side of the road isn't driving!

[Cav]

Originally Posted by csv8

No it doesnt. Its revenue raising. Parked on the side of the road isn't driving!

Learner, P1 and P2 licence holders are not permitted to use a mobile phone at all while driving or riding. This includes when waiting at traffic lights or stuck in traffic. You must be parked out of the line of traffic to use your phone in any way.

http://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov....the-rules.html

[aussiblue]

The number of YouTube videos and other articles advising women how to discretely (so other drivers don't notice) pump breast milk while driving suggests it is a fairly common practice at least overseas. Not being female or having the required breasts I find it hard to make a call on how distracting or dangerous it is. Perhaps nursing mothers are so used to baby and/or the pump it's a bit like breathing and it's not distracting. Perhaps it's also much less of a distraction than having an infant in the back screaming for milk or as one of my charming children used to always do to get attention throw the empty bottle and then the heaviest matchbox toys he could smuggle past me into the car, at the back of my head (deprived 3rd world orphanage children and learnt attention seeking survival tactics). However, I can still see the risk of injury of an exploding air bag pushing the pump into the breast or face.

[NTF6]

Originally Posted by Trump

Whipping the girls out to pump... pull over and do it where it's more comfortable.

I'll do it for her, that way she can keep her eyes on the road!

[raised by monkeys]

Kids need milk. You don't need to text and drive.

[b0son]

Originally Posted by raised by monkeys

Kids need milk. You don't need to text and drive.

Kids don't die if you don't feed them the moment they squawk.

[raised by monkeys]

My argument; regarding the OP’s comparison, is I’m sure there’s plenty more reasons or need to pump breast milk whilst driving than texting. Pumping milk whilst driving doesn’t mean the child is in th car at the same time either. As a new father of 4.5 months now I can tell you here has been plenty of times where we’ve needed milk much more urgently than sending a text.