Norfolk Police Are Using Buses To Catch Drivers With No Seat Belts Or Using The Phone.

[Agriv8]

Thanks Vince - just seems odd that a lot of new cars are touch screen ( a Tesla for example) and they can fiddle away with the satnav

or if I was to revert back to my Tom Tom that may be ok ?

oh well I guess I will have to argue my case if I get pulled ! But much prefer to concentrate on the road and leave my phone concentrating on getting me to my destination 

Thanks for taking the time Agriv8

2 hours ago, Vince Green said:

As a former Magistrate I believe that if you 'use' that phone by touching it, whether or not it's in a holder, it is an offence. 

The law is a blanket ban, it offers no exemptions for where it is or what it is being used for. Hands free means literally that hands free.

Using it as a sat nav makes no difference its still a mobile phone.

But you always have the right to argue the point in court if you get stopped.

But I think they are missing a trick using a lorry.  We live near a big junior school and the mums on the school runs are the world's worst for using their mobile phones while driving.

 

[MrPhantom]

1 hour ago, Agriv8 said:

Thanks Vince - just seems odd that a lot of new cars are touch screen ( a Tesla for example) and they can fiddle away with the satnav

or if I was to revert back to my Tom Tom that may be ok ?

oh well I guess I will have to argue my case if I get pulled ! But much prefer to concentrate on the road and leave my phone concentrating on getting me to my destination 

Thanks for taking the time Agriv8

 

This link explains it well:

https://www.gov.uk/using-mobile-phones-when-driving-the-law

Particularly this bit: