Points on licence for using a phone ?
23 November 2006, 12:33 PM
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Using a mobile phone in the car is one of the worst distractions there are and I think that the penalties should indeed be increased to something really significant. The thought of someone also trying to dial while driving leaves me cold.
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23 November 2006, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by GarethE
I've seen this a number of times on Police fly on the wall documentaries, police driving one handed while using a hand held radio - will the new law apply there also ?????
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23 November 2006, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by talizman
The law exempts radios and CB's. Any form of radio which operates on a back-to-back basis is not an offence. Taxi's, trucks, emergency vehicles etc are all exempt however the radio traffic should be kept concise, brief and relevant to the job in hand.
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23 November 2006, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Brendan Hughes
I don't agree with the above. The point about sweets, radio etc is that your hand is off the wheel for maybe 5-10 seconds at a time (paper is a no-no). I have no doubt that there are many people who have a "short" phone call which turns into one 20 mins long, and they drive one-handed for pretty much all of that period. That is what marks them out.
23 November 2006, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by falkster
Ive got to agree!!!
You should get the book thrown at you for using your phone whilst driving!! That should also go for people smoking and for people eating at the wheel because there will always be a degree of concentration lost when diving into a sarnie or a ginsters cornish!!
You should get the book thrown at you for using your phone whilst driving!! That should also go for people smoking and for people eating at the wheel because there will always be a degree of concentration lost when diving into a sarnie or a ginsters cornish!!
Ban passengers (green lobby won't be happy)
Ban any kind of controls other than steering wheel, everything else is just switched on all the time
Ban eating or drinking
Ban people with a brain as one of these is no longer required for driving
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