This was posted on Twitter by the Surrey Police to clear up questions about the new law:
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This was posted on Twitter by the Surrey Police to clear up questions about the new law:
DRIVERS: Avoid getting prosecuted for using your phone while driving. Simply pop your mobile inside a large shell and the police will think you are listening to the sea.
Couldn't we simply create software whereby mobile phones are inoperable whilst moving above the running pace of a human? If we use Usain Bolt's pace then that should rule everyone else out.
They already track where we are / how many steps taken la de da de da
At first I thought hat is such a good idea, but then passengers wouldn't be able to use their phone either.
Though thinking about it again, is that such a problem?
Of course a cynical view might be that zero money would be raised and alternative ways to penalise the driver would need to be sought.
You're still allowed to take calls/play music while driving, as long as it's in a holder.
Here you go then:---
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It's all a load of bollox. They could bring back hanging as a punishment for using your phone while driving, but if there are no coppers on the road to catch anyone, people will carry on regardless.
I was behind a car on the M4 this afternoon that was all over the place, going over the lines a few times before suddenly swerving back into lane. When I overtook the car there was a young woman driving, she had a couple of kids in baby seats in her car, and was fiddling with her phone, sending a text or whatever.
And I'm sure we've all seen this, I do on a daily basis. But you just can't do anything about it.
Radio 5 Live today was full of police people leaving as morale was at an all time low due to massive cuts since 2010 and everybody was stuck behind desks filling in paperwork. The revloutionist in me screams 'Yay'. Then I think, oh ****.
'Traffic Safe' cameras REPLACED traffic police. FACT. These revenue raising robots will not spot mobile phone use, drink / drug drivers, middle lane hoggers, dangerous driver etc, yet we've seemingly accepted them.
You really all should listen to 5 live from earlier today to realise what all these cuts have done to our public services. We seem to be just about ok right now. But I see problems everywhere shortly.
If everybody walked out then we possibly get the services we all need?
Then he would be breaking the law taking a photo while driving
Assuming you are replying to my post Colonel, I was replying to Arfur's suggestion that a phone could be disabled if travelling above running pace, even a passenger's phone would be disabled.
By the way thank you for your attachment explaining that it is illegal to use phone sat nav without a holder which I have (perhaps naively) done on a few occasions with it just sat on the dashboard.
That screed stated that the penalty will double when a driver is caught. However, I would suggest that the penalty will be increased at a point in time and, possibly, before anyone is caught flouting the law.
How come police can use radios (not the ones that take a cd and tune to radio 1 sort) whilst driving? If we all got them then we could still chat merrily away whilst driving around.
Ringing I think would be ok. As others have said police have radios.
It is the texting that takes up far too much of your attention. All eyes off the road and one hand on the wheel. Things like changing song on spotify as well.
Obviously they can't split them.