All mobile phone use banned while driving, with one exception
However, for a handful of drivers that have been caught using their phones while driving, their legal representation has been able to argue a case that they weren’t guilty of breaking the law, technically speaking.Yeah, the way the law is written means ‘interactive communication’ is explicitly identified as the reason for the mobile use. Since scrolling news, playlists or photos aren’t specifically ‘communicating’, until now, you were able to argue that you weren’t actually breaking the law.
It’s a question of risk. On the motorway, hooning at national speed limit, there’s a need to be focused on the road and not your phone screen. Parked at a KFC order window, you’re far less likely to cause trouble if you whip out your handset. The penalty doubled from £100 to £200 fine and from three points to six penalty points , such is the need to clamp down on accidents being caused by distracted driving.
Getting your licence back is a bit of an effort too. It’s not just reinstated after the six-month ban either. You have to go through the whole process of paying for and passing your theory and practical driving test.No one is excluded, so cabbies, delivery drivers and any one else that uses their handset for work/navigation purposes needs to pull over safely before they touch their phone.
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