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Mobile Phone Whilst Driving
Is it correct that if you are now caught using a mobile phone whilst driving ( including if you pull in to the side of the road ,but still have the engine running ) you will automatically lose your licence for three months ?
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If current and correct . . . you can get 6 penalty points and a £200 fine if you use a hand-held phone when driving. You’ll lose your licence if you passed your driving test in the last 2 years.
You can get 3 penalty points if you don’t have a full view of the road and traffic ahead or proper control of the vehicle.
You can also be taken to court where you can:-
be banned from driving or riding
get a maximum fine of £1,000 (£2,500 if you’re driving a lorry or bus)
You can get 3 penalty points if you don’t have a full view of the road and traffic ahead or proper control of the vehicle.
You can also be taken to court where you can:-
be banned from driving or riding
get a maximum fine of £1,000 (£2,500 if you’re driving a lorry or bus)
If you are a new driver for the first two years it only takes six points to get a ban. Six points now if caught using a mobile phone at the wheel.
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///Could I be prosecuted for using a hands-free device?
If you have set your device up properly, you will not need to touch to mobile phone while driving at all. This is deemed completely hands-free and legal.
You are allowed to use a phone if it is fully hands-free – you’re not allowed to pick it up and operate it even momentarily.///
EDDIE, do you have a Link to back up your 20:56 Post?
Yes, Bazille, the engine must not be left running.
See the details see in this link: https:/
either - you’re safely parked
or you need to call 999 or 112 in an emergency and it’s unsafe or impractical to stop.
See the details see in this link: https:/
either - you’re safely parked
or you need to call 999 or 112 in an emergency and it’s unsafe or impractical to stop.
From the RAC (at least lets get the facts right)
"Hands-free phone use: the law
You are allowed to use a phone if it is fully hands-free – you’re not allowed to pick it up and operate it even momentarily.
Any hands-free devices should be fully set up before you drive, so you can take calls without handling the device."
"Hands-free phone use: the law
You are allowed to use a phone if it is fully hands-free – you’re not allowed to pick it up and operate it even momentarily.
Any hands-free devices should be fully set up before you drive, so you can take calls without handling the device."
Baldric I don't have a link, but the proposal to make it illegal to have a phone even turned on but not being used while the car is being driven has been on the news recently.
Using a hands free phone while driving is already covered in the rules.
It is considered as dangerous as drink driving, as you are partly concentrating on the phone call & not 100% on the road.
The lorry driver who was jailed for causing death by careless driving last week, was convicted because he was using a hands free phone at the time and did not see the parked mini bus until he actually hit it and killed several passengers.
Using a hands free phone while driving is already covered in the rules.
It is considered as dangerous as drink driving, as you are partly concentrating on the phone call & not 100% on the road.
The lorry driver who was jailed for causing death by careless driving last week, was convicted because he was using a hands free phone at the time and did not see the parked mini bus until he actually hit it and killed several passengers.
