Imagine What The Consequence Of His Action Could Have Been

[Bazile]

"I don't deny what I've done is silly and it's regrettable," said Mr Davies.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-north-west-wales-42834320/driver-on-phone-at-wheel-of-holiday-coach

Silly ?
Downright dangerous is a more apt description , mate

[Peter Pedant]

Did anyone notice the accompanying news?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-42648331
what were they doing - throwing dead sheep at each other?

er the bus driver
driving abroad apparently - so local road traffic laws apply

[ToraToraTora]

this can't be legal even in the EUSSR PP, gawd help us!

[Gromit]

The sooner autonomous vehicles arrive, the better.

[Mamyalynne]

I have no idea what the law of Croatia is.

//Traffic commissioner Nick Jones revoked his public transport licence.
Mr Davies, who has since been sacked by his company and no longer works as a driver, said it was a one-off and he normally used his phone to plan routes the night before a trip.//

It was a carzy thing to do and thankfully no one got hurt.

[Mamyalynne]

^ Crazy

[bhg481]

Mamy - perhaps carzy is right; he could have ended up in the ............

[Mamyalynne]

Perhaps it was right, but can't claim I typed it deliberately :-)

[ToraToraTora]

Like these gromit? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42801772
I feel safer already!

[-Talbot-]

He was driving in Belgium, Mamya.

[TheChair]

It's not legal. In Belgium it's an offence of Level 2 (carrying €110 on-the-spot fine):
Using a hand-held mobile phone when driving.
But he wasn't caught or reported in Belgium.

[Bazile]

pp

//...driving abroad apparently - so local road traffic laws apply//

What ever the local traffic laws are is no excuse .
He is ( or should be aware - and if he isn't , it's frightening ) aware of the potential consequence of his actions.

[Mamyalynne]

Oh dear, I'm now reading words that aren't there - time for some eye drops sorry.

I swore I read Croatia.

Rub me out and start again.

[Peter Pedant]

// this can't be legal even in the EUSSR PP, gawd help us!//

no but we think it through before we post 3T- -
it would have to prosecuted in the local arena
and no one is gonna do that - and I am not sure if a ct in gloo-mania or wherever can take a licence away from a Brit

BUT free-tee - there are some crimes ( not Road traffic ) which can be prosecuted cross border - piracy, air piracy, terrorism, some sex offences under the 2003 act - erm spring to mind.

[Peter Pedant]

In France the traffic cops are prone to pocket the fines themselves- - - oo-er let justice be done!
( fiat justicia baby )

[ToraToraTora]

"It's not legal. In Belgium it's an offence of Level 2 (carrying €110 on-the-spot fine): " - just shows how clueless they are. This phone malarky is much more dangerous than drink driving especially texting etc that makes you look away for extended periods.

[hereIam]

I'm glad he got sacked ..