Originally Posted by
stevieturbo
What new legislation do they have to tackle them ?
they already have legislation under careless or dangerous driving convictions.
Originally Posted by
D16PJM
i got done about 3 years ago for being on a mobile and hands free are good but not when you have to carry more than 1 phone, personally i think its over the top, people smoke, eat, drink etc all at the wheel and thats fine but the police love jumping on the mobile phone use, people say its dangerous which it is but PC plod goes along on there radio at high speeds and thats not.
Im just bitter but my points should be off next year.
the problem is they shouldnt have made an offence of driving on your phone, but driving while distracted by anything.
That way one simple fixed penalty offence could be used to cover phones, smoking, drinking, bints doing makeup, arguing in car, too loud music etc etc etc.
all they then have to do is make a list of possible distractions that the police can use on the form, then update the list every couple of years as and when new things come out etc. No lengthy changes in legislation needed, just update what you already have.
Its much much easier to give out an FPN than it is to prosecute for careless or dangerous driving, so at present, phone users may feel picked on.