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hstewie said:
hstewie said: It's still a little bizarre how many people I see in new BMWs, Range Rovers, and various vehicles that will clearly have bluetooth built in but still drive along holding their phone to their ear.
I get that not using the phone is smarter, but when you have bluetooth it's a little odd not to use it.
They're probably so stupid that they either don't know their car has Bluetooth or don't know what Bluetooth is for or just don't know how to use it!I get that not using the phone is smarter, but when you have bluetooth it's a little odd not to use it.
PoleDriver said:
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: It's still a little bizarre how many people I see in new BMWs, Range Rovers, and various vehicles that will clearly have bluetooth built in but still drive along holding their phone to their ear.
I get that not using the phone is smarter, but when you have bluetooth it's a little odd not to use it.
They're probably so stupid that they either don't know their car has Bluetooth or don't know what Bluetooth is for or just don't know how to use it!I get that not using the phone is smarter, but when you have bluetooth it's a little odd not to use it.
got my missus a simple Halfords holder for her phone fits in the vent on a rubber spike, and expands to size of phone. Simple, works well, less than a tenner. She uses her phone for Nav etc, all works well. Doesn't look st and doesn't need any crap stuck to the windscreen or in the dash.
t and doesn't need any crap stuck to the windscreen or in the dash. hosedoctor said:
Thanks for the replies chaps,th be honest its my own fault but just wanted to see if I could bull plop my way out of it! Damm Essex police and there unmarked cars!! LOL
I stopped a lorry driver a few months ago for using his, he denied it, despite two of us seeing his fingers using the touch screen. In court he still denied using it, saying he was putting it in the cradle.
He was fkind guilty of using a mobile
Genuine question which I've been meaning to ask for a while; in my Defender I listen to an iPod through a 3.5in jack. Whilst I don't mess with it while on the move, I have on occasion changed play list or whatever whilst sitting at traffic lights. Is this an offence? As I understand it, if I was changing music tracks on my iphone rather than an iPod, I'd be breaking a pretty specific piece of legislation - does this apply to other devices? If not, it's all pretty nonsensical!
offshorematt2 said:
Genuine question which I've been meaning to ask for a while; in my Defender I listen to an iPod through a 3.5in jack. Whilst I don't mess with it while on the move, I have on occasion changed play list or whatever whilst sitting at traffic lights. Is this an offence? As I understand it, if I was changing music tracks on my iphone rather than an iPod, I'd be breaking a pretty specific piece of legislation - does this apply to other devices? If not, it's all pretty nonsensical!
Some of it is, like most areas of law, nonsensical. Just back from a tour of the highlands where the wife and I took her aging mother. Our driver spent half his time on the mic regaling us alternately with funny stories or a potted history of the Jacobite Risings etc.
I am not in any way supporting the use of phones when driving but how is the above allowed?
anonymous said:
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If OP's story about just checking the time is true then I see no problem with that, it's a shame as getting caught out and getting points feels harsh as no doubt we all do things that are equally distracting on a daily basis. The police have zero tolerance for this sort of thing, you won't escape it.Driving around whist yapping away on a phone is bloody stupid however.
REALIST123 said:
offshorematt2 said:
Genuine question which I've been meaning to ask for a while; in my Defender I listen to an iPod through a 3.5in jack. Whilst I don't mess with it while on the move, I have on occasion changed play list or whatever whilst sitting at traffic lights. Is this an offence? As I understand it, if I was changing music tracks on my iphone rather than an iPod, I'd be breaking a pretty specific piece of legislation - does this apply to other devices? If not, it's all pretty nonsensical!
Some of it is, like most areas of law, nonsensical. Just back from a tour of the highlands where the wife and I took her aging mother. Our driver spent half his time on the mic regaling us alternately with funny stories or a potted history of the Jacobite Risings etc.
I am not in any way supporting the use of phones when driving but how is the above allowed?
However, when a mobile phone is in use the main danger is claimed to come from the distraction caused by carrying on a conversation with a person who is not in the vehicle with you. Given that hands-free phone usage is still legal, this seems to make the law a bit nonsensical so I do not support the law in its current form.
My sympathies lie with the OP. He could equally well have picked up another type of device to check the time, and that would, in effect, have been just the same as looking at the time display on his phone; and yet one is lawful and the other is not.
Edited by p1esk on Sunday 28th August 08:49
thatsprettyshady said:
If OP's story about just checking the time is true then I see no problem with that, it's a shame as getting caught out and getting points feels harsh as no doubt we all do things that are equally distracting on a daily basis. The police have zero tolerance for this sort of thing, you won't escape it.
Driving around whist yapping away on a phone is bloody stupid however.
I kind of agree with that, and whilst I wouldn't want to suggest the OP isn't being accurate, it does feel like you'd have to be incredibly unlucky to get caught by a Police Officer in the second (literally) that it takes to glance at your phone screen to see what time it is.Driving around whist yapping away on a phone is bloody stupid however.
Eric The Camel said:
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: I'm going to risk sounding like a dick but I thought just about every single car imaginable had a clock in it? 
My little Mii doesn't.hosedoctor said:
BOF said:
Six points on license for using phone while driving.
Second offence - twelve months suspension.
End of story?
BOF
Is that what they hand out now? Or just your opinion??Second offence - twelve months suspension.
End of story?
BOF
Phone in hand = instant one week ban from driving and 3 points, would that work?
Megaflow said:
PoleDriver said:
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: It's still a little bizarre how many people I see in new BMWs, Range Rovers, and various vehicles that will clearly have bluetooth built in but still drive along holding their phone to their ear.
I get that not using the phone is smarter, but when you have bluetooth it's a little odd not to use it.
They're probably so stupid that they either don't know their car has Bluetooth or don't know what Bluetooth is for or just don't know how to use it!I get that not using the phone is smarter, but when you have bluetooth it's a little odd not to use it.
bhstewie said:
hstewie said:thatsprettyshady said:
If OP's story about just checking the time is true then I see no problem with that, it's a shame as getting caught out and getting points feels harsh as no doubt we all do things that are equally distracting on a daily basis. The police have zero tolerance for this sort of thing, you won't escape it.
Driving around whist yapping away on a phone is bloody stupid however.
I kind of agree with that, and whilst I wouldn't want to suggest the OP isn't being accurate, it does feel like you'd have to be incredibly unlucky to get caught by a Police Officer in the second (literally) that it takes to glance at your phone screen to see what time it is.Driving around whist yapping away on a phone is bloody stupid however.
tty excuse anyway. Mobile use while driving, at lights or not, is a real issue, probably the most dangerous new driving issue.Google [bot] said:
I don't. I think it's fairly clear the OP wouldn't be checking the time as that's there in the car. I had a car that didn't have a clock, but I know they're extremely rare. I would be fairly confident that 'checking the time' would be 'checking txt' or 'checking fb'. And if it weren't, the law cannot allow such a stty excuse anyway. Mobile use while driving, at lights or not, is a real issue, probably the most dangerous new driving issue.
Like I said, I don't really want to call out the OP on his checking the "time" as only he knows what really happened, but given he's already done one awareness course I have my doubts that's what really happened.tty excuse anyway. Mobile use while driving, at lights or not, is a real issue, probably the most dangerous new driving issue.I'm sure Police Officers must encounter a lot of people checking the time with their phones by their ears.
anonymous said:
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Obviously we can only go on what the OP states which has to be assumed accurate, unless anyone here has evidence to the contrary?It's pointless to speculate but equally pointless lying to/misleading those who are trying to help and advise, especially if said people are a bunch of strangers on the internet who will most likely not give a toss what you were up to.
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