Applepay could cost you your licence

[telecat]

Seems that more Stringent rules now mean that if you pay for a Take away at a drive though window you could get 6 points on your licence for using a Mobile phone while "driving". Idiocy of this? Grab the Card reader and swipe it at your phone in the holder and it's not an offence. Much as I do not want idiots texting on the things or updating their status on the move it seems that sensible use of a device is out of the window in order to criminalise society.

[Mammasaid]

telecat said:

Seems that more Stringent rules now mean that if you pay for a Take away at a drive though window you could get 6 points on your licence for using a Mobile phone while "driving". Idiocy of this? Grab the Card reader and swipe it at your phone in the holder and it's not an offence. Much as I do not want idiots texting on the things or updating their status on the move it seems that sensible use of a device is out of the window in order to criminalise society.

Show me an actual verified court case where this has happened and I'll believe you.

Otherwise, clickbait.

[anonymous-user]

In a drive through, so not on the highway?

Sounds like bks to me

[TwigtheWonderkid]

keirik said:

In a drive through, so not on the highway?

Sounds like bks to me

Public access so RTA still applies. Has it ever been prosecuted though?

[otolith]

That sounds like prosecuting people for spitting in the dentist's surgery.

Custard required.

[giantdefy]

If you are worried. pull up at the window, apply handbrake, switch off engine, remove keys, pay, start engine, release handbrake, leave. All perfectly legal then

[hyperblue]

Sounds like typical social media copy/paste bullst without any source.

[ashleyman]

I've heard this before.

Lots of mentions on the usual Express, DM etc...

http://www.ladbible.com/news/uk-using-apple-pay-at...

[Finlandia]

giantdefy said:

If you are worried. pull up at the window, apply handbrake, switch off engine, remove keys, pay, start engine, release handbrake, leave. All perfectly legal then

How about a modern keyless car with start stop system and electronic handbrake?

[agtlaw]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Public access so RTA still applies. Has it ever been prosecuted though?

Wrong. Using a mobile phone whilst driving can only be committed on "a road."

[Black_S3]

giantdefy said:

If you are worried. pull up at the window, apply handbrake, switch off engine, remove keys, pay, start engine, release handbrake, leave. All perfectly legal then

You don’t have to go as far as engine off. Out of gear with handbrake on stopped in a safe place is fine. That’s a bit different to the type who rides the clutch as they reach into their bag for their phone.

[Black_S3]

agtlaw said:

Wrong. Using a mobile phone whilst driving can only be committed on "a road."

Does a drive through not technically class as ‘a road’ (all be it a private one with public access’?

[jakeylewb22]

Mums friend got 6 points for using her phone in a maccies drive through....

[Mammasaid]

jakeylewb22 said:

Mums friend got 6 points for using her phone in a maccies drive through....

Custard...

[agtlaw]

Black_S3 said:

Does a drive through not technically class as ‘a road’ (all be it a private one with public access’?

The legislation is very specific; a mobile phone offence can only be committed "on a road."

Many road traffic offences can be committed "on a road or other public place" but this is not one of those offences.

[sgtBerbatov]

But aren't most (if not all) drive through's on private land? So it doesn't apply?

[Black_S3]

agtlaw said:

The legislation is very specific; a mobile phone offence can only be committed "on a road."

Many road traffic offences can be committed "on a road or other public place" but this is not one of those offences.

Wonder what the thinking behind that is & how they define on a road? Is it the same for all construction and use stuff?

[DanL]

You use the Jimmy Carr defence, I would have thought. Isn’t the charge something like using a mobile phone as a communications device, which is how Jimmy beat the charge? Apologies if my memory has misled me! Assuming I’m right, it doesn’t matter whether a drive through is a road or not - you’re not using the phone to communicate, but rather to pay, and so you shouldn’t be charged...

Edited to add: https://www.nickfreemansolicitors.co.uk/comedian-c...

Looks like my memory didn’t fail me after all!

[geeks]

Mammasaid said:

jakeylewb22 said:

Mums friend got 6 points for using her phone in a maccies drive through....

Custard...

BULLst!

[Leonard Stanley]

jakeylewb22 said:

Mums friend got 6 points for using her phone in a maccies drive through....

[obvious]Pics of mum's friend in all her glory, please[/obvious]