Penalty for using phone as a sat nav while driving?
Discussion
Ok so you can attach the phone to the heater vents, set it up in nav mode to get you to your destination.
As you go you can do the two finger zoom out to make sure it's going where you want then resume to get it back on track.
At your destination you two finger zoom in to check it's where you want
As youre not using it as a phone, is it ok as a satnav?
Or is there a voice operated function you can use
Its the other way
As you go you can do the two finger zoom out to make sure it's going where you want then resume to get it back on track.
At your destination you two finger zoom in to check it's where you want
As youre not using it as a phone, is it ok as a satnav?
Or is there a voice operated function you can use
Its the other way
KaraK said:
If you're not actually holding it then you're all good AFAIK
I thought so to-very unlikely law enforcement would use their powers to prosecute you. In fact you could stick your phone in an on dash holder and spend that 'wasted' driving time looking on farcebook and get away with it no problem. At least I guess you could, not that I would.Alex_225 said:
Assuming you're not veering all over the road etc. and aren't holding it. This shouldn't be a problem.
Better than those morons who place a sat nav right in the middle of their windscreen so their satnav is blocking their view of the road.
I seem to be seeing this often now. Big phone or Satnav, slightly right of centre windscreen at eye level. So pretty much blocking most of the drivers view, apart from straight ahead or to the right.Better than those morons who place a sat nav right in the middle of their windscreen so their satnav is blocking their view of the road.
Trax said:
I seem to be seeing this often now. Big phone or Satnav, slightly right of centre windscreen at eye level. So pretty much blocking most of the drivers view, apart from straight ahead or to the right.
Still not as bad as the disgusting screen in Mercs over the last three or four years. Ugly, distracting, irrelevant. Is it any wonder driving standards are so bad when people dont even know the basics of the law.
The mobile phone laws relate to phones (or their use) when they are HELD not when they are HANDS FREE - for the avoidance of doubt, hands free means you can operate the phone without holding it, not touching it.
However, you can potentially get prosecuted under different laws if you are not in proper control - ie, messing with your sat nav (or phone, drink, crisps, makeup etc) and observed driving erratically etc.
The mobile phone laws relate to phones (or their use) when they are HELD not when they are HANDS FREE - for the avoidance of doubt, hands free means you can operate the phone without holding it, not touching it.
However, you can potentially get prosecuted under different laws if you are not in proper control - ie, messing with your sat nav (or phone, drink, crisps, makeup etc) and observed driving erratically etc.
k wit idiots who still think it's acceptable to be holding and using your phone whilst driving to get 6 points then.If you are not holding your phone and it's in a cradle you can use the touch screen to simply skip a song etc. However, if your driving or concentration if affected by doing so, other laws come in to play such as not in proper control of vehicle.
If you are physically holding the phone even if it's to skip a song then you will fall foul of the new legislation.
Buy a £1 phone cradle from pound land, simples.
If you are physically holding the phone even if it's to skip a song then you will fall foul of the new legislation.
Buy a £1 phone cradle from pound land, simples.
Tomo1971 said:
Is it any wonder driving standards are so bad when people dont even know the basics of the law.
The mobile phone laws relate to phones (or their use) when they are HELD not when they are HANDS FREE - for the avoidance of doubt, hands free means you can operate the phone without holding it, not touching it.
However, you can potentially get prosecuted under different laws if you are not in proper control - ie, messing with your sat nav (or phone, drink, crisps, makeup etc) and observed driving erratically etc.
To be fair there is so much disinformation out there...The mobile phone laws relate to phones (or their use) when they are HELD not when they are HANDS FREE - for the avoidance of doubt, hands free means you can operate the phone without holding it, not touching it.
However, you can potentially get prosecuted under different laws if you are not in proper control - ie, messing with your sat nav (or phone, drink, crisps, makeup etc) and observed driving erratically etc.
surveyor said:
Tomo1971 said:
Is it any wonder driving standards are so bad when people dont even know the basics of the law.
The mobile phone laws relate to phones (or their use) when they are HELD not when they are HANDS FREE - for the avoidance of doubt, hands free means you can operate the phone without holding it, not touching it.
However, you can potentially get prosecuted under different laws if you are not in proper control - ie, messing with your sat nav (or phone, drink, crisps, makeup etc) and observed driving erratically etc.
Too true. I just looked on the government web site on the page "Using mobile phones when driving" which include:The mobile phone laws relate to phones (or their use) when they are HELD not when they are HANDS FREE - for the avoidance of doubt, hands free means you can operate the phone without holding it, not touching it.
However, you can potentially get prosecuted under different laws if you are not in proper control - ie, messing with your sat nav (or phone, drink, crisps, makeup etc) and observed driving erratically etc.
gov.uk said:
When you can use a phone in your vehicle
If you’re the driver, you can only use your phone in a vehicle if you:
- need to call 999 or 112 in an emergency and it’s unsafe or impractical to stop
- are safely parked
No mention of if it's in a cradle. If you’re the driver, you can only use your phone in a vehicle if you:
- need to call 999 or 112 in an emergency and it’s unsafe or impractical to stop
- are safely parked
So you are of course, correct, but I'm not surprised people are confused.
Joratk said:
This is something I have considered before. Also one I think about is - say you're listening to spotify with your phone connected to the car and a song comes on you don't want to listen to, are you allowed to change it?
I'd love to ask a copper and get this cleared up.
I'm not a copper but if you have to pull your phone out of your pocket to change the song then that would be a finable offense.I'd love to ask a copper and get this cleared up.
I believe it's a handheld mobile so use an iPod Touch and you are technically not committing an offense.
Mr Snrub said:
TheD said:
I past ten people today using their phone as a phone. Eight women and two men and I had only covered 25 miles. I just don't get how they just seem so ignorant.
Less ignorance, more the fact they know the chances of getting caught are slim to none
This:
https://www.facebook.com/bbcradioscotland/videos/1...
seems to suggest you can't touch it in any way while driving, whether for a sat-nav or anything else. It's a bit unclear as to the term "hands-free", does that also mean if it is in a mount?
https://www.facebook.com/bbcradioscotland/videos/1...
seems to suggest you can't touch it in any way while driving, whether for a sat-nav or anything else. It's a bit unclear as to the term "hands-free", does that also mean if it is in a mount?
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