News0 min ago
Step In The Right Direction.........?
25 Answers
https:/ /www.ms n.com/e n-gb/ca rs/news /now-dr ivers-w ill-fac e-%c2%a 3200-fi ne-for- even-to uching- their-p hone-wh ile-dri ving-as -uk-ins talls-n ew-hd-t raffic- cameras -that-c an-catc h-motor ists-in -the-ac t/ar-AA JFixx?l i=BBoPW jQ& ocid=ma ilsigno ut
But they should treat it the same as DD, much more dangerous especially texting.
But they should treat it the same as DD, much more dangerous especially texting.
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by ToraToraTora. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Of course no-one should use a phone when driving, I turn mine off. I'm unsure about this 'even touching' a phone, though. I'd to brake hard once and mine slid out of my handbag - so at the next traffic lights to stop me, I put it back. Do you mean to say that someone would be fined for doing that?
Appropos. - virtually every tractor driver around here (and there are a lot) uses the phone whilst trundling along. Try seeing the number-plate through the mud!
Appropos. - virtually every tractor driver around here (and there are a lot) uses the phone whilst trundling along. Try seeing the number-plate through the mud!
//Surely if you take a photograph and show it to somebody that is an interactive communication.//
No it isn't. The High Court was quite specific when it was asked, by the DPP, to interpret the statute. They did so following a successful appeal in the Crown Court by Ramsey Barreto against his conviction in the Magistrates' Court for using his mobile phone to film an accident as he was driving past:
https:/ /www.ju diciary .uk/wp- content /upload s/2019/ 07/19-0 7-31-DP P-v-Bar reto-Re f.-CO27 02019-J udgment .pdf
It was this judgement which has led to today's announcement that the law will be changed.
No it isn't. The High Court was quite specific when it was asked, by the DPP, to interpret the statute. They did so following a successful appeal in the Crown Court by Ramsey Barreto against his conviction in the Magistrates' Court for using his mobile phone to film an accident as he was driving past:
https:/
It was this judgement which has led to today's announcement that the law will be changed.