Texting while Driving

[SteveB]

Hi sandy.
I was thinking it would be so now I'm thinking was the change in escorting laws announced or will they be announced in the same way ?

I don't watch much TV so didn't see anything on it.

Sorry Zilch, I don't know. I usually watch BBC news, therefore I would not be so clued up on where & how the changes in escorting laws were announced in Ireland.

Sandy x

I think it has been a bit of a non-event. Hasn't even made the news or the papers.

[annabel taylor]

As from last week in the UK, using a mobile phone whilst driving, whether it be texting, taking a call or using the phone for info, incurs an automatic 6 penalty points on your licence & £200 fine. The option of attending a driving awareness course has been revoked.

It was never legal, it used to be 3 penalty points & £100 fine.

67 innocent people lost their lives in the UK from 2012-2015 due to drivers using their mobiles whilst driving. Mobile phones are the biggest cause of road fatalities in the UK.

Sandy x

Sorry maybe im thick does that include using bluetooth and say sat nav like u can mount your phone

[SteveB]

Sorry maybe im thick does that include using bluetooth and say sat nav like u can mount your phone

Under the UK law, strangely, the offence is to touch the phone itself.
So, using it through the sat-nav or other device is legal.

[Sexy Sandy 69]

Bluetooth is allowed, however if you use say google maps on your phone & have to touch your phone to get directions, it's classed as using a mobile phone whilst in charge of a moving vehicle, therefore the same penalties apply. If your phone is not mounted & you have your phone on your lap & you are looking at it to get directions, then once again you are liable to getting fined.

Sandy x

[Rachel Divine]

Good it might stop some stupid bitches with there selfies behind the wheel.

Actually I get a rush taking selfies while driving. But thanks, all the same.

[Clubcard]

It was much safer to text on the old nokias. You wouldn't even need to look at your phone and just text using feel and count.
But in saying that I'm glad the old nokias are gone, getting video/ pictures via snapchat or WhatsApp is a huge advancement .

[Best Before]

Under the UK law, strangely, the offence is to touch the phone itself.
So, using it through the sat-nav or other device is legal.

The laws an Ass, most new cars have touch screens to operated the radio/satnav and connected phone and there are far more distracting than using the actual phone or changing the channel on the radio!! All cars with integrated touchscreens should be banned of the road, but I guess the motoring lobby group would not be best pleased.

[SteveB]

It was much safer to text on the old nokias. You wouldn't even need to look at your phone and just text using feel and count.
But in saying that I'm glad the old nokias are gone, getting video/ pictures via snapchat or WhatsApp is a huge advancement .

But you have to use your brain. NOBODY can multi-task, or at least give the attention needed to two tasks.

[rubberlover]

I cannot under stand why with modern technology that an inhibitor of sorts can be put into the phone that restricts its use whilst in the driving seat and the ignition engaged. We can spy on people from satellites in space to the extent of reading a number plates, so surely this is achievable. .

[SteveB]

I was caught in Kingscourt, and asked for the court case and fine - instead of the points, garda looked at me like i had 2 heads....

That’s because you gave them a false name.
You told them you were Zaphod Beeblebrox