Jonny Ingbar
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It's called "quiting " if I'm not mistaken.Strict speaking you were breaking the law-using phone/iPad whilst being in charge of car
It's called "quiting " if I'm not mistaken.Strict speaking you were breaking the law-using phone/iPad whilst being in charge of car
That's strange. My car beeps like crazy if you try to do that.Female cricket commentator on TMS ( Ebony Rainsford Brent I think it was) Said she had a hybrid hire car and because the engine was that quiet, when she had parked car she had mistakenly left the engine running all day till battery eventually died. Obviously with modern cars not being key start just pushbutton start she had locked door and just walked away with keys.
It was an adjudication by a chief constable that I read that said to switch off and apply hand brake at a drive-thru or his force would take action.Regards to the “touch a phone” part.
I think you’re incorrect. I believe you can touch your phone if it’s on a dashboard / windscreen Mount etc.
Also regards to the drive through part, you may be right technically but no Bobby would ever do you for that. If you’re on the phone but are stationary with car in neutral and handbrake on, effectively the car would be parked safely and you’d be fined
I must admit that even though I have all the controls on the steering wheel, I really don't like answering it and generally leave it to go to voicemail.It was an adjudication by a chief constable that I read that said to switch off and apply hand brake at a drive-thru or his force would take action.
The highway code says you shouldn't even use hands free but it's not illegal. Various organisations come to a similar conclusion to below:
You are allowed to use hands free kit but again you’re not allowed to touch any button on your mobile phone while driving.
If the police think you are distracted (even if you’re on hands free) while driving, then they can still fine you £200 and hand you six penalty points. So you have to take into consideration whether it’s worth the risk.
The AA recommends to drivers who need to take a call while driving to stop the car, park, and turn the engine off OR just leave it to go to voicemail
The police could still prosecute you for not being in control of a vehicle with the engine running.So if I use Apple Pay on my mobile at a McDonalds drive through I’ve committed an offence, but if I shove my card and PIN number in I haven’t ?
Fortunately they don’t and common sense applies.The police could still prosecute you for not being in control of a vehicle with the engine running.
Fortunately they don’t and common sense applies.
Years ago I had a mate who was persuaded to have a second and then third pint in the pub so instead of driving bedded down in the back of his car for the night. Nicked and a years ban for d & d even though that was the one thing he was avoiding doing, the engine wasn’t running and he was on the back seat asleep. Tbf he totally accepted the ruling.The police could still prosecute you for not being in control of a vehicle with the engine running.
The bobbies are only human like us . Love to hear his side of the storyFortunately they don’t and common sense applies.
Car parkThe wording is "Driving offences can only be enforced on those using a vehicle on public roads. The Road Traffic Regulations Act defines a road as “any length of highway or other road to which the public has access.”"
So car parks and drive-thrus are considered as roads where the public has access. Your driveway isn't.
RAC says different, I’ll go with their version. Carparks aren’t highways or public roads. McDonald drive ins are off the highway. Police have no authority .Off the public The wording is "Driving offences can only be enforced on those using a vehicle on public roads. The Road Traffic Regulations Act defines a n troad as “any length of highway or other road to which the public has access.”"
So car parks and drive-thrus are considered as roads where the public has access. Your driveway isn't.
How long for? That’s terrible for the environment, you do realise that? Cars idling just spewing out exhaust fumes and not doing anythingWhen picking the wife up I always leave it running. Especially in this weather, for the aircon.
It's nothing to do with whether it's a public highway; the act talks of a road where the public has access.Car park
RAC says different, I’ll go with their version. Carparks aren’t highways or public roads. McDonald drive ins are off the highway. Police have no authority .
I agree that literal argument is good. It's illiteral argument I argue about.Some people on here could literally argue about anything. YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO PROVE YOU'RE RIGHT!
Though if anyone disagrees with this I will respond...