l'Otters
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Needs to be used with a hands free kit as well as being in a cradle.As I understand it, if your phone is in a cradle on your dash or windscreen it can still be used
Mobile phone driving laws - what is and isn't illegal? | RAC Drive
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sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
I work with a paramedic who resolutely refuses to wear a seatbelt, he plugs it in behind him and sits on it so the alarm doesn’t go off.
mojo pixy
interesting times
Bloody hell
Honestly, if I was the driver I'd insist they put it on, if I was the passenger I'd refuse to get in the van ever again with that person. How do they get away with it? Does nobody raise it, anywhere? If not, that's actually really worrying!
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Only if they’re conveying a patient in the back.
in C1 vehicles you don’t have to if you‘re low speed reversing either.
mojo pixy
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sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
At the end of the day if they’re over 14, it’s their responsibility.Bloody hell
Honestly, if I was the driver I'd insist they put it on, if I was the passenger I'd refuse to get in the van ever again with that person. How do they get away with it? Does nobody raise it, anywhere? If not, that's actually really worrying!
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mojo pixy
interesting times
At the end of the day if they’re over 14, it’s their responsibility.
It's my hangup, I admit that. I get unbearably anxious if anyone in a car isn't strapped in, I put it down to being in an unfortunately high number of car fuckups years ago with my stupid mates, and seeing what happens when someone isn't wearing one.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
I was out of the country when the law changed requiring passengers to belt up, so missed all the publicity. Took me a few years to get used to the idea and for it to become instinctive because of this.
(bear in mind that at this time I’d probably only travel in cars a handful of times a year)
(bear in mind that at this time I’d probably only travel in cars a handful of times a year)
platinumsage
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No, the actual law is clear and just specifies police and fire.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
The ambulance service isn’t an emergency service officially.
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I guess if you can afford to "pay" for justice....https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jan/17/frank-lampard-charge-against-ex-player-driving-phone-car-dropped?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Charge against Frank Lampard of using phone while driving dropped
Former England footballer pleaded not guilty to charge brought after he was filmed by cycling campaigner
High Voltage
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As I have posted before, we have the best legal system that money can buy
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A BMW driver is a self entitled arsehole. Really. Furious mum leaves note for 'self-entitled a**hole' BMW driver parked on path
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Arnold Schwarzenegger had a head-on collision when a Prius made U-turn in front of him.
Thankfully he was driving a massive SUV so was uninjured:
Thankfully he was driving a massive SUV so was uninjured:
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I have 5 (five) speeding tickets . On a provisional licence
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Cornwall learner driver arrested twice on same day in same car
A learner driver was stopped for driving twice while unsupervised in the same car, police reveal.
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A learner driver was arrested twice on the same day, in the same car - for the same offence.
The driver, who had a provisional licence, was arrested in a Mercedes near St Austell in Cornwall for driving without supervision on Wednesday.
His car was seized and he returned later to get the car from the police pound, Devon and Cornwall Police said.
Officers said he was later arrested in the same car at Summercourt in Cornwall for driving while unsupervised.
The driver of a car that picked up the arrested man for the second offence was also arrested for driving while disqualified.
Both men are due to appear in court at a later date.
A force spokesman said: "It's not often we can say we have seized the same car twice in one day."
After the car was seized at Bugle, near St Austell, police said they "received some information that the same person was on his way to collect the vehicle with another insured person but they were driving to the recovery yard rather than getting a lift".
Officers said: "Suspecting that our provisional licence holder may end up driving unsupervised again, we kept an eye out.
"Shortly after, we saw the vehicle being driven on the A30 near Summercourt.
"We stopped it again and found the provisional licence holder unsupervised again.
"Vehicle seized for a second time and he will now be going to court for two offences."
Police said "to top it off, the person who was on their way to pick him up was stopped" in another Mercedes and was arrested for driving while disqualified.
Whilst an amusing story it does highlight how common illegal driving has become; no licence, on a ban, no insurance, no MOT and so on. ANPR is supposed to make these things harder, but with plod no longer policing roads it seems that the risks of getting caught are so small it's worth it for many people
Cornwall and most the South West are pretty ripe for drink driving too.Cornwall learner driver arrested twice on same day in same car
A learner driver was stopped for driving twice while unsupervised in the same car, police reveal.www.bbc.co.uk
A learner driver was arrested twice on the same day, in the same car - for the same offence.
The driver, who had a provisional licence, was arrested in a Mercedes near St Austell in Cornwall for driving without supervision on Wednesday.
His car was seized and he returned later to get the car from the police pound, Devon and Cornwall Police said.
Officers said he was later arrested in the same car at Summercourt in Cornwall for driving while unsupervised.
The driver of a car that picked up the arrested man for the second offence was also arrested for driving while disqualified.
Both men are due to appear in court at a later date.
A force spokesman said: "It's not often we can say we have seized the same car twice in one day."
After the car was seized at Bugle, near St Austell, police said they "received some information that the same person was on his way to collect the vehicle with another insured person but they were driving to the recovery yard rather than getting a lift".
Officers said: "Suspecting that our provisional licence holder may end up driving unsupervised again, we kept an eye out.
"Shortly after, we saw the vehicle being driven on the A30 near Summercourt.
"We stopped it again and found the provisional licence holder unsupervised again.
"Vehicle seized for a second time and he will now be going to court for two offences."
Police said "to top it off, the person who was on their way to pick him up was stopped" in another Mercedes and was arrested for driving while disqualified.
Whilst an amusing story it does highlight how common illegal driving has become; no licence, on a ban, no insurance, no MOT and so on. ANPR is supposed to make these things harder, but with plod no longer policing roads it seems that the risks of getting caught are so small it's worth it for many people
Man driving for more than 70 years tells Notts police: ‘I’ve never had a licence’
After stopping driver in his 80s in a supermarket car park, officers discover he also never had insurance
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Read that story recently. Back in those days, was a driving test required and/ or did you simply buy a driving licence. My ma had a little red fold up driving licence, I think. I'm not sure if she ever took a driving test it would have been nothing like I took which was nothing in comparison to today's tests. Hopefully, the beaks will go easy on that chap.
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
They became compulsory in June 1935 when the driving test was introduced, so the old chap should have had one. I hope they go easy on him too - but I wonder how many more people there are like him driving around unlicensed and uninsured.
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Plastic Paddy
They probably can't put the thoughtless old cunt in prison but they should confiscate/crush his motor and ban him for what's left of his life. In theory there shouldn't be too many of these fuckwits about because ANPR should be picking them up but there are the best part of a million uninsured drivers on UK roads and it's not busting them. I hope it's not true but a copper on the radio yesterday was saying that ANPR pings are so common in some places that some plod turn it off, otherwise they'd get no other work done. Unlicensed driving apparently is a bigger issue in Ireland where driving tests have only been mandatory since the 60s, so they have quite a few older folk who've been driving since before that.
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