So many people driving with mobile phones

Just wondered what the situation is on this. I thought it was illegal
to drive whilst holding a mobile phone???

I seem to see far more people than ever before driving whilst on their
mobile phone.

I think I heard something about how using headsets wasn't necessarily
safer than -*holding a mobile phone*- whilst driving???

When I'm on the road and I see someone with a phone whilst driving, I
get distinctly nervous and angry.

Any suggestion that they are as aware as when driving without a mobile
phone is nonsense I'm afraid.


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dannyfrankszzz wrote:
Just wondered what the situation is on this. I thought it was illegal
to drive whilst holding a mobile phone???

It is illegal. The law is not enforced. The penalty is not as high as
it ought to be. Infringement ought to carry an endorsement too.

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Just wondered what the situation is on this. I thought it was illegal
to drive whilst holding a mobile phone???

Guys, why are we having so many threads about people driving with mobile
phones? It's /way/ off topic. If you want to discuss it, go over to
uk.tosspot or whatever; it does not belong here.

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a law that is not enforced at all is no law! Like "dogs fouling" £50 fine
signs --totally pointless. Like 20 mph area with local cagers barrelling
through at 40 mph+.Like cagers ramping through on red lights, like police
cyclists riding on pavements and using their mobiles and telling me ( on the
road) to "watch it" or they'll fault me for some imagined "crime".

although I haven't seen the local bike mounted police trying 159 mph on the
motorway.

By the way I reckon that if I were a bike mounted criminal on my velo, even
at 69, I could easily outrun the heavy police bikes by a considerable
margin. They are certainly not set up for speed chase -- I wonder if they
would deploy that tyre deflating spiky thingy ( I have gone word blind at a
critical moment of my diatribe!) against me.
I just have had this vision of 20 police cyclists closing in for the "kill"
I as career and weave along the cycle path disregarding all other cycle
traffic! "Deploy the stinger!" ( remembered the name now)

What fun!

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"vernon" wrote in message
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dannyfrankszzz wrote:
Just wondered what the situation is on this. I thought it was illegal
to drive whilst holding a mobile phone???

It is illegal. The law is not enforced. The penalty is not as high as
it ought to be. Infringement ought to carry an endorsement too.

"vernon" wrote in news:1157111960.978934.300970
@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:


dannyfrankszzz wrote:
Just wondered what the situation is on this. I thought it was illegal
to drive whilst holding a mobile phone???

It is illegal. The law is not enforced. The penalty is not as high as
it ought to be. Infringement ought to carry an endorsement too.


I gather that The Irish Republic's law on mobile phones while driving came
into force today, and the fine over there is 2000 Euro - now that's more
like it! (Enforcement though is another matter)

On the contrary, it is very relevant here, as cyclists are placed in great
danger by drivers more attentive to their mobile phones and not in full
control of their vehicles.

"Simon Brooke" wrote in message
...
in message ,
dannyfrankszzz ')
wrote:


Just wondered what the situation is on this. I thought it was illegal
to drive whilst holding a mobile phone???

Guys, why are we having so many threads about people driving with mobile
phones? It's /way/ off topic. If you want to discuss it, go over to
uk.tosspot or whatever; it does not belong here.

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Orienteer wrote:
On the contrary, it is very relevant here, as cyclists are placed in great
danger by drivers more attentive to their mobile phones and not in full
control of their vehicles.

The OP specifically asked about a regulation that applies to motor
vehicles. I do not see how that is on topic here.

You can be prosecuted for something while on a bicycle which can effect
your car driving licence if you have one, so using a mobile phone while
riding a bicycle would be just as illegal.

Phil.

Chris Hills wrote:
Orienteer wrote:
On the contrary, it is very relevant here, as cyclists are placed in great
danger by drivers more attentive to their mobile phones and not in full
control of their vehicles.

The OP specifically asked about a regulation that applies to motor
vehicles. I do not see how that is on topic here.

"Phil Manning" wrote in message
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You can be prosecuted for something while on a bicycle which can effect
your car driving licence if you have one, so using a mobile phone while
riding a bicycle would be just as illegal.

You sure about that?

cheers,
clive

Phil Manning wrote on 01/09/2006 20:04 +0100:
You can be prosecuted for something while on a bicycle which can effect
your car driving licence if you have one, so using a mobile phone while
riding a bicycle would be just as illegal.


Only in the USA. In the UK what you do while cycling has no effect on
your driving license whatsoever.


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Tony

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