Drinking from water bottle while driving

verybigchris

Of course, before the police pull you in for not being in full control of your vehicle, they'll first check your car's details against the Police National Computer. They'll do this with their handheld radio, at which point they'll have to give themselves a ticket for not being in full control of their vehicle. Before doing that, they have to radio in their own details, and then ...

Ivrytwr3

even now i still see women doing their make up whilst driving, elbows on steering wheel, one eye closed whilst applying mascara to the eye.

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Torby

just think how much they could make for fining people who smoke when driving, plus they get two goes, fine them for littering when thet flick their fag ash and butts out the window....

there probably have been more accidents caused by dropping a lit fag in the drivers lap thn by a dropped apple or spilled drink....fine the smokers I say...apply the law equally and fairly across the board.

bosseyed

On long journeys I'm always eating and drinking when driving. Don't see an issue with it myself, I tend to drive one handed most of the time anyway.

movilogo

I never eat during driving, but I do drink water during driving sometimes.

On motorways, often there is no welcome breaks over a long distance (which can be anything from 10 to 100 miles depending on where you drive).

Not drinking water during these stretches can be tiresome.

AFAIK, you are not allowed to pull up in hard shoulder for just drinking water (or taking a nap).

verybigchris

I once saw someone weaving along my road. I thought "I bet that idiot's on his mobile", but I was wrong.

He was putting in eyedrops :eek:

rev_henry

verybigchris wrote: »

Of course, before the police pull you in for not being in full control of your vehicle, they'll first check your car's details against the Police National Computer. They'll do this with their handheld radio, at which point they'll have to give themselves a ticket for not being in full control of their vehicle. Before doing that, they have to radio in their own details, and then ...

There's a specific exemption in law for CB radios and the like. Something to do with the frequency they use. I think its the same exemption that allows truckers to use their radios while driving as well.

sebdangerfield

verybigchris wrote: »

Of course, before the police pull you in for not being in full control of your vehicle, they'll first check your car's details against the Police National Computer. They'll do this with their handheld radio, at which point they'll have to give themselves a ticket for not being in full control of their vehicle. Before doing that, they have to radio in their own details, and then ...

Or they just use the car kit in the vehicle so as not to break the law.

Not aware of the CB exemption you refer to rev, I'll look it up. Either way, Police radios are far removed from cbs and the like, they're tetra now so work digital frequencies of around 2ghz I think.

rev_henry

sebdangerfield wrote: »

Or they just use the car kit in the vehicle so as not to break the law.

Not aware of the CB exemption you refer to rev, I'll look it up. Either way, Police radios are far removed from cbs and the like, they're tetra now so work digital frequencies of around 2ghz I think.

Ah you're probably right actually. I seem to remember it depending on the frequency the device used rather than what the device looked like...

DaveF327

sebdangerfield wrote: »

Not aware of the CB exemption you refer to rev, I'll look it up. Either way, Police radios are far removed from cbs and the like, they're tetra now so work digital frequencies of around 2ghz I think.

From the Construction and Use Regulations:

110.—(1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a road if he is using—

(a) a hand-held mobile telephone; or
(b) a hand-held device of a kind specified in paragraph (4).

...
(4) A device referred to in paragraphs (1)(b), (2)(b) and (3)(b) is a device, other than a two-way radio, which performs an interactive communication function by transmitting and receiving data.

(6) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a) a mobile telephone or other device is to be treated as hand-held if it is, or must
be, held at some point during the course of making or receiving a call or
performing any other interactive communication function;
(b) ...
(c) “interactive communication function” includes the following:
(i) sending or receiving oral or written messages;
(ii) sending or receiving facsimile documents;
(iii) sending or receiving still or moving images; and
(iv) providing access to the internet;
(d) “two-way radio” means any wireless telegraphy apparatus which is designed or
adapted—

(i) for the purpose of transmitting and receiving spoken messages; and
(ii) to operate on any frequency other than 880 MHz to 915 MHz, 925 MHz to
960 MHz, 1710 MHz to 1785 MHz, 1805 MHz to 1880 MHz, 1900 MHz to
1980 MHz or 2110 MHz to 2170 MHz; ...