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£100 fine for using an iPod

Just been fined £100 and 3 points on my licence for changing a song on my ipod classic.
my friends are saying i should appeal this but im not so sure
Any advice/
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  • Half_way
    Half_way Posts: 7,712 Forumite
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    in what circumstances were you allegedly using it hands free mounted in a holder, in your hand whilst driving/in motion? stopped still?
    From the Plain Language Commission:

    "The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"
  • HO87
    HO87 Posts: 4,296 Forumite
    Presumably this is a fixed penalty notice? If so then the only route of appeal is to take the matter to the magistrates court.

    For more detailed advice take yourself off to PePiPoo and post your query there.
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  • thanks for your reply. yeah i was driving holding it in my hand,
    i dont think theres anything i can do about it
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  • sarahg1969
    sarahg1969 Posts: 6,694 Forumite
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    What was the offence?
  • Are you still allowed to change a cassette if you have such a player?
  • HO87
    HO87 Posts: 4,296 Forumite
    Are you still allowed to change a cassette if you have such a player?
    Two questions:

    Is the cassette player a handheld device?
    Does it require to be handheld at some point during an interactive communication function?

    (basically, interactive communication function = the transmission/receipt of data)

    And don't split hairs about the reading of the magnetic tape being a transmission or receipt of data! :D)
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  • pauletruth
    pauletruth Posts: 1,133 Forumite
    just pay it
  • tykesi
    tykesi Posts: 2,061 Forumite
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    i dont think theres anything i can do about it

    Why should there be?
  • "The use of a hand–held phone or similar hand–held device while driving is prohibited."


    I would imagine that any defence (provided you were actually using it) would hinge on whether or not an Ipod would be construed as a similar device?
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    I would imagine that any defence (provided you were actually using it) would hinge on whether or not an Ipod would be construed as a similar device?

    It will be.

    If the Ipod had been mounted in a cradle things may have been different. Whilst the physical action (pressing buttons to change a song) would be the same, it wouldn't have been "hand held".
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