Booked for using mobile while stationery

JustinR1979

Marktheshark wrote: »

Thats not the "law" its is a short interpretation of it.
The Clue is in the word DRIVING :



In Other Words Driving, not parked up.

When you're driving you have the engine running, when parked up you don't. You don't go shopping and park up leaving the engine running.

Marktheshark

Driving is travelling, moving between two points.
Parked up is parked up, engine running or not.

The charge is using whilst driving not whilst in charge of a vehicle.

JustinR1979

Spicy_McHaggis wrote: »

We need darkmatter back for this one.

I think we have his brother here already

JustinR1979

Marktheshark wrote: »

Driving is travelling, moving between two points.
Parked up is parked up, engine running or not.

The charge is using whilst driving not whilst in charge of a vehicle.

It's only been the law for 12 years, takes time for some people to understand.

Marktheshark

To be honest I would take this to http://forums.pepipoo.com/
or legal beagles, the forums have less "cloud"

Spicy_McHaggis

Marktheshark wrote: »

Driving is travelling, moving between two points.
Parked up is parked up, engine running or not.

The charge is using whilst driving not whilst in charge of a vehicle.

You can use parked up no engine running.

What are you doing while waiting at traffic lights?

Spicy_McHaggis

Marktheshark wrote: »

To be honest I would take this to http://forums.pepipoo.com/
or legal beagles, the forums have less "cloud"

You're the one clouding.

Spicy_McHaggis

JustinR1979 wrote: »

I think we have his brother here already

Voltaire7?

I bet he drives an A3.

JustinR1979

Spicy_McHaggis wrote: »

Voltaire7?

I bet he drives an A3.

Until the traffic stops, then he parks the A3.
Hope he doesn't live in Central London, so many traffic lights to park at.

d123

DUTR wrote: »

Parked up, does not include a running engine.

True, even the original Parliamentary briefing documentation makes that point.

Driving includes times when stopped at traffic lights or during other hold-ups that may occur during a typical journey when a vehicle can be expected to move off after a short while. In exceptional traffic jams, such as a lengthy stoppage on a motorway, it would be clear that someone wasn't driving if the engine was off. Ultimately whether someone is “driving” will be a matter for the courts.

http://www.parliament.uk/Templates/BriefingPapers/Pages/BPPdfDownload.aspx?bp-id=SN00366

OP can take a chance at court, but will invariably just end up found guilty and pay a lot more than the £100 fine on offer.