Booked for using mobile while stationery

tight_scotsman

Here is a wee bit of advice to all drivers.

Ignition ON = Phone OFFF


SIMPLES

Car_54

Daz2009 wrote: »

What about electric cars ?
Are you deemed to be driving if you're sat behind the wheel at the side of the road,parked up but on the phone ?

It depends on who is doing the deeming. In the first instance, it will be an individual police officer using his judgement.

It is only if someone gets ticketed, refuses the COFP goes to court, loses and appeals all the way up that you will have a definitive answer. That's unlikely to happen.

bod1467

Spicy_McHaggis wrote: »

Without the handbrake on and in neutral?

Driving.

Nice swerve ... I knew I shouldn't have edited my post to add (optional).

WITH the handbrake on?

SuperAllyB

I naively opened this thread hoping to find a story about a pen or pencil that had learnt to drive a car!

Tilt

arcon5 wrote: »

I think [STRIKE]some[/STRIKE] same people like to disagree just for the sake of arguing.

Just thought I would amend that slightly for you

Tilt

I followed a police car recently which passed a car parked on the zig zags of a pedestrian crossing without taking a second glance. Oh, and the driver was on her mobile phone as well.

Gloomendoom

Aretnap wrote: »

However it doesn't actually say that engine on = driving in all circumstance, or for that matter that engine off = not driving.

It's quite possible to be driving a car with the engine off. When being towed, for example.

Spicy_McHaggis

Gloomendoom wrote: »

It's quite possible to be driving a car with the engine off. When being towed, for example.

But only being towed by a rope, solid bar removes the braking aspect.

Joe_Horner

It does amuse me sometimes on here how people seem to believe that the law is what (their interpretation of) common sense thinks it should be rather than what it is - which is often completely different.

As it stands the law is quite clear that if your engine is running you're "driving" for the purpose of using a mobile and several other car-related activities.

If you feel it should be different from that then you're perfectly at liberty to get yourself ticketed, refuse the FP, go to court and try to set a new precedent.

But you'll probably find it's easier, cheaper and less stressful in the long run to just play the game as it stands and turn your engine off if you're going to use the phone - it only takes the turn of a key!

Car_54

Joe_Horner wrote: »

As it stands the law is quite clear that if your engine is running you're "driving" for the purpose of using a mobile and several other car-related activities.

Really? Can you quote the law in question?