Mobile phone awareness course

Enigma80

Hi all,

Are they still running mobile phone awareness courses or were they cancelled?

One guy at work suggested they were stopped in 2017, but may have started again?

Thanks

Mr.Generous

Hopefully not, 6 pts and a £200 fine …

Penalties
You can get 6 penalty points and a £200 fine if you use a hand-held phone when driving. You’ll also lose your licence if you passed your driving test in the last 2 years.
You can get 3 penalty points if you don’t have a full view of the road and traffic ahead or proper control of the vehicle.
You can also be taken to court where you can:
be banned from driving or riding
get a maximum fine of £1,000 (£2,500 if you’re driving a lorry or bus)

Aylesbury_Duck

I'm another that hopes they've been cancelled. I have some sympathy with people caught speeding just over the limit and in those cases, a course is a good idea because in many cases it comes from a lapse in concentration. There's no excuse for using a handheld mobile when driving - it's a deliberate decision to do so. Any points, fines or bans are entirely deserved, the harsher the better.

rca779

Anyone caught on their phone while driving should have their phone destroyed right there and then on the spot, PLUS the 6 points and fine.

That would scare most people off using their precious phones.

TheTalkingDead

I pretty sure they no longer offer driver improvement courses for mobile phone use any longer and have not for a while, TTC hasnt offered them since it became an endorsable offence. Although drink drivers are offered course for a reduced ban, i think that is more of a concious decision to drive as much as a mobile phone use if your caught drink drive you do the time in my opinion.

Aylesbury_Duck

rca779 wrote: »

Anyone caught on their phone while driving should have their phone destroyed right there and then on the spot, PLUS the 6 points and fine.

That would scare most people off using their precious phones.

Plus have the car impounded.

Comms69

rca779 wrote: »

Anyone caught on their phone while driving should have their phone destroyed right there and then on the spot, PLUS the 6 points and fine.

That would scare most people off using their precious phones.

Right. So no trial, not fact finding; just the police destroying property....

TheTalkingDead

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

Plus have the car impounded.

I Think being on your phone whilst driving to be socially unacceptable although not classed as anti social, pity, a S59 warning cant be issued along with the endorsements, caught on your phone again or do anything else considered anti social then it is impounded.

Herzlos

I'm not sure a course would make any sense - everyone knows you shouldn't be using a handheld phone in a car. With bluetooth kits an option on any car made in the last 10+ years, and standalone hands free kits for £10, there's really no reason that people are still doing it.

TheTalkingDead

Herzlos wrote: »

I'm not sure a course would make any sense - everyone knows you shouldn't be using a handheld phone in a car. With bluetooth kits an option on any car made in the last 10+ years, and standalone hands free kits for £10, there's really no reason that people are still doing it.

Same can be said for drink driving, but yet there's a course with the added bonus of 25% ban reduction. A course for drink driving doesn't make any world of sense to me either.

Enigma80

TheTalkingDead wrote: »

Same can be said for drink driving, but yet there's a course with the added bonus of 25% ban reduction. A course for drink driving doesn't make any world of sense to me either.

I think it's interesting reading peoples comments on topics like these, there are so many people so as many differing opinions on these matters.