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Re: Telephone Pole
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2025 7:46 am
by unzippy
V8Granite wrote: Mon Dec 22, 2025 7:11 pm
Personally I don't think there should be any phone laws, we had driving without due care and attention and that should be enough.
The problem being as Jobbo says it will be a grey area and then too open to abuse.
I was quite happy being on my phone when it was legal but possibly affected my driving more than expected.
Dave!
Careless Driving would take too much admin/court time, that's why they invented FPN - were they holding a phone, yes or no.
Look what you need to process if you go Carless Driving route:
https://sentencingcouncil.org.uk/guidel ... attention/
Re: Telephone Pole
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2025 7:49 am
by jamcg
Option 6, but only because I agree with option 1 in regard to the law but I don’t agree with the police essentially sub contracting enforcement to YouTubers
Re: Telephone Pole
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2025 8:36 am
by duncs500
jamcg wrote: Tue Dec 23, 2025 7:49 am
Option 6, but only because I agree with option 1 in regard to the law but I don’t agree with the police essentially sub contracting enforcement to YouTubers
This is the answer I came for. That Mikey guy can fuck off, he doesn't really care about the law, he just wants to be famous. Leave it to the police you twat.
However the law appears appropriate to me.
Re: Telephone Pole
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2025 11:09 am
by MikeHunt
My plumber was sat in his van with the door open and engine running, he had his phone in his hand on loudspeaker and was placing it into a dash holder before putting on his seatbelt and driving off. A police car happened to be passing, he was fined and due to existing points he was banned for months.
Re: Telephone Pole
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2025 11:14 am
by integrale_evo
Yeah, stuff like that is ridiculous, the current rules make it very easy pickings even if the actual risk is virtually zero.
Glancing at a text or picking it up to see the time or whatever while sat stationary in traffic isn’t a danger imho.
Re: Telephone Pole
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2025 12:54 pm
by jamcg
MikeHunt wrote: Tue Dec 23, 2025 11:09 am
My plumber was sat in his van with the door open and engine running, he had his phone in his hand on loudspeaker and was placing it into a dash holder before putting on his seatbelt and driving off. A police car happened to be passing, he was fined and due to existing points he was banned for months.
This is the problem that makes people think the law is excessive, the lack of complete common sense in the world these days