GRAVESEND: Motorist fined for using mobile while driving
7:29am Thursday 11th March 2010 in
A 30-year-old from Gravesend has been fined £60 and had three penalty points added to his licence after pleading guilty to using a mobile phone while driving.
James Lye, of Suffolk Road, was sentenced at Faversham and Sittingbourne Magistrates’ Court on March 2, after the court heard he used the phone on August 20 while driving in Tonbridge.
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LNN
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11:41am Thu 11 Mar 10
(seems you don't have to be talking/texting on it just holding it is good enough for a conviction)
And insurance companies are apparenantly starting to decline insurance on CU80 convictions..
It would be easy to say never answer or make a call when on the move. Being human and open to temptation, that might be unlikely without further legislation being implemented.
Remember, making or receiving a call isn’t illegal, only using a handheld device is. Which is why hands-free kits make sense.
LNN
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11:44am Thu 11 Mar 10
derekhope
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6:01pm Thu 11 Mar 10
DrDBexley
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7:23pm Thu 11 Mar 10
LNN
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11:24pm Thu 11 Mar 10
DrDBexley wrote:It is confusing DrD, Being seen to use a hand-held phone is now a specific offence, that includes just holding the phone and not using it and carries the conviction code CU80.. Using a hands-free phone is not a specific offence, but provides grounds for a careless or dangerous driving prosecution in the event of erratic driving or an accident which is a DD40 or CD10.. So to me that says don't use the phone at all, even hands free..
I have to ask what the difference is between, as you say, holding a phone and say operating a SatNav, or changing the radio station, or talking to the person next to you? I can't recall any convictions for these events?? I might be wrong of course!
The AA say radio and smoking don't carry convictions but a charge of careless driving, or not being in a position to control the vehicle becomes a distinct possibility. They can also be used to show dangerous driving, an offence which could lead to imprisonment, particularly if the dangerous driving causes a death..
You can use a Sat Nav, as long as you don't have to hold it, if you do it then comes under, using a hand held device ..And talking.. i have no idea..
K1rky
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1:12pm Sun 14 Mar 10
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LNN says...
9:58am Thu 11 Mar 10
(seems you don't have to be talking/texting on it just holding it is good enough for a conviction)
And insurance companies are apparenantly starting to decline insurance on CU80 convictions..
It would be easy to say never answer or make a call when on the move. Being human and open to temptation, that might be unlikely without further legislation being implemented.
Remember, making or receiving a call isn’t illegal, only using a handheld device is. Which is why hands-free kits make sense.