-
Anyone know why they won't pursue?
They're understaffed, undertrained, underfunded, lazy, shit, ineffective, racist, bigotted?
Pick a few.
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2003
Amendment of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986- The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986(2) are amended by inserting after regulation 109—
“Mobile telephones
110.—(1) No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a road if he is using—
(a)a hand-held mobile telephone; or
(b)a hand-held device of a kind specified in paragraph (4).
.
(4) A device referred to in paragraphs (1)(b), (2)(b) and (3)(b) is a device, other than a two-way radio, which performs an interactive communication function by transmitting and receiving data.
Arguably, any mobile phone is constantly sending data back & forth, but plod doesn't understand this.
Every flappy bird game is interactively sending & receiving stuff.
- The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986(2) are amended by inserting after regulation 109—
-
I thought this was in effect already but looks like currently it's still only an offence to use for 'interactive communication' which is probably difficult to prove.
New laws which remove this loophole will come into force on 25th March 2022:
https://roadsafetygb.org.uk/news/tougher-mobile-phone-law-to-be-introduced-on-25-march/
-
They used to pursue mobile phone use up until this case:
http://www.counsel.direct/news/dpp-barreto-2019-ewhc
Hopefully they'll start again with the new law.
You are reading a single comment by @se1derful and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
NotThamesWater
MisterEd
@se1derful
Reported a taxi for clearly using/having a mobile phone in the lap, MET comes back and says prosecution unlikely - I ask why and am told it's required to prove use as a communication device.
The current gov.uk website says it's illegal to hold a mobile phone while driving, nothing about communication devices - https://www.gov.uk/using-mobile-phones-when-driving-the-law
Anyone know why they won't pursue?