Please report dangerous drivers to the police - Roadsafe. Report to plod, not just whinge here.

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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?

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MisterEd in reply to @se1derful

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/

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se1derful in reply to @MisterEd

Thanks, they did mention a loophole but gov.uk is so black and white in "must be hands free" I thought I was missing something.
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crossedthread in reply to @MisterEd

25th March 2022

I’ll try not to get killed before then, then.

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