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Motorists fined for taking photos of fire on M6
On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 11:56:22 -0800 (PST), Simon Mason
wrote: On Thursday, December 11, 2014 7:39:57 PM UTC, Popadalious wrote: On 11/12/2014 19:34, Simon Mason wrote: On Thursday, December 11, 2014 7:31:38 PM UTC, Popadalious wrote: 'The offence was "driving while using a mobile phone", police said.' Wasn't this done a while back when solicitor Mr Loophole got a driver off as the device was being used as a camera not a phone? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-30427592 I believe it was argued that the "comic" was usuing the phone to dictate jokes into. http://metro.co.uk/2009/10/16/jimmy-...charge-491908/ -- Simon Mason Ah right yes that's the one and surely the same defence applies as the drivers were using cameras not phones. I suppose it could be argued that using a camera while driving means that you don't have full control of the vehicle since you have to use one or both hands to operate it. Now that mobile phones have evolved past simple "two way radios" into mini laptops, the risk associated with phones has morphed also since many drivers now stare at tiny screens on the move instead of just talking into the handset. Almost as bad as cyclists riding with no hands on the handebars so that they can text (with earphones in their ears so that they can hear **** all of what is going on around them) |
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