Why are they exempt? In a very few circumstances where stopping may be more dangerous than driving with a phone (eg on a motorway, when being pursued by an axe wielding maniac) why shouldn't you stop before making a 999 call?
I admire your optimism. In my view automation and the profit motive don't sit well together in law enforcement.
As a London commuter I do see it, often. My point was about the best way to deal with the problem.
Probably because you get into a whole lot more difficulty trying to enforce that and there's a lot of hands-free calling equipment sold so there would be a lot of lobbying. It probably should be dealt with, but let's get a grip on the worse and easier problem of handheld calling first.
Oh well, at least the St Albans copycat was parked: http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/loca...-guilty-of-outraging-public-decency-1-7181632
Easier, perhaps, but not worse in my opinion. The problem is not the holding of the phone, it's the disengagement with the task of driving. Not based on research, just my observation, typing / texting is more dangerous as the eyes are distracted as well as the brain. I think it is at least as widespread as voice calling. I see it as much on motorways as I do in slow moving rush hour traffic.
Well, yes, but I was talking about handheld calling being easier to address and worse than handsfree. I suspect texting and app usage are also more dangerous than handsfree calling because at least one hand is occupied as well. So at least we agree there's stuff to be worried about before handsfree calling...
Nope - I've seen them sitting side by side chatting on their mobiles rather than to each other.
It can, and sometimes does, but there's no appetite for it unless it causes death or injury at the time the video is taken. And often, not even then.
