Knight rider never got stopped for it
Nor for ill fitting leather trousers.He never got stopped for having a red light on the front of his car either
I've checked PNLD - a smart watch is not a telephony device (it doesn't transmit on the specified GSM frequencies so doesn't meet the definition) so the mobile phone regs don't apply.
It may not be illegal but one's brain is otherwise occupied with a task which is not the primary driving one. IMHO it's unsafe.
This has been researched. The difference is that a passenger shares the driver's experience in real time and will shut up when things get difficult. People are surprisingly reluctant to interrupt a phone conversation, unlikely though it sounds.
My example was referring to saying a few commands to a smartwatch, not holding a telephone conversation or even holding a telephone.This has been researched. The difference is that a passenger shares the driver's experience in real time and will shut up when things get difficult. People are surprisingly reluctant to interrupt a phone conversation, unlikely though it sounds.
Do you have to be wearing your anorak to receive these, Phil
My sister bought a new car with a Bluetooth hands-free system built in. She rang me on her way home from work. I asked if she were driving and she said yes, but it was ok because it was a hands-free call ...I don't currently have car kit, although I guess a speaker phone or headphones are "allowed" but I don't do it as I don't believe I can drive safely whilst making a phone call. The mult-tasking is the issue rather than merely holding the phone.
Yeah... They wrote an exemption into a law that existed before 9/11 in case a 9/11 happened here...