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@jd.linklater wrote:

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@soppysofty wrote:

You can make as many laws as you like and increase/decrease fines, penalties etc. to your heart's content but.....

 

If there are no police available to enforce them what is the use?

 

If I had a pound for every motorist I see using a mobile while driving or other driving 'infringments' then I would not need to play the lottery.

 

If I had a pound for every police car/man I see on a daily basis I would be benefit dependant.

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I agree the law is practically unenforceable so what alternative is there to increased penalties other than making blue tooth devices compulsory? A blue tooth gadget is not expensive for any vehicle even if not fitted as standard. When I bought my last car from a Vauxhall dealership they installed a Parrot CK3100 for £125 fitted and ready to use. I cannot understand why people don't have them fitted as a matter of routine if the alternative is a fine of more than the cost of having one. I didn't use mine to make calls while driving but it enabled me to receive calls which I could answer with the push of one illuminated button on the dash. It was wired to the music system so the radio/CD player cut out as soon as a call was received, so you could hear and speak to the caller through the speaker system without any external interference. I can't think of a safer system for anyone who needs to keep in touch while on the move.  

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Better in my opinion to ban the use of mobile phones, hand held or hands free, whilst driving.

It is not the holding of a phone to the ear that is the danger but the conversation itself that distracts.