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You shouldn’t lose your car, but what other ‘options’ are they giving you? Driver Awareness Courses are usually only available for minor speeding infringements. If they are offering you one instead of 6 points then bite their hand off. 6 points is quite serious, as it should be, but if you can avoid the points you should. There is absolutely no excuse for handling a phone whilst driving, as you could kill someone. Most cars have Bluetooth or similar.
given me a few options one being accepting the points
May I enquire what the other options are?
The main problem is if you already have 6 points for something else…
or get another 6. Instant ban.
A family member of mine who recently got a Motability vehicle and he has 6 points last year for using a mobile phone and he was ok to drive it as he had no other points.
You shouldn’t lose your car, but what other ‘options’ are they giving you? Driver Awareness Courses are usually only available for minor speeding infringements. If they are offering you one instead of 6 points then bite their hand off. 6 points is quite serious, as it should be, but if you can avoid the points you should. There is absolutely no excuse for handling a phone whilst driving, as you could kill someone. Most cars have Bluetooth or similar.
I believe they stopped mobile phone awareness courses in the in early 2022.
If you do get the 6 points and are looking at a ban, you can, due to your disability, request no ban due to exceptional hardship if car is lost for a period of time.
The Magistratescan still ban you, it’s not a given
@ishy What evidence have the police provided you with? beside the letter. Is there photographic evidence? Or where you spotted by an officer on foot?
Joss
Current car: Peugeot 308 GT Premium 1.2 Pure tech Petrol.
Coming soon...BMW X2 sDrive 20i M Sport 5dr Step Auto In November 2025Please just connect your phone to your car …it really is a simple operation.
Boils my piss when i see drivers using mobile phones while driving.
Please just connect your phone to your car …it really is a simple operation. Boils my piss when i see drivers using mobile phones while driving.
Not wanting to sistract the seriousness of your comment but, “Boils my piss” ??
Anyway have a good Christmas.
I don’t understand how the police can say they seen you on your mobile phone, what proof have they provided. If you were driving and they were driving why did they not stop you.
I don’t think they can just say I seen him/her on there phone without evidence of this. I would be asking for the proof and the evidence of the offence, before doing anything.
I think they have cameras specifically designed for this now, quite rightly in my opinion
2024 - BMW i4 Grand Coupe eDrive 35 Sport
2020 - Volvo XC40 T4 Inscription
2017 - Audi Q3 TFSi Sport S-TronicPlease just connect your phone to your car …it really is a simple operation. Boils my piss when i see drivers using mobile phones while driving.
Not wanting to sistract the seriousness of your comment but, “Boils my piss” ?? Anyway have a good Christmas.
Never heard that expression before but you’re bang on MickC. Roasts my poo ? ?
I reported a complete moron taxi driver to the police on Wednesday, weren’t interested as I had no video footage. I also rang the taxi company with his car ID number and his badge and reg details, again weren’t interested in the least 🙁
I was stuck behind him doing 22 in a 30 then 40mph limit, constantly going over the centre line, over hatched off areas etc. then onto a busy 60mph dual carriageway doing 40mph and still driving along with a cigarette in his left hand and adjusting his mobile phone sat-nav in the centre of the dash with it. He also had a second mobile on the right side of the dash and was constantly scrolling through photos on it with his right hand then picking it up and showing it to his passenger in the front seat. As I said, complete moron.
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
I reported a complete moron taxi driver to the police
@Phaedra Report to the local authority Council taxi licence office. They might be a better bet. Also get a dash cam, if you dont already have one.
Joss
Current car: Peugeot 308 GT Premium 1.2 Pure tech Petrol.
Coming soon...BMW X2 sDrive 20i M Sport 5dr Step Auto In November 2025I reported a complete moron taxi driver to the police
@Phaedra Report to the local authority Council taxi licence office. They might be a better bet. Also get a dash cam, if you dont already have one.
Ive never been tempted to get a dash cam. There is a tendency for folk to believe that they are faultless in all they do and the dash cam is to provide evidence against others who are at fault. In reality, a lot of people are convicted on the strength of their own dash cam footage!
Hopefully you’ve learned your lesson. If you take the 6 points penalty and are still under 12 points, then you are fine.
However, anyone using a phone whilst driving deserves 6 points minimum.
Also, I’ve had dash cams (front & rear) for many years. They do make you a better driver, and you can always send footage of dangerous / illegal driving to the Police – they are happy to prosecute.
Kind regards
Andy======================
Motability cars:
2021 - Volvo XC40 T5 PHEV.
2020 - VW Golf TDi SE Match.
2017 - VW Golf TDi SE Match.Am I the only one who finds it interesting that, in spite of a number of us asking, the OP hasn’t come back and said what the other ‘options’ were? Perhaps they expected sympathy rather than the universal condemnation that holding a phone whilst driving is unacceptable?
Am I the only one who finds it interesting that, in spite of a number of us asking, the OP hasn’t come back and said what the other ‘options’ were? Perhaps they expected sympathy rather than the universal condemnation that holding a phone whilst driving is unacceptable?
Agreed ?
Whilst I agree physically using a phone whilst driving is unacceptable
I do also wonder how its deemed legal and acceptable in many cases to have to take your eyes off of the road when having to navigate the touch screens sub menues
just to achieve a basic but essential task such as demisting the windscreen
Seem imo about as smart an idea as the not so smart Motorways
Whilst I agree physically using a phone whilst driving is unacceptable I do also wonder how its deemed legal and acceptable in many cases to have to take your eyes off of the road when having to navigate the touch screens sub menues just to achieve a basic but essential task such as demisting the windscreen Seem imo about as smart an idea as the not so smart Motorways
You forgot the police talking in their walkie talkie thingy ma bobs ?
A few years ago my Son ran into the back of a white van who had pulled out of an airfield (flying his model planes) and then immediately stopped on a major road to programme his Sat Nav. Why didn’t he do this at the airfield? The van driver never could answer that question. My Son spent a long time recovering from the van drivers lack of thought/planning.
Before anyone sets off on a journey, connect your phone (cable or Bluetooth), set your sat nav (if required), then pay attention to the road and drive accordingly (not the radio/phone/music). It’s really not difficult. I’m trying to not come across as too preachy, and failing.
Drivers taking responsibility for their actions should make the roads safer…
Oh Merry Christmas too!
Kind regards
Andy======================
Motability cars:
2021 - Volvo XC40 T5 PHEV.
2020 - VW Golf TDi SE Match.
2017 - VW Golf TDi SE Match.Tbh I think there should be zero tolerance to this and drink driving, if caught instant ban
Totally agree they can both have identical consequences
Tbh I think there should be zero tolerance to this and drink driving, if caught instant ban
100% agree.??
Kind regards
Andy======================
Motability cars:
2021 - Volvo XC40 T5 PHEV.
2020 - VW Golf TDi SE Match.
2017 - VW Golf TDi SE Match.
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