"Austin Shackles" <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote in message
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> so in what way does a handheld mike differ from a handheld phone, in the
> matter of using them?
Here is the SI:
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20032695.htm
which says you can use a two way radio and:
"two-way radio" means any wireless telegraphy apparatus which is designed or
adapted -
(i) for the purpose of transmitting and receiving spoken messages; and
(ii) to operate on any frequency other than 880 MHz to 915 MHz, 925 MHz to
960 MHz, 1710 MHz to 1785 MHz, 1805 MHz to 1880 MHz, 1900 MHz to 1980 MHz or
2110 MHz to 2170 MHz
which are the mobile phone bands so the ONLY difference is the frequency, I
would love to see them justify that, or justify that you can use ANY hand
held device while driving so long as it can't do both transmitting and
receiving, that means fiddling with a GPS that doesn't have Bluetooth is not
covered by this law but if it does it is!.
Of course they try and justify these anomalies by pointing out that anything
the police consider distracting while driving could see you prosecuted in
the event of an accident, so we're back to mr 'I am the law'. It's a
complete f*****g mess, they also insist that this law applies while stuck in
traffic unless in "exceptional traffic jams" !. Here's their explanation of
it and you can see it's littered with attempts to justify the anomalies.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_rdsafety/documents/page/dft_rdsafety_025216.hcsp
Greg