Do you flash, or expect to be flashed in warning of mobile speed cameras?

Glanza said:
You can tap the hazard icon and it'll save that location then fill in the details once you've come to a stop / destination. No doubt some people will select the options whilst still driving unless a passenger in the vehicle.
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You do know that under the new laws you cannot touch or tap the screen of your mobile while driving.

Even if the phone is in a holder attached to the dash or screen, you cannot at any time touch or tap the screen for any reason, change your music, adjust your sat nav, answer a call, on hands free, or report on waze or other app.

If you are seen doing so its a £200 fine and 6 points.
 
Entai said:
You do know that under the new laws you cannot touch or tap the screen of your mobile while driving.

Even if the phone is in a holder attached to the dash or screen, you cannot at any time touch or tap the screen for any reason, change your music, adjust your sat nav, answer a call, on hands free, or report on waze or other app.

If you are seen doing so its a £200 fine and 6 points.
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Pretty sure this is wrong and a paranoid misinterpreted take on the law. The new law only relates to holding it.

You can still get done for careless if it distracts you but that was always the case.

https://www.gov.uk/using-mobile-phones-when-driving-the-law

It’s illegal to use your phone while driving or riding a motorcycle unless you have hands-free access, such as:

  • a bluetooth headset
  • voice command
  • a dashboard holder
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Entai said:
You do know that under the new laws you cannot touch or tap the screen of your mobile while driving.

Even if the phone is in a holder attached to the dash or screen, you cannot at any time touch or tap the screen for any reason, change your music, adjust your sat nav, answer a call, on hands free, or report on waze or other app.

If you are seen doing so its a £200 fine and 6 points.
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I believe the laws are more to having it in your hand, tapping your screen once whilst it is mounted to your dash is no more distracting than pressing a button on your aircon / radio.
 
Skillmister said:
I do flash. I don't expect others to but it's nice when people do especially as most around here tend to be quite well hidden. Not that I ever exceed 60mph on mile long straight stretches of the A470 :p
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Same (though not about the A470)

I don't understand why people wouldn't - don't understand why others would.

I always do - it feels like a fellow petrolhead thing to do. I don't expect others to do, but people seem to do it quite a lot which is nice.

Anything to give 2 fingers to the sneaky ********.
 
Finglonga said:
The standard biker and lorry driver discreet warning. Bearing in mind warning others is technically illegal (impeding a police officer in the course of his duty).
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Which if you think about it is complete crap. You are actually assisting the police officer in keeping traffic slower and making people aware of their speed.
 
Reasons to appreciate flashing.

You get a stretch of road like this (which is actually about 6-7 miles without anything that really constitutes a "corner")
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But you get rozzers parked up behind this wall

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Or down a side road behind the bushes

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Yeah I'd take a bit of pre-warning of those over nothing!
 
Entai said:
You do know that under the new laws you cannot touch or tap the screen of your mobile while driving.

Even if the phone is in a holder attached to the dash or screen, you cannot at any time touch or tap the screen for any reason, change your music, adjust your sat nav, answer a call, on hands free, or report on waze or other app.

If you are seen doing so its a £200 fine and 6 points.
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I can't find anything to back up this statement, do you have an official source?

It's probably harder for me to press my horn than it is to tap the screen of my phone
 
Maybe.

I just find the methods used for speed enforcement so dishonest and they don't seem to address the problem at all. How is endlessly picking people off along a given road for an hour a month going to do anything? What happens for the other 729 hours in that month that you aren't there? In my opinion, we should be heavily going after the people who are distracted at the wheel.

However, the only thing that you DO notice massively when you use a speed gun is just how many people aren't concentrating. People will go past you doing 45 having not seen you, people will only see you when they are about 10 metres away, people will go past you still on their bloody phones. You wouldn't believe it, it's just incredible that that many people can be so distracted as to not see you, when you are standing on the side of the road in the biggest florescent jacket ever, along an arrow straight road in broad daylight. And usually people will admit they just weren't concentrating and were thinking about what they were doing at the weekend, or they were having an in depth discussion with their passenger etc etc

I think it is this lack of concentration which leads people to say "oh, the bloody police were hiding in the bushes when they got me" - because people can't admit that they managed to not see a policeman dressed in all yellow until they were 10 metres away, so it's easier to tell people he was hiding in a bush dressed in his camo gear.
 
Yes and Yes, been doing it for years and will continue to do so.

People in my area even update their social media of such things to.
 
Glanza said:
I believe the laws are more to having it in your hand, tapping your screen once whilst it is mounted to your dash is no more distracting than pressing a button on your aircon / radio.
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i wouldn't say that, my experience is a tactile button is much easier to use over a sensitive touchscreen in a wobbly holder, or even a touch screen in the car itself.

touchscreens have their place, but as far as controls to be used while actually driving i'll stick to buttons/switches.
 
I would do it, and it's nice to be warned but honestly I can't even remember the last time I saw a scamera van out on the road, must be more than 5 years.
 
ttaskmaster said:
You don't (or shouldn't) need to take your eyes off the road to use your horn.
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I don't need to take my eyes off the road to use my phone, it's all just based how many times I hit my home button.

Just measured it and my horn is further away then my phone :p

either way, I don't believe the original statement is/was correct :)
 
It's on a magnet next to my steering wheel, can reach it without my hand leaving the steering wheel, which I can't do if I want to use my horn coz that involves two hands and a lot of anger

And no it's not one rule for me, read my comment, I don't believe the original statement to be in anyway correct and you are allowed to 'touch' your phone if it's in a cradle etc.. otherwise I would expect anyone without steering/voice controls would never be able to alter their cars temperature, volume, gears, windows etc.. without breaking the same 'law'
 
I think that discovering Waze has been my take home message from this thread....I travel along a road that regularly has a mobile van unit and now I'm aware of Waze I'm planning on actually using it.
 
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