Yes, in our State the only time it can be used is for GPS if it’s in a cradle, or for making/receiving calls via the in car hands free (Bluetooth/Apple CarPlay/Android Auto) otherwise it’s an offence to use it unless you’re stopped on the side of the road. Still amazes me the amount of people who put the phone on loud speaker (phone not car) and hold it in one hand and claim that’s hands free. They wonder why there’s so many crashes involving distracted drivers
NANNY STATE!!!!!!!!!!!
And I'd like to know how a digital camera or cellphone camera are any different. When was it made illegal to watch the road through a camera lens? You're WATCHING THE DAMNED ROAD!Ticket is in the mail
Lucky for you @Stinger GT SS is only the forum police, the real ones might not be so forgiving
Also if you get pulled over try and use the Merlin defence. “I’m sorry Officer I’m on a Stinger forum where we report sightings of Stingers in the wild, but this guy @MerlintheMad won’t believe us unless we post a picture, so I had no choice but to use my phone.” See if that works
Are we counting the reflections too?
I see no trace of hood "vents" on the black camera car, so I think it's a trick question. Four (including reflections).
So the problem with text is it’s hard to tell sometimes if you’re being serious or sarcastic, I’m hoping in this case your tongue is in your cheek. But to answer your question the difference would be technically holding a camera while driving in our State would not be illegal in itself, however if you crashed while doing it, you’d be charged with Negligent Driving as holding the camera would mean you don’t have full and proper control of your vehicle, so you’re negligent. As for a mobile phones, they have been illegal to use for years here however over the years the Government has continued to tighten the law around it to the point that it’s basically illegal to even touch the phone while driving. Every State in Australia has a version of the same legislation. The logic behind it is that distracted drivers have been found to be one of the major contributing factors to the cause of accidents along with fatigue, speed, drink/drug driving so it was done in an effort to reduce the road toll. As for the difference of watching the road between looking through a tiny camera lens or the full unobstructed use of the human eyeball, hopefully that’s just self explanatory.
Quick, somebody tell that Stinger owner on the left, the rear STINGER script is not level. Sorry, OCD Mondays.
Five then? Your hood has no faux vents for some cool reason? The wiper arms are sure buried like on a Stinger.
5 w/ reflections is correct. To her credit, @Luminary had it right except I hadn't stated I was counting reflections.
Oh that’s an easy fix...Maybe something positive for a change ?
Anything about speeding or crossing double lines or what failure to indicate
Not taking it personal mate, nanny state is something that’s thrown around here too. I tend to agree we can be way over governed at times, but sadly they have to account for the lowest common denominator and generally speaking people are stupid so the rest of us that can exercise common sense have to suffer the over governing to protect the stupid from themselves.
Yeah, let’s all be positive for a change.
