Calls to seize drivers phones

[Curr946]

Hey folks,

Just read a sky news article about the possibility of the police seizing you phones if your caught using them while driving.

Whats your thoughts on that one?

Personally i think its extreme. What about those who light a cigarette and veer 3 lanes? 

Dangerous driving is dangerous driving.  If your using your phone, to text etc at the very least your careless drivings. And yes, i have done it in the past. (not proud of it).  This whole using a phone law should be scrapped and dealt with under existing laws names above.

http://news.sky.com/story/calls-for-police-to-seize-phones-used-illegally-by-drivers-10744411

[Cleoriff]

Look I am not having a go at individuals here so no need for anyone to think I am pointing a finger. I have no actual idea what 'using a car as an office' means if honest....All I know is when I learnt to drive my dad said to me 'treat everyone else on the road as an idiot and you wont go far wrong'. He meant be watchful and vigilant for others making mistakes ...There were no such things as mobile phones or bluetooth etc etc back in those days. All I know is cars are deadly weapons if not treated with respect.

I have a Ford Kuga and it has so many gadgets....its like 'driving a computer'. If these penalties save the life of one person..they are worthwhile. That is all...

[jonsie]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Look I am not having a go at individuals here so no need for anyone to think I am pointing a finger. I have no actual idea what 'using a car as an office' means if honest....All I know is when I learnt to drive my dad said to me 'treat everyone else on the road as an idiot and you wont go far wrong'. He meant be watchful and vigilant for others making mistakes ...There were no such things as mobile phones or bluetooth etc etc back in those days. All I know is cars are deadly weapons if not treated with respect.

I have a Ford Kuga and it has so many gadgets....its like 'driving a computer'. If these penalties save the life of one person..they are worthwhile. That is all...

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Spot on!!

[MI5]

No one was having a go so no need to be defensive.
I'm agreeing with you that people need to be responsible for their own actions.
I have to drive between factories and these days the simplest of journeys can take hours but I have no problem pulling into service stations every hour or so to check if anything has cropped up that needs urgent attention.
It's those who don't stop and try to be the same as at their desk that need dealing with.

[Bambino]

From March 1st the penalties are going up to £200 and six points on your license. So get caught twice and you lose your license. Personally, I think it should be treated the same as drink driving, but that may just be me.

[MI5]

Completely agree @Bambino

[Cleoriff]

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@Bambino wrote:

From March 1st the penalties are going up to £200 and six points on your license. So get caught twice and you lose your license. Personally, I think it should be treated the same as drink driving, but that may just be me.

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Totally agree with that. One strike and you are out....

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:
No one was having a go so no need to be defensive.
I'm agreeing with you that people need to be responsible for their own actions.
I have to drive between factories and these days the simplest of journeys can take hours but I have no problem pulling into service stations every hour or so to check if anything has cropped up that needs urgent attention.
It's those who don't stop and try to be the same as at their desk that need dealing with.

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@MI5Certainly not being defensive. Just stating facts and my own experience of seeing the mangled and dead bodies of people who went out that day looking forward to the rest of their lives. Those who got in the way of selfish idiots who thought they could stretch those rules just a bit more. Anyway it's a subject I am passionate about and I have said enough....

[MI5]

and we are still in violent agreement

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:
and we are still in violent agreement

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I love a bit of 'violent agreement'......

[sheepdog]

Confiscation is only going to lead nowhere except a large storage of phones being flogged off in a public auction for Police funds only to realise that the owners will have got the IMEI cancelled and claimed on the insurance as theft. Worringly its quite a fine line between taking the phone and money being offered to officers instead. One thing the Police don't need is another avenue for the unscrupolous to take advantage of for their own means.

And whats to stop other items being considered as 'items of concern' in the opinion of the officer being taken? Ah wait, that already is a highly profitable exercise in the US under the guise of civil forfeiture which may happen here.