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I heard something like using the built-in touch screen and nav/radio interface of your vehicle is also illegal because it falls under the same category of distracted driving.. Maybe even tweaking your fan. God help you if you drive a Tesla on BC roads http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--cinVXyxsX...del-S-Dash.jpg |
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[ God help you if you drive a Tesla on BC roads http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--cinVXyxsX...del-S-Dash.jpg[/QUOTE] From what the NY Times says, God help you anywhere you drive one.:fullofwin: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/au...anted=all&_r=0 |
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One time I was at a red light changing the song on my iphone and ironically a cop pulls up right beside me, I see him and thinking OH SHIT... he rolls down his window and says you know thats illegal right! and then sped off.. |
has anyone beaten an electronic device ticket? |
If I really need to do something with my phone, I always keep it low, right under the steering column, head angle in natural driving position, using eyeballs only, lower to the appropriate angle to view your phone. Even better if you have sunglasses on if it's sunny. |
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Rock sunglasses year round, to avoid cell phone tickets...:fuckyea: |
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Yeh....damn those General Duties types.........giving Traffic Members a bad name again! :) |
I got warned about that. apparently according to some cop that let me go. you cant even have phone connected to your system through an aux |
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Not sure they thought that one through properly. |
What about using a portable speaker in your car that is mounted in the cup holder? (It's circular and fits perfectly) I'm asking because my car doesn't currently have a working radio and I've been doing this as a temporary fix until I get the time to it over this winter break. My phone is Bluetooth'd to the speaker and sits in my pocket, I don't change songs and only use the top-mounted buttons on the speaker to change volume and mute and such. Would that then be illegal, though my phone is in my pocket (away from my care and control)? |
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Interesting. I've read that before but never considered issuing a ticket for that scenario. I stand corrected. I guess that under the definition of use, "operating one or more of the device's functions" would cover that, but i personally would never ticket for that, nor do i know anyone that would ticket for the same. For me, so long as a person is not physically using or being distracted by a device, I'm satisfied. |
Backing up the truck a bit I'd like to know where that document is defined as the official list of prescribed devices or uses as it seems like it can be edited easily without an amendment to the MVA. That's been one of the biggest contentions I have with this legislation and every time I bring it up around here I seem to get a variety of sarcastic, rude or completely over the top justifications for it. It seems like you would take a reasonable approach to enforcing the law (looking for people being distracted by a device), but I fear the application of the law will vary by officer. And it would stand up in court. |
So I have a very similar story to the OP. And I have no problem admitting guilt and owning up to my mistakes and coughing up money for a ticket. But this time I truly believe I was in the right. My SUV is old and I use my iPod as my music source as well as GPS and always have it holstered in a charger very similar to this image below. and the headphone jack to one of those old tape players http://www.yopool.com/images/iPhone_00044_2.jpg I was driving home to Richmond tonight from Vancouver and stopped at a red light at an intersection waiting to make a left turn. During the red light, I was skipping tracks on my device (please keep in mind it is still holstered). A second later I look to my right and there is a cop on a motorcycle who is looking at me and points his finger to pull over. The light turns green, I make my left turn and pull over about a 1/4 block after the intersection. I roll down my window as the officer (VPD) approached and he tells me "It looks like you were texting. Do you know its illegal to use a phone while driving?". I told him "Yes, I know but I wasn't texting" and grabbed the iPod and said "you can have a look if you don't believe me" and he replies "don't worry I'll tell you how to make the ticket cheaper" and walks back to his bike and writes me up for a 214.2 (1) Quote:
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Distracted driving is killing more people than impaired driving so the B.C government is proposing tougher penalties for such behaviour, says Justice Minister Suzanne Anton. Eighty-one people were killed in British Columbia by distracted driving, compared with 55 by impaired driving, in 2012, the last year for which statistics were available, the minister said Wednesday. |
Nobody is killing anyone while they're stopped at a red light. |
Until they'Re not paying attention to whats ahead of them and think that the left turn advanced arrow is actually their green light and run over the pedestrian running across trying to beat the light/traffic. |
^You could say that for any distraction in the car... Let's ban kids and passengers. Let's ban HVAC controls... Tickets for skipping a song on your phone when you don't have to take your eyes off the road are absurd. |
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http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/share...le-driving.pdf Hand-held audio players A person may listen to sound from a hand-held audio player if: The device is not held in the person’s hand; The device is securely fixed to the motor vehicle or worn securely on the person’s body in a manner that does not obstruct the person’s view of the front or sides of the motor vehicle or interfere with the safety or operating equipment of the motor vehicle; and The sound is emitted through the speakers of the sound system of the motor vehicle Note 1: The driver may pre-program or set the device to play while the vehicle is safely parked and off the roadway. COMPLETE BAN – ALL DRIVERS A driver must not hold, operate, communicate or watch the screen of a hand-held electronic communication device A driver must not hold, operate, communicate or watch the screen of a hand-held electronic computing device, one of the purposes of which is to process or compute data. so technically you broke the law. you are supposed to preset the ipod like you would a gps... and you are not allowed to look at the screen. |
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