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| Author: | edders23 [ Fri Mar 03, 2017 10:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Now london cabbies caught on mobiles |
Londoners are already falling foul of huge new fines on motorists who use their mobile phones while at the wheel – while road safety campaigners warned the measures do not go far enough. The higher penalties officially came into force on Wednesday, hitting drivers with a £200 fine and six points on their licence – double the previous punishment. Scores of London motorists have already been pulled-up for the offence, as the Met began a week-long enforcement campaign. On Thursday, the Met’s Roads and Transport unit shared a photo of a minicab driver being stopped on Shaftesbury Avenue for using their mobile. They tweeted: “Continuing the mobiles enforcement campaign. PHV stopped driving while using handheld mobile phone. 6 points & £200 fine!” A man driving a flash Jaguar and a black cab driver were among the others detained for using their mobiles. London’s cab drivers are facing particularly strong warnings about the practice, with the offence including phone use while on ranks and at pick-up or drop-off zones. Cabbies, who have claimed the new rules are unclear, can use a phone in a cradle but could still face police action if they are judged to be distracted by it. The Met is targeting drivers over the next week using unmarked vans and officers at high vantage points to catch London motorists in the act. met police blitz London |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Now london cabbies caught on mobiles |
edders23 wrote: Cabbies, who have claimed the new rules are unclear, can use a phone in a cradle but could still face police action if they are judged to be distracted by it. But that is a different charge. |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Sat Mar 04, 2017 9:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Now london cabbies caught on mobiles |
Sussex wrote: edders23 wrote: Cabbies, who have claimed the new rules are unclear, can use a phone in a cradle but could still face police action if they are judged to be distracted by it. But that is a different charge. maybe the police have been told to get stuck in but have had no training on the actual new rules ? |
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| Author: | Bart [ Sun Mar 05, 2017 4:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Now london cabbies caught on mobiles |
edders23 wrote: Sussex wrote: edders23 wrote: Cabbies, who have claimed the new rules are unclear, can use a phone in a cradle but could still face police action if they are judged to be distracted by it. But that is a different charge. maybe the police have been told to get stuck in but have had no training on the actual new rules ? The rules are unchanged. New penalties. |
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| Author: | Hacked Off [ Mon Mar 06, 2017 7:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Now london cabbies caught on mobiles |
After the initial purge and rush to issue fines the dust will settle and the Police will have greater priorities. As the option to send people on courses (from which the police got a cut) has now gone and ALL the money from the fines goes to Central Government rather than to the Police I doubt they will be able to sustain the levels of manpower currently being deployed for this campaign. Having said that I will be using my handsfree at all times 
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| Author: | edders23 [ Mon Mar 06, 2017 8:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Now london cabbies caught on mobiles |
Hacked Off wrote: After the initial purge and rush to issue fines the dust will settle and the Police will have greater priorities. As the option to send people on courses (from which the police got a cut) has now gone and ALL the money from the fines goes to Central Government rather than to the Police I doubt they will be able to sustain the levels of manpower currently being deployed for this campaign. Having said that I will be using my handsfree at all times today I and several other cars got stuck behind a car that decided to stop in the T5 car park lane to take a call unfortunately as it was Heathrow police were nowhere to be seen 
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| Author: | bloodnock [ Mon Mar 06, 2017 8:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Now london cabbies caught on mobiles |
edders23 wrote: Hacked Off wrote: After the initial purge and rush to issue fines the dust will settle and the Police will have greater priorities. As the option to send people on courses (from which the police got a cut) has now gone and ALL the money from the fines goes to Central Government rather than to the Police I doubt they will be able to sustain the levels of manpower currently being deployed for this campaign. Having said that I will be using my handsfree at all times today I and several other cars got stuck behind a car that decided to stop in the T5 car park lane to take a call unfortunately as it was Heathrow police were nowhere to be seen I'm sure someone somewhere in Security camera obsessed Britain will have a video of the aforementioned mobile wielding twerp blocking the road and send him a bill for blocking the road. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Now london cabbies caught on mobiles |
edders23 wrote: Sussex wrote: edders23 wrote: Cabbies, who have claimed the new rules are unclear, can use a phone in a cradle but could still face police action if they are judged to be distracted by it. But that is a different charge. maybe the police have been told to get stuck in but have had no training on the actual new rules ? Wouldn't be a first. 
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