NSW: New laws make touching mobile phones while driving illegal

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Originally Posted by robbyj

if i was pulled over to the side of the road on a call, and they pinged me i would be absolutely fuming! your doing the right thing by pulling over, what difference does keys in the ignition make?



i had to pick up my phone the other day to check the clock as i was in a school zone, still had 2 minutes until the school time was over (so i slowed down of course) but that would have been a nasty fine and hard to explain.

They get you because you are still technically in control of a motor vehicle while the ignition is on

Originally Posted by au3xr6

and why are police exempt ? if it's unsafe it's unsafe for all. they may argue they are trained to do it safely, then where can the same training be done by the general public. putting on a uniform doesn't make them magically able to use a phone safely while driving

Police are exempt for many reasons. One being is, they need more access to communication tools. Using a CB is only an open channel to certain things. They use phones for other important things. When I was at my accident, the GD officer was using his phone to call the in charge officer.
Not to mention they are trained. Simple as that