What is the law about using mobile phones while driving?
It is illegal to drive a vehicle or ride a motorbike and use a hand held mobile phone or similar device. It is also illegal to supervise a learner and use a hand-held phone. Hands-free phones are also a distraction and you risk prosecution for not having proper control of a vehicle if the police see you driving poorly while using one. A hand held device is something that ‘is or must be held at some point during the course of making or receiving a call or performing any other interactive communication function’. A device ‘similar’ to a mobile phone includes a device that can be used for sending or receiving spoken or written messages, sending or receiving still or moving images or providing Internet access. If you accept a roadside fixed penalty notice, you will receive three points on your licence and a fine of £60. If a case goes to court, in addition to points you could face discretionary disqualification on top of a maximum fine of £1,000 (or £2,500 in the case of drivers of buses,
