Big penalties for using your mobile phone or GPS device when driving!
Changes to Victorian Road Rules that specifically target the use of mobile phones and visual displays (like GPS devices); will take effect from 9 November 2009.
The new mobile phone rules have been revised, allowing both the navigational (GPS) and audio/music functions of a mobile phone to be used, provided the mobile phone is secured in a commercially designed holder fixed to the vehicle.
Mobile phones - Using a mobile phone while driving is prohibited, except to make or receive a phone call or to use its audio/music functions provided the phone:
- Is secured in a commercially designed holder fixed to the vehicle, or
- Can be operated by the driver without touching any part of the phone.
- Using a phone as a GPS while driving is prohibited unless it is secured in a commercially designed holder fixed to the vehicle.
Further changes include the prohibition of Learner and P1 drivers from using a mobile phone at all while driving and holding the phone (whether or not engaged in a phone call), which includes resting the mobile on the driver’s lap.
Visual display units - A driver must not drive a vehicle that has a television receiver or a visual display unit operating if any part of the screen is visible to the driver or is likely to distract another driver. A driver can use a driver’s aid such as a navigation device but it must be an integrated part of the vehicle design, or secured in a commercially designed holder, which is fixed to the vehicle.
Exemptions - The rule relating to securing visual display units does not apply to motorcycles.
Road safety reasons - Using a mobile phone or a visual display unit as you drive is distracting and creates dangerous situations that could be fatal. The risk of being involved in a crash increases by as much as four times, when using a mobile phone as you drive, and if you are texting the risk of crashing increases to 23 times.
Demerit points and fines - Over the next few months, Victorian Road Traffic Police will be actively enforcing the changes to mobile phone and GPS use whilst driving. Penalties for infringing these rules can be costly, not only financially but also from a "demerit points" perspective as well!
A standard demerit point deduction of 3 points now applies to an infringement of these rules, along with a $234 "on the spot" fine. A complete list of Road Traffic offences and applicable demerit points can be accessed by clicking here.
In Summary - Have your mobile phone (or GPS device) mounted in a cradle and "fix" the cradle to a point in your vehicle that doesn't obscure your vision.
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