QUESTION: Is it legal to drive a car while using a mobile phone if the
handset is held in a cradle on the dashboard and I am using a handsfree?

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Am assuming no voice-activated calls: I would have to press the buttons
on the handset to make a call.

I remember a law was passed a few years ago about not driving while
holding a mobile. And then ISTR it was amended and I beleive it is
being changed again at the end of Feb.

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In case there's any confusion on account of PHF, Bluetooth, car kits,
etc .... by "handsfree" I mean a wire from the phone to an earpiece and
which looks something like this: http://tinyurl.com/3x57k5