"Jon" <spam@jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message
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> jonno@nomail.com declared for all the world to hear...
>> 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?
>
> Yes. And no touching the device to initiate a call.
>
>> Am assuming no voice-activated calls: I would have to press the buttons
>> on the handset to make a call.
>
> You'd be very hard done by to get caught doing that.
>
>> 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.
>
> To introduce stiffer penalties.
>
>> 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
>
> My understanding is that as long as the phone is securely mounted and
> you dont have to touch it, you're OK.
> --
> Regards
> Jon

I think you have to hold the phone (see s.26), so if you have it in a cradle
and press buttons that should be OK.