"R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclayton@btinternet.com> wrote in
message news:r7OdnczaCojO90bYRVnyggA@bt.com

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> Of course the plods are allowed to use two way radios in
> the car (where you have to push to talk each time) even
> when it is not an emergency, so it is literally one rule
> for them and another for the rest of us.

Any licensed user of 2-way radio is allowed to do so, not just the police.
But you can still get done for driving without due care etc. Which was a
perfectly adequate law to cover phones IMHO but there you go.

Ivor