Poodles Good. Cell phones Bad.
p2p news / p2pnet: Rule 300 of Australian Road Rules declares, "The driver of a vehicle must not use a hand held mobile phone while the vehicle is moving, or is stationary but not parked".
With that in mind, an Adelaide man has, "demanded changes to road rules after he was fined for touching a phone earpiece while driving," says News.colm.au.
Con Kyriakopoulos lost a Supreme Court appeal, "after being fined $A182 for using a hand-held mobile phone while he was driving."
The decision was, "clinically pedantic that borders on stupidity… and is a classic case of the law lagging behind technology," Kyriakopoulos declared.
Now he has to pay the fine – boosted to $325 – as well as $111 for the Supreme Court appeal, says the story.
Justice Richard White ruled that by holding the earpiece to his ear Mr Kyriakopoulos "was using a mobile telephone which was hand held".
"What about the people who drive with poodles in their lap, truckies eating pies, people smoking, and women who put lipstick on while they’re driving?" – demanded Kyriakopoulos.
(Thanks, Sher)
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News.colm.au – Man fined for touching phone earpiece, March 15, 2006
March 16th, 2006 at 6:34 am
Fair enough too. To get that earpiece into your ear you would have to take your eyes off the road. It may only be for a second or two, but that’s all it takes.
Essentially there’s only one solution to the problems mentioned. Take control of vehicles away from ppl. The phrase “human error” exists for a reason.