securespark said:
Jim
You are allowed to use your mobile hand held in an emergency. As for the red light...bad luck!
I have no idea to the phone question, I would assume no..and being legal is why my battery was flat..bluetooth kills the blooming things!!
On the second point, not a lot I can do about that, I did cross the line, I wasn't as attentive as anyone in charge of a vehicle should be, so it is my intention to plead Guilty, explain the situation to the magistrates and see what happens. According to the Solicitor it may be 3 points and a £100 fine, but he thinks that under the circumstances they may simply offer me a "Driver Awareness" Course instead, so effectively a £110 fine (cost of the course) and no points...but I lose a days pay as well.. Can't argue that.
As for the comments that have been made in this thread about what I said, the miles I drive and those who have "defended me" may I say, that I do appreciate the comments in my favour, but I would like to point out that I do not take those comments personally, I think they are simply asking valid questions...100K miles a year is a heck of a lot, so I understand that many people are unsure of the figure.
The 240,000 I did was when working in Canada/US, for the Job I was driving the equivelent of a 7.5T truck which was a workshop and transport around the US and Canada that year, and sdo long as I eat and drink water, I can drive (or used to be able too) for upwards of 16/17 hours with only loo breaks...When you drive like that in the States/Canada it isn't hard to clock up the miles....thankfully I have a lot more sense these days...well some anyway