Australian state lifts ban on driving with phone GPS

Stephen Withers
Monday, 19 October 2009 12:55

Your IT - Mobility

Vic Roads goes on to say that:

"Using a mobile phone while driving is prohibited, except to make or receive a phone call or to use its audio/music functions provided the phone:

"is secured in a commercially designed holder fixed to the vehicle,
or
can be operated by the driver without touching any part of the phone.

"Using a phone as a GPS while driving is prohibited unless it is secured in a commercially designed holder fixed to the vehicle.

"All other functions (including video calls, texting and emailing) are prohibited.

"Learner and P1 drivers, are prohibited from using a mobile phone at all while driving."

But be warned: it will still be illegal to hold a phone (or rest it in your lap) for any reason while driving.

At least one observer has described the revised rule change as a victory for common sense.