Usually it will end in prosecution...
Only way it wont is if the Officer in question does not procede with the offense..
i feel latly r beloved police force do as they wish. if his work load is to much hell forget about it if it requires a lot of paper work it will misteriously dissapear if theres no pat on the back well "do we realy want to take this any further",if your freind is employed (as he is ) and has no criminal record and normally an upstanding pilar of sociaty then he WILL be naild dragged through the courts if he appeals made to feel digraded and totally criminalised and then hit with a large fine and points .knowing that the sequance of events would have totally embaressed him to the point hell pay up and shut up,what a police force or should that be police farce
If he was in a works vehicle, I'm guessing that driving is a major part of his job. He should have known better. You can get a bluetooth headset for a fiver, no excuses really, are there?
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The law states that the use of handheld telecommunications equipment whilst in control of a vehicle is prohibited, put in basic terms, its against the law, there is nothing to say that there would be reason for it not to be a prosecutable offence.
i think your friend whold know if he was being prosectuted, its a instant thing.
if the officer had words and warned him thats diferent, but if it was taken down on his note book, or has issued a warrent/ticket or what ever its called hes being done.
as he was commiting this offence while in a works van/car on work time then the office has a right/duty to report this to the company. it could be depending on the company part of their policy that he is liable to report any driving offences while using work car/van.
they could see it as gross misconduct.
regarding mentioning another incident to the boss, well i wouldnt know as dont know the details, but not doing anything wrong if its already public knowledge.
maybe the officer has witnessed one to may deaths from using mobile phones while drivng and wanted to hammer the risks home.
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No merely stating my opinion on someone who expresses such views and can't write in plain English - as in almost every word is incorrect.
flicked through this post as your friend was in a works vehicle the officer would have contacted him/her because under law the manager can also be charged with the same offence aint british law great but at least its only 3 points
I think you are more likely to find a simple answer in the Highway Code, along the lines of driving with due care, and having nothing to distract you from operating a vehicle in the safest way etc.
Which is going to put any ideas of finding a way round the issue out of the question.
A lot of "if's" with this one.
If the mobile phone was his own, then obviously he shouldn't have used it, and if being prosecuted then he should take it on the chin and use it as a reminder not to do it again.
On the other hand if the mobile was a company phone, I understand that the company should provide sufficient means of using the phone in the car. Holder, hands free etc. If the company decline this request, then the employee has the right to switch their phone off every time they get in the car.
The company I work for have paid for hands free kits for all staff with company cars and have also got us all to sign to say that we won't use our phones in an unsafe situation. They have stated that if we chose to turn our phones off then no disciplinary action would be taken.
Ian
