Question:
Would it be illegal to use my phone to do social media or take photos when the vehicle is stationary at an intersection?
Answer:
Yes, the regulation states you may not hold your phone in your hand while driving. Sitting at an intersection is still considered driving. This will include performing any actions such as taking photos, browsing the internet on smartphones etc
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The wording of the official Regulations
308A. Prohibition on use of communication device while driving
(1) No person shall drive a vehicle on a public road—
(a) while holding a cellular or mobile telephone or any other communication device in one or both hands or with any other part of the body;
(b) while using or operating a cellular or mobile telephone or other communication device unless such a cellular or mobile telephone or other communication device is affixed to the vehicle or is part of the fixture in the vehicle and remains so affixed while being used or operated, or is specially adapted or designed to be affixed to the person of the driver as headgear, and is so used, to enable such driver to use or operate such telephone or communication device without holding it in the manner contemplated in paragraph (a), and remains so affixed while being used or operated.
(2) . . . . . .
[Sub-r. (2) deleted by r. 67, GNR.1341 w.e.f. 25 September 2003.]
(3) For the purposes of this regulation—
(a) the word “headgear” includes for the purposes of this regulation a device which specially designed or adapted to allow the driver to use a cellular or mobile telephone or other communication device in such a manner that he or she does not hold it in one or both hands or with any other part of the body, and which is connected to the cellular or mobile telephone or other communication device concerned, directly or indirectly, while being fitted to or attached to one or both ears of the driver; and
(b) the phrases “cellular or mobile telephone or any other communication device” and “cellular or mobile telephone or other communication device”, excludes land mobile radio transmission and reception equipment operating in the frequency band 2 megahertz to 500 megahertz that is affixed to the vehicle or is part of the fixture in the vehicle.
[Sub-r. (3) substituted by r. 3, GNR.761 w.e.f. 31 July 2000. Para. (b) substituted by r. 2, GNR.941 w.e.f. 22 September 2000.]
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