Tasmania Police is reiterating the dangers of using a mobile phone behind the wheel after a large number of drivers were caught using their devices during a targeted police operation in the state’s south.
Police say a traffic operation in Hobart on Monday afternoon nabbed 27 drivers using their mobile phones within just one hour.
Penalties of 3 demerit points and $404 fine were issued for the offence.
Article continues after this ad
Advertisement
Police are reminding drivers that it is illegal to:
- hold a mobile phone in your hand or rest it on any part of your body while driving (whether or not you are on a phone call)
- type or enter anything into a mobile phone
- send or look at anything that is on a mobile phone (including text messages)
- turn a mobile phone on or off
- operate any other function of a mobile phone.
Police say all learners and P1 provisional (first year) licence holders are banned from using mobile phones whilst driving (including when a vehicle is stationary, but not parked). This includes hands-free and voice-activation mode.
