So, if carried to its ultimate logical conclusion, doing anything in a moving vehicle which detracts from actually controlling that vehicle could be construed as 'not in full control'. For instance, opening the sunroof or winding down the widow, adjusting the seat, operating heat and ventilation controls or touching anything to do with the radio, glancing at unneccesary instruments ie: outside air temp, fuel economy, milage trip etc or switching on interior light for some reason or another..... I expect there are a load of other examples and some would obviously be impossible to police but you can see how daft it could really get.
Smoking whilst driving is something all smokers have done ..and still do and it is obviously one of the most dangerous pastimes a driver can indulge in as many people have died because of it. How many of us remember the burning fag ember falling off the end, dropping on the seat between ones legs and the ensuing panic and weaving of the vehicle as we tried to get at it.
In this day and age of congested roads and high speed, this dangerous habit should be consigned to the dustbin and be prosecutable with the full weight of the law along with mobile phones.
Some changes made to the law have been good but typically of this country they go too far in the extreme to the point common sense flies out the window. I remember the recent case of the truck driver, fined for using a switched off mobile phone which he had been seen placing on the dashboard because it was uncomfortable in his pocket.The law stated he had been using the phone whilst driving just because he handled it. Now thats daft and to me it smacks of money gathering and a waste of peoples time and effort... it has nothing to do with road safety or the correct application of a sensible law.l
